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"Discover the Hidden Gems of Igboland: The Beautiful Bride of Nigeria" Have you ever wondered what the Igbos and their land truly look like? Want to understand how they organize themselves in rural and urban settings? "Igboland: The Beautiful Bride of Nigeria" by Mazi S. G. Nwachukwu Okoli is the book for you. "Igboland: The Beautiful Bride of Nigeria" is a 35-chapter treatise that offers an in-depth look at the culture, traditions, and way of life of the Igbo people. Written by Nwachukwu Okoli, an expert on Igbo history and culture, this book is a comprehensive guide to understanding the beauty and complexity of Igboland. In this book, you will discover: Insights into how the Igbos organize...
Are you curious about the rich culture and history of the Igbos in Nigeria? Look no further than "The Igbos of Nigeria: The Jews of Africa," a comprehensive guide to understanding the Igbo people. Written by Nwachukwu Okoli, an expert on Igbo culture and history, this book delves deep into the human attributes, instincts, insights, and conducts that define the Igbo man. In this book, you will discover: A comprehensive overview of the Igbo culture and its traditions The strengths and weaknesses of the Igbo man and how they have shaped his identity A detailed examination of the similarities and differences between the Igbo people and the Jews of Africa An in-depth analysis of the Igbo man's pl...
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A groundbreaking collective biography narrating the history of emancipation through the life stories of women of African descent in the Americas.
The remarkable life of history s first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society.
Presents biographical entries on seventy-five noteworthy Africans, historical and contemporary, in a variety of fields, from a wide range of sub-Saharan countries.
Bitter Leaf is a richly textured and intricate novel set in Mannobe, a world that is African in nature but never geographically placed. At the heart of the novel is the village itself and its colourful cast of inhabitants: Babylon, a gifted musician who falls under the spell of the beautiful Jericho who has recently returned from the city; Mabel and M'elle Codon, twin sisters whose lives have taken very different paths, Magdalena, daughter of Mabel, who nurses an unrequited love for Babylon and Allegory, the wise old man who adheres to tradition. As lives and relationships change and Mannobe is challenged by encroaching development, the fragile web of dependency holding village life together is gradually revealed. An evocatively imagined debut novel from a promising new writer about love and loss, parental and filial bonds, and everything in between that makes life bittersweet.
"[An] exhaustively detailed account of the life of Madam C.J. Walker." Booklist, Starred Review Madam C. J. Walker—reputed to be America’s first self-made woman millionaire—has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the Civil War, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty, Walker spent the first decades of her life as a laundress, laboring in conditions that paralleled the lives of countless poor and working-class African American women. By the time of her death in 1919, however, Walker had refashioned herself into one of the most famous African American figures in the nation: the owner and president of a hai...