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A searing, unflinching collection of stories set in Nigeria that explores themes of community expectations, familial strife, and the struggle for survival.
This new book focuses on the analysis of the online strategy and development of the luxury industry, tracing the evolution of the Internet from a means of communication to a trade and distribution channel. The author provides a comprehensive evaluation and a critical assessment of the tactics required for the management of luxury brands online.
**An Oprah Daily Most Anticipated Book of 2024** A searing, unflinching collection of stories set in Nigeria that explores community expectations, familial strife and the struggle for survival. A one-eyed chicken, a chimpanzee forgotten in a cage, babies with hydra heads squished into pulp. Everday madness and monsters are explored against the backdrop of an indifferent Lagos in Uche Okonkwo's dynamic debut collection. Across ten evocative stories, A Kind of Madness dips in and out of the lives of Nigerians, weaving through their lunacy and longing, unravelling the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, best friends, siblings and more. Brimming with vitality, these bites...
“Steady-handed and gut-punching. I’m in awe.”—NoViolet Bulawayo An Oprah Daily Most Anticipated Book of 2024 A searing, unflinching collection of stories set in Nigeria that explores themes of community expectations, familial strife, and the struggle for survival. A teenage girl from a poor family is dazzled by her rich, vivacious friend, but as the friend’s behavior grows unstable and dangerous, she must decide whether to cover for her or risk telling the truth to get her the help she needs. A young woman and her mother bask in the envy of their neighbors when the woman receives an offer of marriage from the family of a doctor living in Belgium—though when the offer fails to mat...
This groundbreaking fashion branding and management text brings an analytical business dimension to the marketing and corporate techniques of the luxury fashion goods industry. It will make engaging reading for anyone who wishes to learn about the captivating business of turning functional products into objects of desire.
A mother's warning to her young daughter not to leave home . . . A question that changes a relationship in ways no one could have predicted . . . A silence that speaks more than words ever could . . . TheNakedConvos brings you an emotional, thought-provoking, inspiring and altogether fascinating invitation to exploration, honesty, vulnerability, connection, celebration of relationships, and self-discovery. Have you ever read a story that left you feeling naked, vulnerable and exposed? These Words Expose Us is an anthology of stories from young, award-winning Nigerian writers, including Uche Okonkwo, Pemi Aguda, Gbolahan Adeola, Osemhen Akhibi and many, many more. From Lagos to Benin, Ibadan to New York, these are our stories - the stories we never tell, the stories we suspect our neighbors live, the stories our friends and lovers are afraid to tell us. But they are only stories made of words. Just words. Even if These Words Expose Us.
This is an anthology of 20 poems each from both poets. An esoteric work filled with inspiration. It mercilessly delves into the modern issues of the day. A must read for anyone who still cherish words and condensed thoughts!
"Araba"(separation) was a word first used by rioters at a Bauchi demonstration signaling the Northern peoples' desire to break from the federal republic of Nigeria. The catalyst for its first use was the cold-blooded murder of some prominent Northern elites, including the Premier of the North, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, by predominantly Igbo officers, on January 15, 1966 Araba became a rallying cry for the North's disaffection with the state of affairs after Iron's promulgation of the obnoxious "decree No 34", making Nigeria a unitary state. In some quarters, it became resonant and synonymous with the rampant killing of Igbos in the North. These killings (similar things were h...