A killer is stalking Oslo's streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated, but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical.
Tenants of the House is a skillful depiction of the ugly underbelly of Nigerian politics unveiling the intrigues, chicanery, and greed pervasive within the country's political and legislative processes.
Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever.
Ubuntu means that if we can see everyone as connected to us, we will never be able to treat others as disposable or without worth.
In this book, Soyinka argues that all claims that Africa has been explored are as premature as news of her imminent demise.
With knowledge, spirit, good humour and passion, The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr brings to life a remarkable man whose thoughts and actions speak to our most burning contemporary issues and still inspire the desires, hopes and dreams of us all.
The first edition of THE POLITICS OF WOLE SOYINKA was published specifically as a preliminary study to commemorate the 60th birthday of the Nobel Laureate. It has now been updated to mark his 80th birthday.
This landmark reference work emphasizes Yoruba history, geography and demography, language and linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and art.
Africa is edging closer to fulfilling her staggering potential. 'Reclaiming Hope' outlines the imperatives for this emerging generation.
Gender, Culture and Development in Africa interrogates ways in which gender, culture, and development in the African context reinforce, shape, and reshape one another.
This innovative anthology presents an interdisciplinary approach to Yorùbá culture and customs.
The essays in this volume provide a framework for understanding contemporary Nigeria’s pains and gains.
This volume combines conceptual and empirical methodology to connect the administrative dots between the dynamics of democratic governance and the imperatives of development in Nigeria.
The book is the truth about the worrisome circumstances Nigeria finds itself.
White Chief, Black Lords explores the tensions and contradictions between the British colonial civilizing mission and the practice of indirect rule. 177 pages Hard Cover
Nigeria:The Birth of Africa’s Greatest Country chronicles the social political events of colonial and immediate post-colonial Nigeria as recorded by Drum, the popular monthly magazine of those times.
Michael Peel, a correspondent for the financial times has told the history of Nigeria and her people in the book.Paper back Pages: 250
In a humorous way, Nigerians In Theory tries to depict the full richness of the Nigerian character and the inherent tensions in that make up.
The book contains essays written by four generations of Nigerian scholars. It is the first to examine the historical, political, economic and comparative dimensions of attempts by the military to restructure the Nigerian federation.
Supported with personal letters and pictures, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nzeogwu’s close friend and confidant, provides a penetrating and detailed account of the lie of the one of the most enigmatic names in Nigeria’s history.
This House of Oduduwa Must Not Fall represents a quest to share the ultimate eye-opening journey to the root of the problems of (the geographical entity called) Nigeria.
Centered around three of the dominant themes of Nigeria's post-colonial narrative - ethnicity, democracy and governance, this is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the history and events that have shaped these three areas.
Ironsi was Nigeria’s first military Head of State. He was killed in Ibadan in the July 1966 counter coup led my northern officers. In this edition entitled Ironsi, Chuks Iloegbunam goes beyond the individual level and the web of intrigues that cost General Aguiyi-Ironis his life.
“This book is the story of Nigeria’s political journey between December 31, 1983 and August 27, 1993. This is the story of how things fell apart.”
In 1995, I read ‘the mystery gunman’ a masterpiece written by Justice Kayode Eso. First, I read the excerpt published by the Guardian newspaper that year. Eso wrote about a case that came before him when he was a magistrate in the 60s.