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THUS I LAY NAKED by Mercy Juma
follow the crowd, and thus get engulfed in a world not meant for you.
Your feet will find it foreign, your palate will find it repugnant at first. Your soul will cringe and gnaw at you as it sends whispers in your dreams, and churns your gut to lean in, and remember who you are and then gift the world with your unique essence.
Your soul will try to guide you, and if you listen, with delight it will bestow wisdom and inner glee within you. There will be a bounce to your step, a joy that glows you up and a peace that radiates you within, with an aura that draws people to you.
I write this for my mom Arosy, for my uncle Bob, for my brother Jicha, for my sister Nyathure the showstopper, my cousins Job and Fortune, together with Kevin, Nandwa, Christabel, and Alfred. You are the closest people I have. I write this for my husband, as a map into my inner intricacies because I am that complicated. Or maybe not. I write from my soul. There is much to unpack. So please join me on this journey.
Diaries of a Dead African by Chuma Nw...
Diaries of a Dead African is a merciless comedy that explores the life-threatening situations of three protagonists, the farmer Meme Jumai and his two sons - Abel (failed writer) and Calamatus (aspiring conman). Meme's wife has left him with the bulk of his barn. He has a few tubers to last until harvest. Can he stretch it? Will his friends and relatives help out? Calamatus' break has finally come after an apprenticeship to a con-artist. Can he survive wealth as readily as he did, poverty? Finally Abel's manuscripts are attracting attention, but not, as he discovers, for their literary value... his fondest dreams were on the verge of realisation, yet his father had died at 50 and his brother at 25. How to outlive them both, without fleeing the very opportunities he had craved all his life.
How to Spell Naija in 100 Short Stori...
A midnight call by an assassin to his prospective victim quickly becomes a game of wits in a telephone thriller impossible to second-guess [We Have Been Paid to Kill You]. On his deathbed, the Founding Overseer confesses to his wife that his visions were false and their ministry a 30-year hoax. She’s devastated – but fate isn’t halfway through with her [Re:Vision]
This second volume of How to Spell Naija in 100 Short Stories contains the final 50 stories and raises the high bar set by the first. These tales boldly range over Nigeriana, with kidnappers, houseboys, bishops and suicide bombers wreaking domestic and hilarious havoc in the lush terrain of Nwokolo’s imagination.
The tales are set in the future and in the present, in the Diaspora, in urban and small-town Nigeria, and in the author’s fictional Waterside. Once again, Nwokolo’s sure-handed humour and earthy style brings an amazing and unforgettable cast of characters to life.
“To say that Chuma Nwokolo is a great writer is an understatement. He is an author whose works have souls. They speak to the reader. They are both ‘novel’ and familiar. In a sense, he presents everyday issues with a different insight; one that illuminates the reader’s mind and brings to him that wonderful epiphanic aha! moment. He is able to turn everyday events into stories worth the read.”
Fredua Agyeman, reviewing Vol.1
How to Spell Naija in 100 Short Stori...
These short stories are set in the future and the present, in the Diaspora, and in urban and small-town Nigeria, especially in Waterside, the author's much-visited fictional community. Once again, the author's sure-handed humour and earthy style brings a cast of characters to unforgettable life. The first of two commemorative volumes of 100 Short Stories by Chuma Nwokolo: a buffet of Nigeriana served with wit and understanding, on the occasion of the centenary of Nigeria's amalgamation.
Troubled Sunsets by Tiwaine Ole Nchoko
Spirit Does Not Bow Before Mortals by...
Spirit Does Not Bow Before Mortals is a solemn account of the coming of age of a young girl who is catapulted into the ambiguity of the unrelenting inequalities of life. A life marooned by survival and destruction, desperation and dependence, culture and modernism, love and loss, life and death. It is just the perfect irony!
Breaking Point: A Journalist Quest fo...
Breaking Point tells the first-person story of an intrepid Nigerian investigative journalist who is forced to flee his home country and seek political asylum in Ghana, after which he effectively declares war on the corrupt establishment at home. The fury with which he is despised and hunted by this establishment is only matched by his penchant for expanding his ever-increasing list of powerful Nigerian enemies with his uncompromising work
The Hacienda of Jesús of Pachuca
In the beautiful cities of Pachuca, a story unfolds in a big hacienda, filled with history and secrets.
“The Hacienda of Jesus García of Pachuca,” takes you into a world where love, power, and the past are all mixed up in a fascinating tale. Catalina, a woman with beauty and big dreams, grows up in a tough situation, and her ambitions lead her to marry Jesus García. But ambitions are like hunger—they never really go away. Her teenage desire to be with an African man comes back when she meets Flomo. Flomo is a young man from Liberia, and he's torn between his dreams and his love for Teta. Should he give in to Catalina's advances, hoping it'll help him reach his goals, or stay true to Teta back in Liberia? It's a tough choice, but Catalina, who's very intriguing, makes him give in, right there in Jesus García's hacienda. Jesus García is a Mezcal farmer who owns a hacienda passed down from his father. He's a dreamer and falls in love with Catalina quickly. But he realizes Catalina's dreams are too big for him, and he feels betrayed. This sets the stage for his revenge. In the walls of the hacienda, secrets come out, and the characters face the weight of their family's past. "The Hacienda of Jesus García" explores a place where what happened before affects what's happening now, and the characters have to deal with their wants, dreams, and the history of the García family.
Here is the retelling of the Biblical story of Potiphar’s wife and Joseph, told elegantly in the most lush language.
The Nigerian Mafia: Sao Paulo
Nollywood actor, Uche Mbadiegwu arrives São Paulo from Lomé, the night the carnival kicks off at the Anhembi Sambadrome. On the plane, he meets a Nigerian filmmaker, Obika Nwadi, who just been dismissed from the University of Oxford, and scandaliz hoping to find a new life in Brazil, where he begins to sh pornographic films for male-to-male sex workers. Uche bumps into label, a trans woman, who is helping to res transgender women trafficked into prostitution and falls in love, he must hide the fact that he works with an Ethiopian gang traffick Malawian and Zimbabwean women into Brazil, carrying drugs.A Sierra Leonian diplomat, Ibrahim Kabala, with connections Brazilian politicians, finds a way to move drugs from Brazil to V Africa, without hindrances. The Chinese and the Japanese mobs fi over territories. The Nigerian Mafia: São Paulo, is a gritty tale of drugs, violence, rituals, and human trafficking.
Britain A Slave Plantation? A Persona...
I woke up one ominous morning in Oxford to find out I had been, for the lack of a better word, set on fire. A hit piece disguised as investigative report by an irritant student newspaper had told the world I was a fraudulent professor amongst a litany of other lies. And like most coordinated slander campaigns, the article was quickly syndicated to other local newspapers for wider coverage.
Black Butterfly
I’ve woven tales that resonate with the spectrum of human experiences. My journey brims with intricate details, harkening back to a time when I found myself ensnared—a captive battling ceaselessly to break free from the constraints that bound me. But in my lexicon, the word “impossible” was absent; I saw it not as an obstacle, but as a catalyst for personal growth.
At Night Men Take the Lonely Way Back...
As we embark on this odyssey with them, we find ourselves aboard a bus departing from Plateau, the landscape shifting outside the window mirroring the internal tumult of our protagonists. Kanani's fervent prayers and Faisi's silent acquiescence form the backdrop against which their complex relationship unfolds. Yet, amidst the dust of the roads and the weight of societal expectations, there exists an uneasy tension—a discord between their spiritual convictions and the skepticism of the observer.
There’s No Snow in Stockholm by Onyek...
Detective Anna Larson is investigating the death of Adahlia Blomgren who had lived a full life on her own terms. But was it enough? A Mistress of the house, Ms Adahlia's home plays host to an assortment of troubled individuals, from wayward relations to frustrating, but necessary staff, along with her cat and two dogs. All have their own inner struggles.
Find out more, what happened in this thrilling crime novel series.
Oliver Maina A victim of Circumstance...
Based on true life events, Oliver finds himself on the short end of the stick and he navigates life from being an infant to a burgeoning teenager, meets a stalker, domestic violence, also falls in love a couple times, there must be a drawing of his silhouette on the ground because of all the falling. Oliver battles bullying and surviving what he calls, Kenya Defense Force Camp. When water turns to ice, you have to wonder how it was water in the first place.
Oliver, once a sweet mane, becomes a vile person. Was he not a VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE though?
The author is finally brave enough to tell his story to the world of the events that shaped his life, but in 3rd person. Buckle up!
Flashes of Life: Return of the Outcas...
Flashes of life is a juxtaposition of grief and triumph and what exists at the intersection of both. On the precipice of cementing relationships, the author gets hit by sudden deaths of his brother, forcing him to reckon with both competing realities of life considering that yhe author is seen as an outcast in that family because he was not born or raised in that family.
It also exposes the upheavals visited upon women who become widows from clan upon the death of their husbands in Africa, Kenya in the context of the bookl
Promised Land: The Encoding by Katib ...
In a not so distant and very near dystopian future, three friends, Abeni, Ida, and Soweto, unknowingly embark on an Afro-surreal journey over the summer that will change not only their lives, but the lives of all whom they share so much with. What begins as a vacation forces them to become familiar with their past in order to have a direct influence on the future. Under the guidance of an unforeseen force, strange things begin to happen that bring them closer to uncovering truths and taking them to a place that they and others never thought they would see.
UNBOUND by Peris Nyaguthii
"In the grand stage of life,we possess a single act to shine:to be an Eagle or a pigeon. Where we choose to roost is a personal call,but,either way, we have to fly- to the lofty heights or the cosy corners-taking flight is the only way to script a narrative. So, spread those wings and author your destiny."
Mwangeka wa Malowa by Mshenga Mwacharo
"Mwangeka wa Malowa" tells the story of a warrior chief named Mwangeka who challenged the British colonial empire in 19th-century Kenya. He was a hero to his people and a symbol of resilience in the face of oppression, but to the British and their collaborators, he was a savage rebel. The book explores Mwangeka's journey as he defends his homeland and people against the British, as well as the sacrifices, triumphs, and heart-wrenching moments that define a true hero. It is a testament to Africa's timeless spirit and a celebration of unity in diversity.
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