Taduno's Song
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At the moment, we only deliver to customers in Ibadan and Abuja. If you will like to have books delivered to you anywhere else in Nigeria, please visit our konga store to make your order.The day a stained brown envelope arrives from Taduno's homeland, he knows the time has come to return from exile.
Arriving full of hope, the musician discovers that the community no longer recognises him and no one recalls his voice. His girlfriend Lela has disappeared, taken away by government agents. He wanders through his house in search of clues but any trace of his old life has been erased. As he realises that all there is left of the house and of himself is an empty shell; Taduno finds a new purpose: to unravel the mystery of his lost life and to find his lost love. Through this search, he comes to face a difficult decision: to sing for love or to sing for the people.
Taduno's Song is a moving tale of sacrifice, love and courage.
In a post apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed. In one region, a woman who had been violated by an enemy general wanders into the desert, hoping to die. Instead, she gives birth to a baby girl with hair the colour of sand. Certainty that her daughter is special, she names her Onyesonwu which means "Who fears death?" in an ancient language. Onye soon understands that she is marked by the circu..
