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The girl with the louding voice : a novel / by Daré, Abi,author.;

"A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to get an education so that she can escape and choose her own future. Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice"-the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. When Adunni runs away to the city, hoping to make a better life, she finds that the only other option before her is servitude to a wealthy family. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless slave, Adunni is told, by words and deeds, that she is nothing. But while misfortunes might muffle her voice for a time, they cannot mute it. And when she realizes that she must stand up not only for herself, but for other girls, for the ones who came before her and were lost, and for the next girls, who will inevitably follow; she finds the resolve to speak, however she can-in a whisper, in song, in broken English-until she is heard"--

Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Young women;

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Aisha. by Berry, Frank,film director.; O'Connor, Josh,actor.; Wright, Letitia,actor.; Cranitch, Lorcan,actor.; McCabe, Ruth,actor.; Graham, Stuart,actor.; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Josh O'Connor, Letitia Wright, Lorcan Cranitch, Ruth McCabe, Stuart GrahamOriginally produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films in 2022.This heartfelt drama follows Nigerian asylum seeker Aisha Osagie (Letitia Wright) as she navigates the challenges of Ireland’s immigration system. Isolated and uncertain, she forms a deep, unexpected bond with Conor Healy (Josh O’Connor), a former prisoner working at her accommodation center. But as their friendship grows, Aisha’s future in Ireland becomes increasingly precarious, and they both must face hard truths about belonging, loss, and the cost of hope.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures--Ireland.; Motion pictures--Europe.;

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Butter honey pig bread / by Ekwuyasi, Francesca,1990-author.;

"An intergenerational saga about three Nigerian women: a novel about food, family, and forgiveness. Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her twin daughters, Kehinde and Taiye. Kambirinachi believes that she is an Ogbanje, or an Abiku, a non-human spirit that plagues a family with misfortune by being born and then dying in childhood to cause a human mother misery. She has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family but lives in fear of the consequences of her decision. Kambirinachi and her daughters become estranged from one another because of a trauma that Kehinde experiences in childhood, which leads her to move away and cut off all contact. She ultimately finds her path as an artist and seeks to raise a family of her own, despite her fear that she won't be a good mother. Meanwhile, Taiye is plagued by guilt for what her sister suffered and also runs away, attempting to fill the void of that lost relationship with casual flings with women. She eventually discovers a way out of her stifling loneliness through a passion for food and cooking. But now, after more than a decade of living apart, Taiye and Kehinde have returned home to Lagos. It is here that the three women must face each other and address the wounds of the past if they are to reconcile and move forward. For readers of African diasporic authors such as Teju Cole and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Butter Honey Pig Bread is a story of choices and their consequences, of motherhood, of the malleable line between the spirit and the mind, of finding new homes and mending old ones, of voracious appetites, of queer love, of friendship, faith, and above all, family."--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families; Mothers and daughters;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Taken down. [videorecording] / by Caffrey, David,television director.; Gleeson, Brian,1987-actor.; Maïga, Aïssa,actor.; Rafferty, Lynn,actor.; Acorn Films (Firm),production company.; RLJ Entertainment,publisher.;

Aissa Maiga, Brian Gleeson, Lynn Rafferty, Orla Fitzgerald, Slimane Dazi.In Dublin, a young Nigerian girl, Esme Lukasa, is found dead at a bus stop opening an investigation into her violent death. This leads Inspector Jen Rooney and her team of investigating detectives to a Direct Provision Centre for asylum-seekers. It is soon discovered that another girl from the center has disappeared. The police enter a murky underworld of slumlords and traffickers to find out who killed Esme and rescue the missing girl before she suffers a horrific fate.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereophonic.

Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television crime shows.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Detectives; Human trafficking; Missing children; Murder;

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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Dreamer : a graphic memoir / by Aliu, Akim.; Anderson-Elysée, Greg.; Vega, Karen de la.; Williams, Marcus(Comic book artist);

"Akim Aliu--also known as 'Dreamer'--is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. 'Dreamer' tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is a gut-wrenching and riveting graphic novel memoir that reminds us to never stop dreaming, and is sure to inspire young readers everywhere."--

Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Autobiographical comics.; Aliu, Akim; Hockey players; Hockey players, Black; Racially mixed people; Racially mixed people; Immigrants; Racism in sports; Cartoons and comics.;

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Shetland. [videorecording] / by Henshall, Douglas,1965-actor.; Kane, David,1961-screenwriter.; Logue, Paul,screenwriter.; O'Donnell, Alison,actor.; Robertson, Steven,actor.; television adaptation of (work):Cleeves, Ann.Shetland series.; BBC Worldwide Ltd.,publisher,distributor.; ITV Studios,production company.;

Douglas Henshall, Alison O'Donnell, Steven Robertson.Douglas Henshall returns as DI Jimmy Perez in the latest installment of this acclaimed long-running crime series inspired by Ann Cleeves' bestselling novels. When a severed human hand washes up in a Shetland beach, Perez and his team face a disturbing new investigation. The victim is identified as a young Nigerian man, spotted in Lerwick a few days before, but what was he doing on the island? As Perez edges closer to a sinister truth stretching far beyond Shetland's shores, drawing him into a desperate search for a vulnerable young woman.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Cleeves, Ann.; Criminal investigation; Detectives; Police;

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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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Call the midwife. [videorecording] / by Agutter, Jenny,actor.; Bassett, Linda,actor.; George, Helen,1984-actor.; Main, Laura,1981-actor.; Parfitt, Judy,1935-actor.; Redgrave, Vanessa,1937-actor.; Ritchie, Charlotte,1989-actor.; Thomas, Heidi,1967-creator,screenwriter.; Tricklebank, Ann,television producer.; Tucker, David,1947 March 28-television director.; television adaptation of (work):Worth, Jennifer,1935-2011.Call the midwife.; BBC Studios,publisher.; Neal Street Productions,production company.;

Vanessa Redgrave, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Laura Main, Charlotte Ritchie, Linda Bassett.The midwives of Nonnatus House continue to face complex medical and personal dilemmas as the multi-award-winning drama returns for a thirteenth series. It's 1969 and more babies than ever are being born in hospital. Pressure on maternity beds remains extremely high across the country. However, Poplar is coping better than most due to the popularity of home births under the auspices of the sisters. And a new midwife-training scheme sees Nonnatus House welcome a host of new midwives. The recruits face social problems arising from the docks, concerns among the Nigerian and Sylheti communities and health challenges from Cerebral Palsy, Tetanus and TB.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; Female friendship; Midwifery; Midwives; Nuns; Poor; Poverty; Pregnant women; Childbirth; Convents;

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Catch that chicken! / by Atinuke,author.; Brooksbank, Angela,illustrator.; Illidge, Jeanette,narrator.;

Read by Jeanette Illidge.Lami is the best chicken catcher in the whole village. Her sister may be speedy at spelling, her friend fast at braiding hair, and her brother brave with bulls, but when it comes to chickens, nobody is faster or braver than Lami. That is, until the day when Lami chases a little too fast, up the baobab tree, and reaches a little too far . . . ow! How can she catch chickens with an ankle that's puffed up like an angry lizard? Could it be, as Nana Nadia says, that quick thinking is more important than quick running? Award-winning author Atinuke celebrates Nigerian village life in a story vibrantly illustrated by Angela Brooksbank with a universal message at its heart.

Subjects: Picture books.; Children's audiobooks.; Book plus audio.; Dyslexia-friendly books.; Villages; Girls; Chickens; Ability; Chickens; Creative ability; Villages; Nigeria.; youth literature (form); VOX books.;

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Something to hide / by George, Elizabeth,1949-author.;

"Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are back in the next Lynley novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George. When a police detective is taken off life support after falling into a coma, only an autopsy reveals the murderous act that precipitated her death. She'd been working on a special task force within North London's Nigerian community, and Acting Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley is assigned to the case, which has far-reaching cultural associations that have nothing to do with life as he knows it. In his pursuit of a killer determined to remain hidden, he's assisted by Detective Sergeants Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata. They must sort through the lies and the secret lives of people whose superficial cooperation masks the damage they do to one another"--

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Lynley, Thomas; Havers, Barbara (Fictitious character); Murder; Police; Women detectives;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3

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