‘Highlife is the only music in this country that has stood and will continue to stand the test of time.’ Victor Olaiya.As West Africa’s oldest form of popular music, highlife was the soundtrack of the independence era. Its influence still resonates today.Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait ..
This famous little book is one of the funniest to come out of Africa. First published in 1996, it continues to be in demand. The Nigerian author turns a humorous and ironic eye on his fellow compatriots. The book is descibed as a guide for Nigerians and expatriates on the conduct, deportment, compor..
HOW WE DESTROY NIGERIA: PRECEDENCE OF DOOM is the first part of a two-volume book detailing the chaos of the Nigerian state. It is a book chronicling the different attacks launched by Nigerians against their own country. Those attacks preceded the country's formation and continue up to this day..
In the early-sixties, a young Tayo Ajayi sails to England from Nigeria to take up a scholarship at Oxford University. In this city of dreaming spires, he finds a whole generation high on visions of a new and better world. And it really does seem as if the whole world is ablaze with freedom movements..
Nigeria is a large country inhabited by over 300 ethnic identities, each with their unique ways. This book introduces both children and adults to the stunning human, cultural and natural diversity of Nigeria, from our 'Arts and Crafts' to 'Zuma Rock'. Featuring photographs and concise text, it is an..
In these wide-ranging stories, Barrett roams the streets with people from all stations of life. A minor policeman, full of the authority and corruption of his uniform, beats his wife. A family’s fortunes fall from love and wealth to infidelity and poverty as poor choices unfurl over three generation..
In the possession of stolen lucre, Brume Lauva takes a big step and decides to run away from a life he has known for more than a decade; a life of consistent failures, and from a girlfriend that shattered his heart and his last feeble grip on a broken dream. Lagos, he believes, could offer another c..
And yet here, through personal essays from 24 of its writers, a more accurate picture comes into view: one that details the realities and contradictions of patriotism, examines the role of class and privilege in Nigerian society, juxtaposes inherited tradition with the diasporic experience and explo..
Princess Arabella thinks her room is boring. So she decides she’s going to do something about that – all by herself.She mixes up some paints and in no time at all her room looks fabulous.The latest book about the popular little Princess Arabella, with fun information about mixing colours. ..