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This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. L. Books about Lagos (1 C) N. Novels set in Nigeria (3 C, 80 P) Pages in category "Books about Nigeria"
The book is mostly set in 1990s Nigeria. Otolorin is caught between a mother controlled both by fear and the temple prophets she looks to for guidance; traditional healers and advisers; and ...
Helen Aiyeohusa Ovbiagele (born 1944) is a Nigerian novelist. She was born in Benin City, and after attending C.M.S. Girls' School, Benin City, and St. Peter's College, Kaduna, she studied English and French at the University of Lagos and studied at the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni in London. [1]
Atinuke is the author of over 20 children's books based on her life in Nigeria and the traditional stories. Most recently she published a non-fiction children's book about the 55 countries of Africa. Her book "Baby Goes To Market" is published in the US and UK as well as in French and Japanese. [7]
According to Book Marks, the book received a "positive" consensus, based on 16 critics: 8 "rave", 3 "positive", 4 "mixed" and 1 "pan". [4] On The Omnivore, an aggregator of British press, the book received an "omniscore" of four out of five. [5] Culture Critic assessed British and American critical response as an aggregated score of 76%. [6]
Adaobi Tricia Obinne Nwaubani // ⓘ (born 1976) is a Nigerian novelist, humorist, essayist and journalist. [1] Her debut novel, I Do Not Come To You By Chance, [2] won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (Africa), [3] [4] a Betty Trask First Book award, [5] and was named by The Washington Post as one of the Best Books of 2009. [6]
The book also received praise and coverage from numerous publications, including The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The New York Journal of Books, The Bay State Banner, Bostonia Magazine, Poetry Daily, The Hartford Courant, Africa in Words, The Stockholm Review of Literature, The Journal of Gender Studies among others.
The journey is made in the shadow of the death of her father Ken Saro-Wiwa, an environmental activist who was executed by the Nigerian government in 1995. [2] [3] One of the places that Saro-Wiwa visits is the books eponymous Trans Wonderland - an amusement park created as a Nigerian counter to Disney World. [4]