Altar of Tradition is a collection of ten stories told in seamlessly woven prose. They explore a myriad of themes such as love, loss, sexual abuse and the shackles of tradition in the face of modernity. There is a story about a young girl whose life takes a traumatic turn after being a victim of sexual assault; another about a community who are forced out of their homes on Christmas eve by a horde..

As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigerian is under military dictatorship and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze had hoped to join her but post 9/11 Americ..

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Following a horrific tragedy, Tambaya leaves Kano for Accra to live with her brother Aminu. Sadly, her dream of a new beginning is dashed when she can no longer endure the indignity she suffers in the hands of her brother's new wife. Tambaya returns to northern Nigeria and soon find work as a matron in an orphanage, under the watchful eyes of the ruthless Miss Scholastica. Just when she begins to ..

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One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina sets the impossible and destructive triangle of Anna, her husband Karenin, and her lover Vronsky against the marriage of Levin and Kitty, thus illuminating the most important questions that face humanity. The second edition uses the acclaimed Louise and Alymer Maude translation, and offers a new introduction and notes which provide completely ..

Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat - from his rivals in the tribe, from those in the white government and even from his own family. He still feels he must be untouchable -surely he is an arrow in the bow of his God? Armed with this belief, he is prepared to lead his people,..

An illicit love affair that turns sour is the starting point in this lyrical and moving exploration of the human heart. Veronique Tadjo weaves together a rich tapestry of voices to tell stories of parting and return, suffering, healing and desire. Like a bird in flight, the reader travels across a borderless landscape composed of tales of everyday existence, news reports, allegories and ancestral ..

Paulina Moregbe aka Iye Baby rules the nightlife of Nembe town from her beer parlour with her magic touch and society connections. In spite of the constant dramas from fighting wives and jealous friends, she has succeeded in creating a good life for herself as a socialite and the President of the Imose Sisters Association of Accomplished and Distinguished Ladies. Her life is however thrown into co..

When twenty-five-year-old Anthony Mukoro returns from the city, to his hometown Aviara, it is with news that shatters the hopes of his retired parents – he is dying. This startling revelation sends his family into a frantic search for answers. But the answers they seek will come at a cost.To save his life, he must confront forgotten memories from a traumatic experience in his past and a darkness t..

Pastor Nicholas Adejuwon and his beautiful wife Nkechi run the Rivers of Joy Church, the rave of the moment Lagos megachurch. When Nkechi decides to investigate her husband's indiscretion, it was merely to satisfy her curiosity. What she unravels is a web of bruising secrets that run deeper than she would have imagined, threatening her reality as she knew it.This remarkable novel by Sylva Nze Ifed..

Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is not only haunted by the memories of her past but also by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.&n..