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Brutally Frank is the autobiography of an elder statesman and frontline...
This is the history of the Nigerian civil war, a four-year period of...
An international bestseller with over five million copies in print, The...
The No1 problem that stops people getting what they want is lack of...
So often, Africa has been depicted simplistically as a uniform land of...
The book edited by two of the leading lights in the Nigerian political...
We feature books bearing on Religion and Philosophy.
Here, collected for the first time in Everyman’s Library, are the three internationally acclaimed classic novels that comprise what has come to be known as Chinua Achebe’s “African Trilogy.”
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration.
This book makes a unique contribution to the literature on Pan-Africanism by providing lively biographical essays of 36 major Pan-African figures by a diverse and prominent group of African, Caribbean, and African-American scholars. They examine historical and contemporary Pan-Africanism as an ideology of emancipation and unity.
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.
King Adetusa of the Kingdom of Kutuje and his wife, Queen Ojuola were given a prophecy that their child, Odewale, would one day grow up to usurp the thrown, killing his father and marry his mother. They acted to prevent the prophecy from coming through but to no avail.
It is the story of an influential international statesman who believes in consensus rather than confrontation, in persuasion rather than force, and in power of morality over corruption. Thus it is the positive view of Africa, its people, culture and place in the world through the life of Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary General.
How to be a Nigerian is a hilarious guide book for Nigerians and foreigners on the conduct, demeanour, mien, carriage, actions, misdoings, misconduct and misbehaviours of the Nigerian adult.
There was not a single school in Lagos and a slave market stood in the centre of the town. Yet by 1956, thousands of happy, well dressed children greeted Queen Elizabeth as she drove through the streets of this large and prosperous town.
In The Rule of Laws, pioneering anthropologist Fernanda Pirie traces the development of the world's great legal systems - Chinese, Indian, Roman, and Islamic - and the innumerable smaller traditions they inspired.
Gandhi's autobiography tells not only of his struggles and inspirations but also speaks frankly of his failures. It is a powerful and enduring account of an extraordinary life.
This book comprehensively explores the life and work of Muhammad, the history of Islam, Islamic beliefs and doctrine, and religious practices and worship.
In the seventies, as signs of decay began to show in the capitalist experiment of the newly independent African countries, a "bard of the misrule" emerged on the streets of Lagos. Often shirtless and armed with his trademark saxophone, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti tore his way into popular culture with Afrobeat music.