Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
GraceLand GraceLand Christopher Abani This novel is set in Maroko, a sprawling, swampy, crazy and colorful ghetto of Lagos, Nigeria, and unfolds against a backdrop of lush reggae and highlife music, American movies and a harsh urban exis… OL15858690W
Feed Me The Sun Collected Long Poems Feed Me The Sun Collected Long Poems Christopher Abani A collection of imaginative and witty poems, this work displays astonishing energy; beauty of expression; and a range of reference to contemporary life, history, art and literature. Including both me… OL17439442W
Song for Night Song for Night Christopher Abani Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a b… OL5178533W
Daphne's Lot Daphne's Lot Christopher Abani The coming-of-age of a young Englishwoman the power of her ties to family, husband, and her "adopted" country, Nigeria, as well as the illumination of her own soul and that of the narrators. OL7989558W
Song for Night Song for Night Christopher Abani The story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. OL7989562W
Kalakuta Republic Kalakuta Republic Christopher Abani This powerful collection of poems details the harrowing experiences endured by Abani and other political prisoners at the hands of Nigeria's military regime in the late 1980's. OL7989564W