nigeria

A teenaged Nigerian girl and her older brother struggle to cope with life in their tense, stifling household--caused by their father's demands for perfection--after getting a taste of freedom during a visit to their aunt's home.

This book examines the physical features, history, popular customs, and activities of Nigeria.

Provides information about the history, geography and natural resources, government, economy, people, culture, and cities of Nigeria, a country located in west Africa, and includes a calendar of festivals, recipes, and other reference materials.

Collects "Things Fall Apart," "No Longer at Ease," and "Arrow of God," all of which convey personal and moral struggles in the face of colonization and social change.

In a Nigerian town in the mid-1990s, four brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the core of their close-knit family.

Chronicles the life of Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian author, and recounts his experiences of Nigeria's birth as a nation, his own upbringing as a man and a writer and his time as an ambassador during the Biafran War.

Learn about Nigeria's land and climate, plants and animals, natural resources, goods and services, indigenous peoples, cultural groups, arts and entertainment, sports, politics and government, and much more.

A biography of Scottish missionary to Africa's Calabar region Mary Slessor, and tells of her thirty-nine year service to the people in that region.

Explores the culture, history, politics, economy, and cuisine of Nigeria.

A volume of seventeen essays explores various aspects of the author's life, including his childhood in colonial Nigeria, encounters with the African-American diaspora, his family life, and the symbolism of Barack Obama's election.