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A spell of good things / by Adebayo, Ayobami,1988-author.;
"A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two people caught in the riptides of wealth, power, poverty, and corruption, by the celebrated author of Stay With Me"--
Subjects: Novels.; Political corruption; Politicians; Social classes;
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This motherless land / by May, Nikki,author.; based on (work):Austen, Jane,1775-1817.Mansfield Park.;
Moving between Somerset and Lagos over the course of two decades, 'This Motherless Land' is a retelling of 'Mansfield Park', exploring identity, culture, race, and love.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Cousins; Families; Nigerians;
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Run. by Chukwu, Uche,film director.; Ojefua, Gregory,actor.; Udegbe, Kelechi,actor.; Omeili, Kiki,actor.; Destinations Flag (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Gregory Ojefua, Kelechi Udegbe, Kiki OmeiliOriginally produced by Destinations Flag in 2019.An uptight young woman who lives a dull, routine life goes on a run one night and witnesses something that puts her in situations she has never been in, and sends her lifespiraling out of control.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Motion pictures--Africa.; Action films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Motion pictures--Nigeria.;
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After the rain [graphic novel] / by Jennings, John,1970-author.; Brame, David(Illustrator),artist.; Duffy, Damian,letterer.; Okorafor, Nnedi.On the road.;
"After the Rain' is a graphic novel adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's short story "On the Road." The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a violent and unexpected storm. A Nigerian-American woman named Chioma answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing at her doorstep. He reaches for her, and his touch burns like fire. Something is very wrong. Haunted and hunted, Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive. John Jennings and David Brame's graphic novel collaboration uses bold art and colors to powerfully tell this tale of identity and destiny."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Fate and fatalism; Nigerian Americans;
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The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos. by Akinmuyiwa, Bisola,film director.; Atinkpo, Elijah,film director.; Tayler, James,film director.; Cerf, Mathew,film director.; Okechukwu, Samuel,film director.; Ogungbamila, Temitope,film director.; Edukpo, Tina,film director.; Adebayo, Adebowale,actor.; Avlessi, Gerard,actor.; Okechukwu, Kachi,actor.; Ami-Williams, Temiloluwa,actor.; Adelesi, Teniola,actor.; Rushlake Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Adebowale Adebayo, Gerard Avlessi, Kachi Okechukwu, Temiloluwa Ami-Williams, Teniola AdelesiOriginally produced by Rushlake Media in 2024.Jawu lives in one of the floating slums pushed into the lagoon which gives the megacity Lagos its name – a young mother scraping by in an indifferent city. However, the spirit of the great warrior king Egbaezen has marked her for a terrible responsibility and ordeal. Danger now threatens his people, as corrupt officials conspire to evict thousands from their ancestral homes. Egbaezen’s spirit takes the form of an African Grey parrot, and sets in motion a chain of events that will change Jawu and her entire community forever.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Crime.; Motion pictures--Africa.; Poverty.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Motion pictures--Nigeria.;
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My name is Konisola / by Siegel, Alisa.;
Konisola leaves her home in Nigeria for Canada and must rely on strangers when her mother becomes ill.LSC
Subjects: Refugees; Refugees; Mothers and daughters;
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Hunt the Leopard / by Mann, Don,1957-; Pezzullo, Ralph.;
Thomas Crocker's SEAL Team Six crew deploys to the Nigerian jungle to combat arms and human trafficking by Boko Haram, in Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo's latest fiercely authentic military thriller. The charismatic Boko Haram leader Ratty Festus, also known as the Leopard, has been terrorizing drought-ridden northeastern Nigeria: raiding villages, blowing up government buildings, and kidnapping schoolgirls. When Thomas Crocker and his Black Cell team, who are in the country on a special training mission, hear about a possible arms-for-schoolgirls exchange between Boko Haram and a Russian arms dealer on the Cameroon border, they convince a Nigerian Special Forces unit to join them in trying to stop it. The operation quickly goes south, with a deadly helicopter crash and an ambush. They can't manage to save all of the girls, even with assistance from a quick-thinking group of British private-security contractors. A week later, the Leopard seizes control of a $500-million dollar Gulf Oil natural gas plant, demanding a $50-million dollar ransom and safe passage out of the compound. Crocker has just 24 hours to plan and execute a high-risk, low-probability, mission to rescue all eighty innocent hostages--including two of his own who are trapped with the civilians.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; War fiction.; United States. Navy. SEALs; Terrorists; Hostages; Adventure stories;
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The attic child : a novel / by Jaye, Lola,author.;
Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret. Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn't bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As the years pass, he desperately clings on to memories of his family in Africa, even as he struggles to remember his mother's face, and sometimes his real name ... 1974: Lowra, a young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege whose fortunes have now changed, finds herself trapped in the same attic. Searching for a ray of light in the darkness of the attic, Lowra finds under the floorboards an old-fashioned pen, a porcelain doll, a beaded necklace, and a message carved on the wall, written in an unidentifiable language. Providing comfort for her when all hope is lost, these clues will lead her to uncover the secrets of the attic.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Africans; Attics; Child slaves; Family secrets; Imprisonment; Orphans; Slavery;
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A coastline is an immeasurable thing : a memoir across three continents / by Daniel, Mary-Alice,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Mary-Alice Daniel's family moved from West Africa to England when she was a very young girl, leaving behind the vivid culture of her native land in the Nigerian savanna. They arrived to a blanched, cold world of prim suburbs and unfamiliar customs. So began her family's series of travels across three continents in search of places of belonging. A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing ventures through the physical and mythical landscapes of Daniel's upbringing. Against the backdrop of a migratory adolescence, she reckons with race, religious conflict, culture clash, and a multiplicity of possible identities. Daniel lays bare the lives and legends of her parents and past generations, unearthing the tribal mythologies that shaped her kin and her own way of being in the world. The impossible question of which tribe to claim as her own is one she has long struggled with: the Nigerian government recognizes her as Longuda, her father's tribe; according to matrilineal tradition, Daniel belongs to her mother's tribe, the nomadic Fulani; and the language she grew up speaking is that of the Hausa tribe. But her strongest emotional connection is to her adopted home: California, the final place she reveals to readers through its spellbinding history. Daniel's approach is deeply personal: in order to reclaim her legacies, she revisits her unsettled childhood and navigates the traditions of her ancestors. Her layered narratives invoke the contrasting spiritualities of her tribes: Islam, Christianity, and magic. A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing is a powerful cultural distillation of mythos and ethos, mapping the far-flung corners of the Black diaspora that Daniel inherits and inhabits. Through lyrical observation and deep introspection, she probes the bonds and boundaries of Blackness, from bygone colonial empires to her present home in America"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Daniel, Mary-Alice.; African American poets; African American women poets; Nigerian Americans; Poets; Women poets;
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Guardian Life
Mode of access: Internet.
Subjects: Entertainment & TV;
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