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Children of Blood and Bone

₦4,500.00

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My Mind Is No Longer Here

₦3,000.00

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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\u003e\u003cstrong\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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Ogbanje travels to a near post-apocalyptic Nigeria from the past with a solution even she is not aware of.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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 a disastrous consequences in Passion Fruit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe common thread in these stories, apart from the country of its setting is the lifeblood of every indigene, hope.\u003c\/strong\u003e\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":8,"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\u003e\u003cstrong\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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Ogbanje travels to a near post-apocalyptic Nigeria from the past with a solution even she is not aware of.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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 a disastrous consequences in Passion Fruit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe common thread in these stories, apart from the country of its setting is the lifeblood of every indigene, hope.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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Who Fears Death

₦3,500.00

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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

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{"id":420221059111,"title":"The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives","handle":"the-secret-lives-of-baba-segi","description":"\u003cspan\u003eAfrican-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Secret Lives of Babi Segi’s Wives,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea perceptive, entertaining, and eye-opening novel of polygamy in modern-day Nigeria. The struggles, rivalries, intricate family politics, and the interplay of personalities and relationships within the complex private world of a polygamous union come to life in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 19th Wife\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eset against a contemporary African background.\u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2017-12-04T07:57:01+01:00","created_at":"2017-12-04T07:57:01+01:00","vendor":"Cassava Republic","type":"Nigerian Fiction","tags":["Lola Shoneyin"],"price":250000,"price_min":250000,"price_max":250000,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":6003088982055,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":250000,"weight":500,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9789784851800"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/secrets.jpg?v=1522752808"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/secrets.jpg?v=1522752808","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cspan\u003eAfrican-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Secret Lives of Babi Segi’s Wives,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea perceptive, entertaining, and eye-opening novel of polygamy in modern-day Nigeria. The struggles, rivalries, intricate family politics, and the interplay of personalities and relationships within the complex private world of a polygamous union come to life in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 19th Wife\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eset against a contemporary African background.\u003c\/span\u003e"}

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Stay With Me

₦3,500.00

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Night Dancer

₦2,500.00

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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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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. It starts in 2001, after Ezi's death, and concentrates on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e very negative feelings and hatred towards her mother. From \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e point of view, we see what being raised by a proud single mother did to her childhood and how it affected Mma's life. When \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e starts reading Ezi's letters or her 'memoirs', \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e finds out the truth about her mother, her past life and why she did what she did. 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. 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