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An Orchestra of Minorities (HARDBACK)

₦6,000.00

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An Orchestra of Minorities (PAPERBACK)

₦4,000.00

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Riot In Ubahu

₦2,000.00

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The Poet Of Dust

₦2,000.00

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The Anguish And Vigilance Of Things Poems

₦2,000.00

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We Won't Fade into Darkness

₦2,500.00

{"id":1394256838705,"title":"We Won't Fade into Darkness","handle":"we-wont-fade-into-darkness","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn abusive father is forced out of safety to find his runaway son in a world where males are going extinct and female monarchs have resorted to drastic methods to ensure continuity of the Nigerian race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Ogbanje travels to a near post-apocalyptic Nigeria from the past with a solution even she is not aware of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a Nigeria where the British never left, a white boy who lives in Lagos seizes a banned book from one of his father’s Nigerian household serfs and their friendship yields disastrous consequences in Passion Fruit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn We Won’t Fade into Darkness the past and future comes to a head, indiscriminate exploitation of oil eventually yields Nigerium, a gaseous element that poisons air, destroys reproductive organs and drives people insane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe common thread in these stories apart from the country of its setting is the lifeblood of every indigene, hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2018-09-17T11:34:17+01:00","created_at":"2018-09-17T11:38:01+01:00","vendor":"Parresia","type":"Nigerian Fiction","tags":["TJ Benson"],"price":250000,"price_min":250000,"price_max":250000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":0,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":12507003551793,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"We Won't Fade into Darkness","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":250000,"weight":500,"compare_at_price":0,"inventory_quantity":9,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":""}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/DkzrnYOXcAEAAQi.jpg?v=1538840532"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/DkzrnYOXcAEAAQi.jpg?v=1538840532","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn abusive father is forced out of safety to find his runaway son in a world where males are going extinct and female monarchs have resorted to drastic methods to ensure continuity of the Nigerian race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Ogbanje travels to a near post-apocalyptic Nigeria from the past with a solution even she is not aware of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a Nigeria where the British never left, a white boy who lives in Lagos seizes a banned book from one of his father’s Nigerian household serfs and their friendship yields disastrous consequences in Passion Fruit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn We Won’t Fade into Darkness the past and future comes to a head, indiscriminate exploitation of oil eventually yields Nigerium, a gaseous element that poisons air, destroys reproductive organs and drives people insane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe common thread in these stories apart from the country of its setting is the lifeblood of every indigene, hope.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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SMILE, My Beloved Country

₦2,500.00

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Money While You Play

₦2,500.00

{"id":1375739150385,"title":"Money While You Play","handle":"money-while-you-play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Peter is a compelling writer, supporting his narrative with astute observations, brilliant technical insight and memorable anecdotes. His book is much more than a real estate 'how to' but actually a guide to intergenerational wealth planning. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe highlights the effectiveness of team cooperation and collaboration which he places at the heart of success in Real Estate. His keen analytical assessment of the different categories of real estate and their potential returns is excellent and exemplary. This is required reading for the visionary real estate investor”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2018-08-04T13:03:03+01:00","created_at":"2018-08-04T13:03:03+01:00","vendor":"Parresia","type":"Nonfiction","tags":[],"price":250000,"price_min":250000,"price_max":250000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":12386627944497,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Money While You Play","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":250000,"weight":500,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":4,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":""}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/MWYP_selected_a03ca842-7aa2-4fbc-95ce-15456c505396.jpg?v=1533907074","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/MWYP_selected_-_Copy.jpg?v=1533907083"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/MWYP_selected_a03ca842-7aa2-4fbc-95ce-15456c505396.jpg?v=1533907074","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Peter is a compelling writer, supporting his narrative with astute observations, brilliant technical insight and memorable anecdotes. His book is much more than a real estate 'how to' but actually a guide to intergenerational wealth planning. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe highlights the effectiveness of team cooperation and collaboration which he places at the heart of success in Real Estate. His keen analytical assessment of the different categories of real estate and their potential returns is excellent and exemplary. This is required reading for the visionary real estate investor”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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Night Dancer

₦2,500.00

{"id":789406154801,"title":"Night Dancer","handle":"night-dancer","description":"\u003cp\u003eNight Dancer is set in Nigeria and tells the story of Mma and her stubborn mother, Ezi. Ezi's unexpected death leads Mma to learn about her mother's past and rethink the resentment and contempt she has held for her mother her whole life. Mma resents her mother who likes to say things twice like 'dance-dance' and 'happy-happy' and who won't let Mma know anything about her father - Ezi her husband, Mike, and life in Kaduna, when Mma was a baby to raise her as a single mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in three parts, Chika \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniqwe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells a beautiful story, which reveals what happened, why everything is the way it is and why every character in the book did what they did. 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Her mother's letters also lead \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to be reunited with the family she never knew she had - grandfathers, uncles, aunts, father. It goes back to 1960 where we find out what exactly happened to make Ezi leave her husband Mike, and raise their daughter Mma on her own. And it comes back to 2002 when Mma eventually meets her father, Mike, and begins to change her mind about her mother. 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In the Name of Our Father

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