Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Web of lies Web of lies Beverley Naidoo When Nigerian refugee Femi becomes involved with a dangerous gang, he finds himself lying to his family and in danger of legal trouble that could ruin their chances of gaining asylum in England. OL16062447W
Happiness, like water Happiness, like water Chinelo Okparanta Short stories. Here are Nigerian women at home and transplanted to the United States, building lives out of longing and hope, faith and doubt, the struggle to stay and the mandate to leave, the burde… OL19969086W
Streetwise Streetwise Chris Freeman "Ex-cop Joseph Soyinka made many enemies fighting corruption but refused to be intimidated - until his wife was killed and his life destroyed. Now he lives with his young son in the anonymous safety … OL21421680W
Shifting Allegiances Shifting Allegiances Amaka Lily If you had told Deka in 2005, as she sat on a plane bound for America, that she would one day wish to be in Nigeria, she would have spat in your face. Nigeria had been hell for her. She lived in a on… OL27960742W
Frozen contract Frozen contract Bill Rogers When Premiership star Sunday Okowu-Bello is found dead, in chilling circumstances, DCI Tom Caton knows this case is going to be anything but straightforward. And with three security guards missing th… OL28942531W
The other side of truth The other side of truth Beverley Naidoo Will the truth harm them — or save them?When Nigeria's corrupt military government kills their mother, twelve-year-old Sade and her brother Femi think their lives are over. Out of fear for their safe… OL3285801W
Little Bee Little Bee Chris Cleave A haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers--one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London. OL5845214W
At her majesty's request At her majesty's request Walter Dean Myers Biography of the African princess saved from execution and taken to England where Queen Victoria oversaw her upbringing and where she lived for a time before marrying an African missionary. OL98244W