Weruche Opia
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"A young black British woman with a popular student radio show that dishes out relationship advice finds her show and her reputation on the line after she makes out with a man she publicly denounced"--
Sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake. As an expert in relationship-evasion and the host of the popular student radio show Brown Sugar, she's made it her mission to make sure the women of the African-Caribbean...
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Electra d'Aplièse seems as though she has everything: as a top model, she is beautiful, rich and famous. But beneath the veneer, Electra's tenuous control over her mental state has been rocked by the death of her father. Struggling, she turns to alcohol and drugs, and as those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a stranger who claims to be her grandmother...In 1943, Celia Arundel arrives in Nairobi to join her new husband...
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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 explores the power of storytelling and its intrinsic link to Nigeria's history. Within these pages, acclaimed and award-winning writers share memories and experiences...