nigerians

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Open city

a novel
2012
Julius, a young Nigerian doctor completing his residency in Manhattan, goes on walks to escape the pressures of work and think about his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlfriend, his present, and his past.

Americanah

Nigerian Ifemelu leaves her country to study in America while the man she loves back home, Obinze, is denied entrance to America due to 9/11. After struggling in London, Obinze is sent back to Nigeria but becomes a wealthy man with family. Meanwhile Ifemelu explores racism in America and becomes a successful blogger about race. When Ifemelu returns to Nigeria, she reunites with Obinze, but now the couple faces new decisions about their future.

At her majesty's request

an African princess in Victorian England
1999
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.

Little Bee

2009
A confrontation between a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan, called Little Bee, and a wealthy British couple on vacation, has life-changing consequences for everyone involved.

Americanah

a novel
2013
"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--Provided by publisher.

The other side of truth

2000
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father back in Nigeria.

Home and exile

2001
An autobiography of the Nigerian novelist and poet in the form of three lectures that have been adapted, by the author, into book form.

Happiness, like water

stories
2013
Contains ten short stories about Nigerian women.

Little Bee

2010
A confrontation between a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan, called Little Bee, and a wealthy British couple on vacation, has life-changing consequences for everyone involved.

The other side of truth

2003
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father back in Nigeria.

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