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Out Of StockLadies Calling The Shots
₦5,000.00The new Nigerian Cinema, Nollywood, owes its global admiration in part to its open-arm attention to gender balance. As talented and beautiful faces won audiences over, many female professionals drew attention to the strength and spectacle that endeared this pivotal industry to audiences around the world.
Niran Adedokun’s Ladies Calling the Shots has perhaps drawn the most critical attention to the role of female directors in Nollywood. From Lola Fani-Kayode’s pioneering work to Amaka Igwe’s bold narratives, to the work of Mildred Okwo and Tope Oshin. This book is an ode to the Ladies who call the shots in Nigerian film.
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How to Write about Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina
₦7,000.00Binyavanga Wainaina was a seminal author and creative force, remembered as one of the greatest chroniclers of contemporary African life.
This groundbreaking collection brings together, for the first time, Binyavanga’s pioneering writing on the African continent, including many of his most critically acclaimed pieces, such as the viral satirical sensation, ‘How to Write about Africa’.
Writing fearlessly across a range of topics – from politics to international aid, cultural heritage and redefining sexuality – this is a remarkable illustration of a writer at the height of his power.
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The Cooking Contest
₦3,500.00Tortoise claims that the piece of land next to King Lion’s palace belongs to his family. Lion and Tortoise have asked the Creator for help, and now there is to be a cooking contest to decide the owner of the land – Tortoise or Lion?
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How to Make a Space Masquerade
₦6,000.00How to Make a Space Masquerade artfully blends speculative fiction with Igbo cosmology, seamlessly merging the earthly realm with a dystopian world. It explores the complexities of the human spirit and the intersection of the two worlds. A girl facing erasure for carrying a virus defies the government to save her life through a trial cure. A space engineer must explain the existence of his human love child resulting from a one- night stand with a robot. The twelve stories in this collection stretch the imagination and demand a review of our notions of self-discovery, human connection and traditions.
“Mazi packs a big punch in these stories about the future, conjuring beautiful images with a writing style that will keep you reading…. Mazi is sure a skillful storyteller.” – Dilman Dila, Author, A Killing in the Sun
“From immersive world-building to a keen sensitivity to human conditions, and the seamless blend of futuristic sci-fi with African lore and myths, How to Make a Space Masquerade is an outstanding collection and a worthy first book.” – Iquo DianaAbasi, Author, Èfó Rírò & Other Stories
“A masterful collection showcasing the very best aspects of Africanfuturism. Nwonwu has crafted thought-provoking pieces which demand reflection from the reader. Excellent!” – Tendai Huchu, Author, The Hairdresser of Harare
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The Talking Tree
₦3,500.00There is a talking tree in the village that is making everyone afraid. Is the tree truly talking or is this a trick?
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Out Of StockIgba-Boi – Repositioning the Igbo Apprenticeship System
Igba-boi: Repositioning the Igbo Apprenticeship System highlights the entrepreneurial exploits of the Igbos of south-eastern Nigeria. Despite the globalisation-accentuated influence of western business culture, the Igbos have sustained their indigenous business system undergirded by an ingenious apprenticeship system, Igba-boi. This apprenticeship system has existed in the Igboland for decades as an important heritage, embedded in cultural norms and values passed down for generations. The authors argue that the unique framework and rules of operation of this viable socioeconomic empowerment model will, if well-positioned, make significant contributions to the advancement of the boi/Nwa-boi (apprentice), the Oga (Master), the community (Ndi-Igbo) and the achievement of the country’s overall developmental goals.
Case studies of prominent and successful Igbo people in business feature in the book to illuminate our understanding of the system:
• President and Chairman, Coscharis Group – Application of Design Thinking to Igba-boi Business Model leading to extraordinary business success
• Chairman, E. Sunny Vespa International – Disruption of Motorcycle Engine Technology, key lessons and success story
• Chairman and Chief Executive, Chisco Group – Building an Empire on Integrity & Authenticity
• Chairman, Legacy Motors – Apprenticeship, Ndi-Igbos and ASPAMDA Market, Lagos
A timely, easy-to-read, valuable resource and reference text for scholars, practitioners and regulators interested in institutionalising a sustainable business model in Africa based on a tested indigenous apprenticeship system. -
Winning With Wisdom
₦3,500.00Winning with Wisdom is a collection of poems that are deep and soul lifting. In the pages of this book, you will understand the healing power of God, read about His benevolence and ask deep questions about debacles happening around the world. Victor Uwakwe outdid himself on this one.
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Sand, Sun and Surprises
₦5,000.00Part travelogue, part insightful memoir, Sand, Sun and Surprises memorialises the decades that Prof E S Akpata spent living and working as a Nigerian expatriate in oil-rich Middle East. A top scholar in the field of dental surgery, he leaves Nigeria during the recession of the 1980s, to take up, initially, a temporary job in the region, but ends up spending twenty-three years pioneering research and other academic activities in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Sand, Sun and Surprises demystifies the culture of the Arab world; it is a fascinating take, filled with moments of humour – like the one time when he thinks his car is stolen in Kuwait, and after searching for hours, finds it in the same spot he left it. The author describes a region transformed from harsh desert conditions to gleaming cities made of glass and steel, elegant buildings, and five-star restaurants; changes that seemed to have occurred in an instant.
This is a practical book for those who wish to understand, emigrate or visit the Middle East for work or leisure.
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Out Of StockThere Is Always Room
₦2,000.00 – ₦3,000.00There is Always Room is a book of selected wise sayings from the life, writing and philosophy of Olusegun Obasanjo, Executive President of Nigeria 1999 – 2007. In more than 500 quotes, President Obasanjo takes the reader on a journey through the experiences – from his humble beginnings in Ibogun, his time in the military, his career as a farmer, and his exciting political life – that have formed his unique insight and wisdom.
The quotes within this book are presented in five parts – culture and community, humanity, leadership, governance and spirituality. Readers will come away with a clearer understanding of President Obasanjo’s life and work, and find truths that will inspire them to build a strong foundation to live fulfilling lives.
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How Depression Saved My Life
Original price was: ₦15,000.00.₦12,750.00Current price is: ₦12,750.00.In 2016, Chude Jideonwo quit his job as CEO of one of Nigeria’s top PR firms to find a new mission. He soon faced clinical depression and considered suicide.
During this period, he was inspired by a conversation between Oprah Winfrey and Brené Brown on Super Soul Sunday. This pivotal moment led him to become the host of the viral talk show #WithChude, a director of award-winning films, and the founder of withchude.com, a platform telling stories from Africa that promote mental, emotional and spiritual health.
People often ask him why individuals share deep secrets on his channel and how he inspires such openness. Now, he is sharing his own story of healing and transforming suffering into growth and joy.
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David Mogo, Godhunter
₦5,000.00Nigerian God-Punk – a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha War that rained thousands of deities down on the streets of Lagos, David Mogo, demigod, scours Eko’s dank underbelly for a living wage as a freelance Godhunter. When a renowned Eko wizard conjures a legion of Taboos – feral godling-child hybrids – to seize Lagos for himself, David teams up with his foster wizard, the high god’s twin sister and a speech-impaired Muslim teenage girl to defeat the wizard.
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A-Files: Eyeshadow and Lipgloss
₦5,000.00Eyeshadow and Lipgloss is the second book in the A-Files series following sisters, Nita and Adesuwa.
Things are looking up for Nita – brilliant student columnist, superlative best friend and a brand new business idea. Then the flashy Dienye twins team up an old enemy and infuriating older sister – Adesuwa. The battle for ‘best business girl ever!’ begins. Amid a series of pranks, acts of mischief and sabotage, Nita fights her way back through a haze of powder, glitter and shimmer blush. She is confronted with a shocking revelation that forces her to question everything she had thought to be true.
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Information Technology and Africa
₦5,000.00 – ₦9,000.00“Mastery over New Technologies is a sine qua non for resetting Africa for great development strides.” – Dr Evans E. Woherem
In this instructive and far-reaching book, Dr Evans E. Woherem presents the technological antecedents of Africa in the context of the continent’s position as an unheralded pioneer in technology. The author explains Africa’s absence from previous industrial revolutions and advocates for the continent’s advantage in harnessing the fourth industrial revolution (4IR).
The book’s focus on policies—government and nongovernmental—and other interventions that can contribute to growth in Africa will be of great use to students and policy makers alike. It also provides an understanding of the exponential technologies and what organisations, universities, countries, and individuals can do to master these technologies for the continent’s development.
“What Dr Woherem has created is a blueprint for how Africa can move forward. But it’s also a book for anyone from any country seeking a deeper understanding of how the technologies propelling us into the future can be systematically harnessed and implemented.” – Robin Raskin, Founder, The Virtual Events Group (VEG)
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The Other Side of Small
₦5,000.00The two things Bintin wants most in the world are to play on a football team and to be adopted
by a loving family. But everywhere Bintin goes, people stare and point at her because she looks
different. Bintin was born with dwarfism and some people are unkind to differences. Encouraged
by her foster mother, Bintin longs for a forever home while practising her football shots. Is she too small to dream big?
“A heart-warming tale of inclusivity and rewarded resilience that gently but firmly interrogates pre-conceived notions and the concept of the impossible.” – Mamle Wolo, author, The Kaya Girl
“The Other Side of Small is at once heart-warming as it is inspiring. It tells the enlightening story of Bintin as she navigates her world in a humorous, engaging and emotional way. A must read by children who are labelled different and find themselves standing on the sidelines as others have all the fun. It is a clarion call to the underdog and those left behind that they can be anything and anyone they want to be.” – Jude Idada, author, Boom Boom
“A positive and sensitive story touching on a much-overlooked struggle, brought to life by beautifully vivid illustrations.” – Victoria Inegbedion, author, A-Files series
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Ethnicity Eats, Corruption Feasts: A Columnist’s Insights on Nigeria
₦7,000.00Ethnicity Eats, Corruption Feasts: A Columnist’s Insights on Nigeria is Niran Adedokun’s second captivating collection of essays following the 2020 release of Danfo Driver in All of Us. In this thought-provoking book, the author dissects the complex web of challenges that have long plagued this vibrant nation.
He explores the intricate relationship between ethnicity and politics, and how this dynamic has influenced the country’s socio-economic landscape. The essays unravel the layers of corruption that have infiltrated every aspect of Nigerian society and the devastating consequences they inflict on the country.
Ethnicity Eats, Corruption Feasts offers readers a unique perspective on Nigeria’s past, present, and future. It takes an incisive look at the overt religiousness of Nigerians and why the country remains a cesspool of vices regardless. The collection is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Nigeria’s complex socio-political environment and how every citizen can contribute to making the country greater.
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The Morning After (Paperback Only)
₦3,500.00The Morning After: A Guide for Media Reporting and Prevention of Suicide in Nigeria is an insightful book on how to handle a major mental health problem hardly discussed in Nigeria—suicide. With chilling statistics and anecdotal references, Olufemi Oluwatayo and Martins Ifijeh reveal that there is an urgent need for sensitivity in the way suicides are reported in Nigeria, and they proffer solutions on how to prevent this silent public health challenge. The Morning After is a major work that should provoke a serious conversation on why many Nigerians are now taking their own lives.
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Out Of StockWreaths For A Wayfarer
₦6,000.00Wreaths for a Wayfarer: An Anthology of Poems in Honour of Pius Adesanmi is an assemblage of 267 original poems written by 127 poets from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. The anthology comprises five parts, namely: Wayfarer, Requiems, Homecoming, Selection of Adesanmi’s poems, and Postlude. While some of the poets celebrate Adesanmi, others reflect philosophically on existence, mortality, immortality and/or offer hope for the living.Wreaths for a Wayfarer has been hailed as being a “historic,” “magisterial,” “powerful,” “remarkable contribution,” “rare accomplishment,” and “poetic affirmation” by leading African scholars and public figures such as Harry Garuba, Toyin Falola, Obioma Nnaemeka, Oby Ezekwesili, Olu Obafemi, and Odia Ofeimum. -
The Stars Are Ageless
₦7,000.00A young woman who chooses love. A daughter who must repay her mother’s sacrifices. A filmmaker accused of stealing her own creation. A woman held up by faith, family and true friendship when her world is rocked to its very foundation. Omoni Oboli has played as many roles in life as she has on the big screen. But a movie ends and life goes on. The Stars are Ageless presents the true story of the woman hailed as “The Box Office Queen” of Nigerian cinema.
These life experiences shaped Omoni into who she is, and promise that we will see much more from her.
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Skit Economy: How Nigeria’s Comedy Skit-Makers Are Redefining Africa’s Digital Content Landscape
₦12,000.00Skit Economy: How Nigeria’s Comedy Skit-Makers Are Redefining Africa’s Digital Content Landscape is a novel attempt to highlight the rather unsung impact of Nigeria’s ubiquitous comedy skit artistes and digital content creators. Citing primary data and results from a national study on comedy skit-making in Nigeria, the author provides valuable insights and first-hand accounts of how these practitioners, despite limited institutional support, are creating jobs, generating wealth, becoming social influencers, and contributing to economic growth.
Furthermore, it highlights the nexus between Africa’s bulging youth demography and social media uptake while presenting a nuanced classification of content creators, trends within the subsector, and implications for public policy and future research. In this book, readers will find exciting tidbits and quotes from some key practitioners, which have not been previously encapsulated in this manner. This book also provides a solid foundation for practitioners, policymakers, and scholars to appreciate the effervescence of Nigeria’s digital content creators.
“Let me congratulate Professor Bell Ihua on this important book. It is crucial we document our times and the evolution of the industry, and this book does all of that while also being packed with crucial data for the reader, for academia, and researchers to use when trying to profile this segment of the Nigerian entertainment industry.”
– Obi Asika, Director General/CEO, National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC)
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Out Of Stock49 Ways to Get Rid of The Other Woman Without Getting Caught
₦4,000.00 – ₦5,500.0049 Ways to Get Rid of The Other Woman Without Getting Caught is a book that deals with the major issue of infidelity in marriage. The book explores the subject through the lens of a wife, seeking to oust the other woman, an intruder, who is threatening her territory. In the pages, Amaka Chika-Mbonu presents a 49-day programme of warfare, both spiritual and temporal, for all couples, to wrestle with the evil of infidelity and adultery. She uses riveting stories—loosely based on true facts garnered over fifteen years as a marital counsellor, using the enshrined word of God—to teach practical lessons. It contains a chronicle of laws, petitions, and supplications. The tone is militant, violent and aggressive, and as in regular warfare, there will be casualties. It is essentially a manual for spiritual warfare.
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Out Of StockAre You Not A Nigerian?
₦3,000.00This collection of essays chronicles a country’s fourth attempt at democratic governance after many years of military dictatorship. Through his personal experiences and observations, Báyọ̀ Olúpohùndà captures the reality of Nigeria’s socio-political environment at the turn of the millennium, the collapse of dignity in service, and the ubiquitous “Nigerian factor” that creates entitlement. Are You Not A Nigerian? examines the lost opportunities, the disappointment of successive administrations, and the dilemma of a nation at a crossroads.
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My Life and Times
₦6,000.00His Eminence Dr. Sunday Mbang, CON was born in Idua, Eket in August 1936. He emerged as the head of the Methodist Church of Nigeria at a most difficult time when Nigeria was controlled by the military. He was elected the head of all the Christians in Nigeria, a position he held for eight years.
His memoir is the story of his journey from his home town to the head of Nigerian Christiandom.
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The Little Regent
₦6,000.00After the king of a West African village dies, his eight-year-old daughter Abioye is made the temporary ruler, or regent, until a new king is chosen. The chiefs scoff at this decision – a little girl can’t be regent! Even Abioye herself doubts whether she’s up to the task. But her late father’s words of wisdom comfort and guide her: Those who will rule must first learn to serve.
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An Unusual Biography: Wale Adenuga MFR
₦10,000.00In this compelling book, An Unusual Biography, Wale Adenuga MFR, the visionary founder of Wale Adenuga Productions (WAP) and the creative mastermind behind the iconic television shows “The Ajasco Family”, “Binta My Daughter”, and “The Super Story”, takes readers on an extraordinary journey through his inspirational life. The book shares a wealth of life lessons drawn from his childhood, adolescence, and the challenges and joys of building a family. The book also provides profound insights on the quest for discovering one’s passion, and indispensable business and management advice gleaned from his illustrious career at WAP. This riveting biography is a tapestry of a great man’s journey of self-discovery and triumph spanning the last four decades. It will leave every reader inspired, motivated, and brimming with a renewed zeal for life.
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The Stolen Daughters of Chibok – Special Edition
₦30,000.00It has been ten years since the abduction of the Chibok school girls shocked the world. Read this special edition of The Stolen Daughters of Chibok, a collection of narratives by the families of the girls and some of the girls themselves.
In the middle of the night of April 14 to 15, 2014, terrorists abducted 276 girls from their secondary school’s dormitory in the town of Chibok, Northeast Nigeria. Over the following days, fifty-seven girls managed to escape. For two years, 219 girls remained missing.
During the last four months of 2015, in the heat of the worst of the Boko Haram insurgency, Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, the CEO of the Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) embarked on a project to interview, photograph, and document the accounts of the parents of each of the missing girls. The MMF’s team managed to meet the relatives of 210 of them.
In the intervening years, 107 girls have made it home: four by Nigerian military/paramilitary intervention, and 103 by negotiated release. At the time of going to press 112 girls remain unaccounted for.
The Stolen Daughters of Chibok is a collection of written and pictorial narratives from the families of these stolen girls. It features the photography of awardwinner photographer Akintunde Akinleye. Essays and analyses from acclaimed experts append these personal histories to create a tribute to the girls, capturing their lives before the abduction and presenting the trauma of a community desperately learning to cope.
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Out Of StockThe Danfo Driver in All of Us
₦3,500.00The Danfo Driver in All of Us is a collection of newspaper commentaries on the state of the nation by Niran Adedokun. This collection of essays discusses subject matters like domestic violence, corrupt politicians, the corruption in Nigerian churches and hypocrisy of pastors, the recklessness of danfo drivers, maternal mortality among others. This collection aims to make us reflect on ourselves as Nigerians and check if we are indeed different from the Danfo Driver.
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Out Of StockThe Side Hustle Workbook
₦2,500.00The Side Hustle Workbook is for everybody toying with a new idea and looking to make extra cash on the side, especially women, because if more women are empowered, this world will be a better place.
Beginnings can be tough when starting a venture, no matter the size, and this workbook will help you assess your knowledge in essential business areas, marked as “HOT SPOTS”, to equip you. It is designed in an easy and interactive question and answer format, and you can score yourself to determine your strengths and weaknesses. Also use it as a checklist, a growth journal and a business planner to prepare for your business.
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Out Of StockHashtags
₦3,000.00“Social media offers a unique lens into what tens of millions of Nigerians are thinking and feeling about their lives, their futures and their government. Egbunike drinks deeply from the well of social media and draws forth ethnographic narratives that outline the aspirations and fears of contemporary Nigerians, from ethnic tensions, concerns about the vitality of leadership and hopes for a more open society. #Hashtags offers a glimpse into the world of social media at its liveliest and most energetic, the passions of Nigerians playing out online, 280 characters at a time.” – Ethan Zuckerman, Director, Center for Civic Media, MIT; Associate Professor of the Practice, MIT Media Lab
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Out Of StockThe Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library
₦5,000.00The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library was established to promote democratic values, and is the first of its kind in Africa. Visitors to the library will learn of the history of Nigeria’s through the lens of President Obasanjo’s life as a farmer, soldier, public servant and elder statesman.
President Obasanjo’s continues to pursue initiatives that will improve citizens’ lives, and promote home grown solutions to Africa’s challenges. The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library brings his legacy and presents his life as an inspiration for citizens and youths— overcoming a difficult childhood, a successful military career, incarceration for his activism, and emergence as Nigeria’s elective president, and his work since leaving office.
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Out Of StockMaking Africa Work
₦7,500.00Sub-Saharan Africa faces three big inter-related challenges over the next generation. It will double its population to two billion by 2045. By then more than half of Africans will be living in cities. And this group of mostly young people will be connected with each other and the world through mobile devices.
Properly harnessed and planned for, this is a tremendously positive force for change. Without economic growth and jobs, it could prove a political and social catastrophe. Old systems of patronage and muddling through will no longer work because of these population increases. Instead, if leaders want to continue in power, they will have to promote economic growth in a more dynamic manner.
Making Africa Work is a first-hand account and handbook of how to ensure growth beyond commodities and create jobs in the continent.
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Out Of StockFolktales Are Forever
₦2,000.00This volume is the first in a collection of well-researched African folktales put together by Efe Farinre. We follow the usual suspects as they traverse the landscape of our children’s imagination. Tortoise is his mischievous old self. Monkey cannot keep still. Owl is as wise as can be. These tales share the universal lessons of courage, friendship, kindness, and many more that every parent was taught and desires to pass on to their children. The songs in the stories are set to music and will provide additional fun for the musically inclined reader.
