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Let’s talk about reading. What are you reading or what was the last book you read? And share a few lessons from it.

At the moment I read e-books. The last book I read is “Conversations with Millionaires” ...

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This book written by John Grisham is his first work of non-fiction

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<p>At the 41st anniversary of the pogrom of 1966, I wrote a short story I called The Blank Tape. It is a story of a video tape in which frames of the pogrom were recorded ends up blank when played back. The blank tape is a metaphor for all that we do not know about the events that led to the...

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Source We heard about the coup d'état on television. The twenty-year-old British sitcom dumped on our third world audience was zapped off like a page flipped by an impatient hand. Martial music interrupted our lovemaking and snatched us back down to earth. The tight rhythm of our...

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Andrew Rowell, James Marriott, and Lorne Stockman (Paperback - 3 Nov 2005)

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Denmark Vesey chose five Lieutenants to head various ethnic arms of the rebellion. Ibo Monday' was chosen to head up the Ibo constituency. Not only did he give up all the details about Denmark's plan, but he gave the name of all of his ibo brethrens to save his butt.
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What can I say? I'm a groupie and collect her short stories like people collect stamps, stones and sea shells. I plan to dedicate this thread to her short stories. I have to go look at my collections and fish out those she has written in times past


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Finally, a good writer is the one who doesn’t force us to accept her point of view, but is the one who speaks to us through her writing. Sefi Atta is an ingenious writer of ideas and attention must be paid to her work. The issues she tackled in “Lawless & Other Stories” are large, substantial...

Review by Rudolf Okonkwo

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At the 41st anniversary of the pogrom of 1966, I
wrote a short story I called The Blank Tape. It is a story of a video
tape in which frames of the pogrom were recorded ends up blank when...

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I found this book riveting and an unpredictable sequel to the prequel, A rose in bloom. this author is relatively unknown but with this book, wouldn't be for too long.

The vivid narrations and twist make for a compelling read. Chimamandu, you've got competition.

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For some us that have no idea what the problem that has engulfed America really is. Below are the opportunities to get to speed, some smart folks saw the problem coming and put their thoughts to paper, while others started writing books after the problem started.

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Maima Karmo is a breast cancer survivor originally from Liberia. In this book, she shares her experience with breast cancer. Find out more about her ...

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There are 2 types of books: the ones that inform, and the ones that challenge. Textbooks inform; Chinweizu’s ‘The West and the Rest of Us’ challenges. Okonkwo’s book, ‘The Children of a Retired God’ will challenge your core beliefs.

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In this affecting follow-up to The Pact, Davis, Jenkins and Hunt (The Three Doctors as they call themselves) turn from their shared friendship to the more tenuous relationships they shared with their absent fathers. Focusing again on their childhood and youth, they each reflect separately on the...

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Igbo people say umu nna bu ike (one’s kindred is one’s strength). Therefore, I have come to you, my kindred, to announce the birth of my new baby whose name is “Wayo Guy and other Nigerian Short Stories”. This child was conceived in this village before your eyes. For almost two years, numerous...

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Daughters of the Dust – July Dash

This book is 10 years old and I am just reading it. It is about the Gullahs. You know how you are reading and you come across something unexpectedly. It is just like when I was reading Sandra Jackson-Opuko’s book and all of sudden come upon people a

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I stumbled upon this book on facebook. Ordered it (I try to support my Nigerian authors), read it in one seating and I loved it. It is light hearted and funny. Just what I needed after reading Dispatches from the edge.

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Sefi Atta has a new...

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Ancestor Stones by Aminata Forna. The literary setting is old times in the village (well to a certain stage) and shows the strengths and weaknesses of women in Sierra Leone as far back as the early 1900's. In all, it highlights how brave women were as far back as that time. The writer has

Enna Inot

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This book by Ahmadou Kouroma(late) was originally written in French but translated by Frank Wynne.
It tells the heart breaking story of Birahima,an orphaned 10 year old child traumatized and guilt stricken by his mother's death.