Buchi: 9 books

First published in 1976, this great literary classic follows a young Nigerian woman who rejects the patriarchal traditions of her culture to find love and happiness in the western world. With pure honesty and subtle protest, Buchi Emecheta chronicles the unfair pressure and ultimate demise that women...

Maha took his room key out of the pocket of his trousers, reflexively located the key hole and turned the key in the lock, but just then his eyes were drawn to a mark on his door. It was the etching of a small coffin roughly outlined by the impatient blade of an angry knife. He had been marked; it was...

It is the expressions of a growing entrepreneur, finding his feet in the murky adventure he has chosen and become. It is the story of a dreamer who is learning the voice of his own song and gradually becoming the piper of his endless dance. This piece shares ideas about how anyone could become the...

A feminist literary classic by one of Africa’s greatest women writers, re-issued with a new introduction by Stéphane Robolin. First published in 1979, The Joys of Motherhood is the story of Nnu Ego, a Nigerian woman struggling in a patriarchal society. Unable to conceive in her first marriage,...

Are you satisfied with where you are in your career today? If your answer is not a resounding “yes!” then please read on… Jump! is a career development book with practical and proven strategies to help move your career forward. You will learn how to: • Take charge of your career...

"Her graphically detailed pictures of tribal life make the novel memorable."—Chicago Tribune The Slave Girl follows the fortunes of Ogbanje Ojebeta, a Nigerian woman who is sold into slavery in her own land after disease and tragedy leave her orphaned as a child. In her fellow slaves, she...

The classic tale of a Nigerian woman who overcomes strict tribal domination only to encounter the hardships of immigration. Available again. In the late 1960’s, Adah, a spirited and resourceful woman manages to move her family to London. Seeking an independent life for herself and her children...

"Guaranteed to capture and sustain the attention of all consumers and connoisseurs of poetry, especially those with emotional investments in Africa, Ahiabuike's poetry is fresh, natural, and mellifluous, grounded in a unique craft that relies on the power of intuition and shuns the blind spots...

This anthology of true love poems reads like an epic. The writer's true life experience comes alive. One can almost visualize angels dancing on trees atop the panoramic green Kubwa Hills. The concept of true love can be felt like an excited human heart. "Trials of Princess Diana," "The...