Blogs in July 2020

Efuru 26th July 2020

Efuru, beautiful and respected, is loved and deserted by two ordinary undistinguished husbands

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Songs of Enchantment 26th July 2020

Myth and naturalism are combined in the story of Azaro, the spirit-child who lives in an impoverished African village, and the upheavals that he and his family face

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Arrow of God 26th July 2020

When Things Fall Apart ends, colonial rule has been introduced to Umuofia, and the character of the nation, its values, freedoms, religious and socio-political foundations have substantially and irrevocably been altered. Arrow of God, the second novel in Chinua...

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A Man of the People 26th July 2020

By the renowned author of “Things Fall Apart,” this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way between the two...

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The Bride Price 26th July 2020

Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl schooled in her people’s rituals and beliefs, undergoes kidnapping, forced betrothal, and near-shame out of love for Chike, son of a former slave

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