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Hello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books.The Lion and the Jewel by Wole SoyinkaThe book revolves around sidi, lakunle and baroka. Lakunle and Baroka want to marry sidi. She's the village belle.2021-11-2845 minHello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books.Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda AdichieA book that examines the complexites of family, faith and country through the haunted but hopeful eyes of a young girl on the cusp of woman hood. An autocratic and violent father that is overly religious, a submissive mother and children that have no identities, Adichie explored all this and it all ended in a stunning denouement that underscores the power of family love. Listen to know about the book. You can tell what you think via this link; https://anchor.fm/mutmainah-idris/message2021-11-1539 minHello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books.The gods are not to blame by Ola RotimiA play where the theme of Sophocles Oedipus rex is skillfully transported to African soil. The story of a man odewale who has being fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Check out the episode and tell me your view about the great playwright's book , ola rotimi, the gods are not to blame. You can tell me what you think about it via this link; https://anchor.fm/mutmainah-idris/message2021-09-1327 minHello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books.Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.Things Fall Apart is a well known book in African Literature. It is the first book written that portrays African in our true light. Before Things Fall Apart was written, there were some books written by the colonialist that portrayed Africans as savages who were in need of western enlightenment These books painted Africans in a bad light. So, Chinua Achebe using the igbo society portrayed Africans in our true light. Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka described the work as "the first novel in in English which spoke from the interior of the African character, rather than portraying the African...2021-08-2926 minHello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books.No Longer At Ease by Chinua Achebe.This book follows the life an upright man, obi okonkwo who later became corrupt as a result of different happenings in the book. No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian professor, poet, and literary critic. It is the sequel to Things Fall Apart, which is widely considered the most eminent work in modern African literature. The story follows Obi Okonkwo, a member of the Igbo ethnic group, who leaves his home in southeastern Nigeria to follow his dream of going to school in Britain. Thereafter, he works in Nigeria’s civil service, a colonial institution, and i...2021-08-2221 minHello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books.The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin.Set in the ancient southwestern town of Ibadan, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives follows the lives of a polygamist, his four wives, and their seven children. Their patriarch, Ishola Alao, also known as Baba Segi, is a brash, uneducated, yet wealthy Yoruba man who revels in his large family and stupendous wealth. His wives, Iya Segi, Iya Tope, and Iya Femi, are also uneducated, but the three of them take pride in being members of this affluent household. Iya Segi is the first wife and the mother of Segi and Akin, Baba Segi’s oldest children. The second...2021-08-151h 09Hello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books.Second class citizen by Buchi Emecheta.' A poignant story of a resourceful Nigerian woman who overcomes strict tribal domination of women and countless setbacks to achieve an independent life for herself and her children, the novel is often described as semi-autobiographical, with the journey from Nigeria to London following closely Emecheta's own trajectory as an author'. Wikipedia Second class citizens revolves around Adah ofili, the protagonist, life from her childhood to her early life in London. How she kept pursuing her dream no matter the obstacle. Listen to this interesting podcast to know more about Adah's life story. This is the link to send me voice m...2021-08-0121 minHello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books.The concubine by Elechi Amadi.In this episode, i talked about the concubine as promised. The tragic love story of the beauty ihuoma was examined and i explored how the author, Elechi uses simple diction to convey this beautiful story. He employed the use of proverbs, custom and traditions of the eastern part of Nigeria to aesthetically build the plot of the story. Why don't use listen and find out ihuoma's love tragic life and how every single man that loves her romantically dies2021-07-2515 minHello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books.How it all begins.In this episode, i bring to your attention how i came about this and how I'd love for people to listen to this. This episode entails introduction to my program where I'll talk about different Nigerian books and share my passion for such books. We'll share reviews and also expose different secrets of the different books.😉 I hope we have an interesting and bump free experience together.2021-07-1801 min