ABOUT WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS
The highly acclaimed, provocative New York Times bestseller & mdash;a personal, eloquently-argued essay, adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name & mdash;from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah. Here she offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author & rsquo;s exploration of what it means to be a woman now & mdash;and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.
Known as the African Giant, Nigeria's story is complex and often contradictory. How, despite the ravages of colonialism, civil war, ongoing economic disappointment and most recently the Boko Haram insurgency, has the country managed to stay together for a hundred years? Why, despite an abundance of oil, mineral and agricultural wealth, have so many of its people remained in poverty? These are the key questions explored by Richard Bourne in this remarkable and wide-ranging account of Nigeria's history, from its creation in 1914 to the historic 2015 elections and beyond.
Featuring a wealth of original research and interviews, this is an essential insight into the shaping of a country where, despite the seemingly dashed optimism that was raised at independence, there remains hope 'the Nigeria project' may still succeed.
Nigeria is a place of superlatives & hellip; Africa's most populous nation and & hellip; the continent's largest economy also has one of its worst corruption problems. The output of the Nollywood film industry is staggering, as is the number of children who die yearly from malaria & hellip; Bourne's account & hellip; introduces readers to an array of characters who played critical roles in shaping the nation & hellip; [and] fills a gap for a one-stop history of the first century.
& ndash;Maggie Fick
Financial Times (West Africa correspondent)
I am descended from four major Yoruba royal families. Through my father, I am descended from Ajase-po royal family on the one part and Offa royal family on the other. Through my mother, from Ila Orangun and Ikirun royal families. Importantly, Ila was the Head of the Igbomina as Offa was the Head of the Ibolo. I have thus been blessed to have descended from four Yoruba dynasties.
Never Quite The Insider: A Nigerian Memoir (hardback)
So many people told me over a glass of something that I should document some of the & lsquo;strange but true & rsquo; stories that have built my familiarity and the uniqueness of my experience with Nigeria. Gradually, these have morphed into the hybrid that is & ldquo;Never Quite The Insider, A Memoir & rdquo;.
Accounts of the ceding of Bakassi reveal the intrigues and betrayal of the people of the Bakassi by their government & ndash; from the delay in the issuance of a visa to enable the then Obong of Calabar travel to the Hague and the concomitant frustration of his efforts to testify at the hearings; to the allegation that the President of Nigeria had, during a trip to France, committed to both the Presidents of France and Cameroon to accept and abide by the decision of the ICJ prior to the judgement; and the abruptness and secrecy which appeared to characterise the signing of the Green Tree Agreement etc. & ndash; all appear to suggest that those involved may have been working towards an already determined objective on the Bakassi issue.
Stunted Nigerian Dreams : Musings Of A Nigerian Academic And Legislator
Stunted Nigerian Dreams: Musings of A Nigerian Academic and Legislator is a book about the myriads of problems confronting the realisation of the Nigerian dream. It is from the patriotic desire of a Nigerian to see things change for the better. It offers fresh ideas in the way things should be done and gives an insight into ways in which the country can be better.
1999 Constitution Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria
Nigeria has had a series of constitutions. The current constitution was enacted on 29 May 1999.
Nigeria's first constitutions were enacted by order in council during the colonial era, when the country was administered as a Crown Colony. The constitutions enacted during this period were those of 1913 (which came into effect on 1 January 1914), 1922, 1946, 1951 and 1954.Nigeria has had a series of constitutions. The current constitution was enacted on 29 May 1999.
Nigeria has had a series of constitutions.
The current constitution was enacted on 29 May 1999.
Nigeria's first constitutions were enacted by order in council during the colonial era, when the country was administered as a Crown Colony.
The constitutions enacted during this period were those of 1913 (which came into effect on 1 January 1914), 1922, 1946, 1951 and 1954.
In this play, the theme of Sopocles' "Oedipus Rex" is skillfully transplanted to African soil. King Odewale's progress towards knowledge of the murder and incest that must be expiated before his kingdom can be restored to ealth is unfolded with a dramatic intensity heightened by the richness of the play's Nigerian setting.
It had its first performance in Nigeria at the Ife Festival of the Arts in 1968, has since been staged with great success in other West African countries, and was awarded the first prize in the African Arts/Arts d'Afrique playwriting contest in 1969.
No longer is African literature, in its dominant thrust, defined by an apologetic or polemical response to the representation of Africa in the colonial ideology, and African thought generally by an effort of reformulation of the African image, in what Valentin Mudimbe has called, in his work The Invention of Africa (1988), & ldquo;a discourse of succession. & rdquo; & hellip;This new literature, with the states of consciousness it illuminates, thus marks a break with the effort of elaboration of a counter discourse in relation to the colonial imposition that we associate with the work of an earlier generation of African writers and intellectuals.
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F. ABIOLA IRELE (1936-2017) was one of the most powerful literary and cultural critics of our time. In this final collection, appropriately titled by him as & ldquo;The African Scholar, & rdquo; he breaks new ground, pointing at work that will call beyond his own, as few critics can. What he writes applies of course most immediately to Africa, but it applies also to the global situation of understanding culture and cultural production and indeed the rules of cultural appreciation in this new time. This book, therefore, should be read by everyone.
He uses this unusual combination with such grace that the text is never ponderous. Indeed, this is a teaching text with the lightest touch. Irele develops an argument seriously, buoyed by examples of his skillful reading & ndash;textual contextual, and post-contextual & ndash; until even the canny reader is convinced.
I hope I have been able to fulfill the extraordinary responsibility laid upon me & hellip;pointing at the strengths of this last collection beyond the limits of my ignorance of much that Francis Abiola Irele speaks about, and recommending this book not only for African and diasporic audiences, but for all readers, everywhere & hellip;
& ndash;Gayatri CHAKRAVORTY SPIVAK
Columbia University
The Man Lives: A Dialogue With Wole Soyinka on Life, Literature and Politics
The Man Lives: A Dialogue with Wole Soyinka on life, Literature and Politics' by Okey Ndibe, bestselling author of 'Never look an American in the Eye' and 'Arrows of Rain'. A wide-ranging dialogue with Wole Soyinka on life, literature and politics.
I am descended from four major Yoruba royal families. Through my father, I am descended from Ajase-po royal family on the one part and Offa royal family on the other. Through my mother, from Ila Orangun and Ikirun royal families. Importantly, Ila was the Head of the Igbomina as Offa was the Head of the Ibolo. I have thus been blessed to have descended from four Yoruba dynasties.
