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Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When their mother catches their father with another woman, twelve-year-old Blessing and her fourteen-year-old brother, Ezikiel, are forced to leave their comfortable home in Lagos for the village of Warri in the Niger Delta to live with their mother's family. Without running water or electricity, Warri is at first a nightmare for Blessing. Her mother is gone all day and works suspiciously late into the night to pay the children's school fees. Her...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Emma Davis reads the words of Isaiah 6:8 in her room at a Georgia women's college, she understands her true calling: to become a missionary. It is a leap of faith that sweeps her away to Africa in an odyssey of personal discovery, tremendous hardship, and profound transformation.
11) Nigeria
Series
Publisher
Grolier Educational
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Describes the customs and beliefs connected to some of the special occasions celebrated in Nigeria, including the Mmanwe festival, Osun Ceremony, Independence Day, and others. Includes recipes and related activities.
12) Nigeria
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Describes how the culture of Nigeria is reflected in its many festivals, including the Argungu Fishing Festival and the Feast of Ogun.
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Married in Nigeria, moved to Nebraska, Ifi and Job believed they would be able to keep up the appearance to relatives and friends back home that their marriage was not based on a lie: that Job was a respected doctor in America and Ifi would become his nurse." --
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"My name is Otolorin. I've been called monster. Within dark valleys of flesh I defy the given - a snake curled in upon itself, two-in-one, mythical and shunned. Yet, in that magic place between worlds, in the realm where the great mother gives milk to her offspring, I become like a goddess. An Ordinary Wonder is a powerful coming-of-age story that explores complex desires as well as challenges of family, identity, gender, and culture, and what it...