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Books With Abena49. 2024 Reading Wrap Up with Nasiba and BeneThis episode features Bene Read and Ka_karang (Nasiba) discussing 2024 in reading. Books Mentioned by Bene ReadsAll My Rage by Sabaa TahirMornings in Jenin by Susan AbdulhawaSomeone Birthed Them Broken by Ama Asantewa DiakaDon't Cry For Me by Daniel BlackThe God of Good Looks by Breanne Mc IvorThe Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy LefteriSmall Joys by Elvin James MensahDifficult Women by Roxanne GayHello Beautiful by Ann NapolitanoHow to End a Love Story by Yulin KuangHold My Girl by Charlene CarrBooks Mentioned by NasibaBroken Not a Halal Love Story...2024-12-1839 min
A brush with...A brush with… Otobong NkangaOtobong Nkanga talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Nkanga, born in 1974 in Kano, Nigeria, explores the land and the environment in relation to our bodies and the cultures and histories that mould and define them. Working across sculpture, installation, performance, sound, photography and video, Otobong brings together what she calls constellations of images, movements and objects, to poetically interweave ideas relating to cultural history and anthropology, geography and geology. She fuses in-depth research with her own lived expe...2024-06-121h 04Books With Abena20. Uwem Akpan on the book New York, My VillageIn this interview, I speak to Uwem Akpan, author of the books New York My Village and Say You Are One Of Them, about the importance of war stories in our world today.About New York, My Village by Uwem AkpanEkong Udousoro is the winner of the Toni Morrison Publishing Fellowship, he travels to New York to learn the in and outs of the publishing industry and curate a short story collection about the Biafran War. In New York, Ekong encounters callous agents, greedy landlords and hostile neighbours.About...2023-06-0934 min
"Kalmomin Rayuwa","Labarai Mai Kyau","Wakokin Bishara"-Manyan Harsuna da ake a Najeriy /"Words of Life","Good News","Gospel Songs"-Main Languages Spoken in Nigeria/"Awọn Ọrọ Igbesi aye","Irohin Ayọ","Awọn orin Ihinrere"-Awọn ede pataki ti a sọ ni Nigeria"Ima Abasi Ye Owo - Ibibio Bishara Waka (Soyayyar Allah Mai Ban Mamaki).3gpIbibio Ihinrere Orin - ( Ife Kayeefi Olorun).3gp / Ibibio Oziọma Abụ - "Ịhụnanya dị ịtụnanya nke Chukwu)" / Ibibio Gospel Song - (God's Amazing Love).3gp 1 KỌRINT 15. - Adised ke ñkpa Krais1. Idahami, nditọete, ñyem aditoiyo ndufo mbaña ikọ Abasi se ami ñkekwọrọ inọ ndufo, a-ndufo ekebọọhọ, a-ndufo enyʌññọ edat nte ndaha ndufo. 2. Ato ke eti etob ami ndufo ebọ adinyaaña, adieke ndufo esọọñọke eda ke se ñkekwọrọ inọ ndufo. Mmiidooho ntodo adinịm ke akpanikọ ndufo ado ukpọk. 3. Sia se ami ñkebọ ke ñkekpọñ inọ ndufo nte ata akpan ñkpọ: ke Krais amaakpa ke ntak idiọọkñkpọ ñnyịn...2022-12-1705 min"Kalmomin Rayuwa","Labarai Mai Kyau","Wakokin Bishara"-Manyan Harsuna da ake a Najeriy /"Words of Life","Good News","Gospel Songs"-Main Languages Spoken in Nigeria/"Awọn Ọrọ Igbesi aye","Irohin Ayọ","Awọn orin Ihinrere"-Awọn ede pataki ti a sọ ni NigeriaIbibio Beebo - "Kada Kuji tsoro".mp3Ibibio Beebo - "Ma foya(Hausa)".mp3 / Ibibio Beebo - "Atụla Egwu(Yoruba)" / Ibibio Beebo - "Fear Not".mp3YỌỌN 1. - Ikọ adikappa abʌk1. Ke aditọọñọ ikọ akebaaba, ikọ ami akeba ye Abasi, ndin ikọ ami akedo Abasi. 2. Anye amaaba ye Abasi ke editọọñọ. 3. Aketo anye afịd ñkpọ adibañña; ibaaha ñkpọ a-mmikitooho anye. 4. Ke anye ke uwem akeba, ndin uwem ado akedo unwana afịd awo. 5. Unwana ami ayamma ke akịm, ado akịm ikanna ifʌk unwana ami. 6. Awo keed amaadi, a-Abasi akedọññọ; anye akekere Yọọn. 7. Anye akedi nte ntiense, nọ atie ntiense abaña unwana ami, nọ ato ke...2022-12-1722 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for November 15, 2022This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss They’re Going To Love You, The Lies We Tell, Pride and Protest, and more great books.Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. And sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:Th...2022-11-1548 min
Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland LibrariesBooks and Beyond: Literary Lounge: Falling apartWhat do you do when your world is falling apart, and the dog has eaten your chemistry homework? Find out on this Literary Lounge episode of Books & Beyond with Alison and Ineka.
Books mentioned on the show can be requested using the Auckland Libraries catalogue links below:
All day is a long time / David Sanchez / 2022 / Available in Adult Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=639ea0b4-2f28-5853-ae89-2545254cdc91&entityType=FormatGroup
Chemistry / Weike Wang / 2018 / Available in Adult Fiction and OverDrive/Libby eBook: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=cab9dc85-15e8...2022-06-2130 min
HordinaryThe “problem too much for this country” episode with Daniel EkpaNigeria is dealing with us😭 and i needed to explore this problems and talk about them because it matters... We talked about the ASUU strike, the insecurity in the south east ,the state of journalism in Nigeria e.t.c... Recommendations: Book: New York, my village by Uwem Akpan. Song: Stand up by Cynthia Erivo. Podcast: 234 essential hosted by Ayomide Tayo (Aot2) and Ugochi. Follow the podcast on Instagram @hordinarythepodcast. Go and get your PVC https://cvr.inecnigeria.org/. You can send me a voice message https://anchor.fm/chinwendu6/message2022-05-261h 51
Conversations from the DiasporaNew York, My Village: A Conversation with the Author, Uwem AkpanIn this episode, I'm joined by New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, Uwem Akpan, as we discuss his book, New York: My Village. We discussed a number of topics, including:
how to sustain your own culture in new cultural environments;
the role of media in influencing and perpetuating hate and misunderstanding;
ways that we can fill the gaps to building bridges of understanding in the diaspora; and
how the main character in his novel navigated the experience of being a minority among minorities in both the U.S. and his home country of Nigeria.
To learn more about the...2022-04-161h 04"Kalmomin Rayuwa","Labarai Mai Kyau","Wakokin Bishara"-Manyan Harsuna da ake a Najeriy /"Words of Life","Good News","Gospel Songs"-Main Languages Spoken in Nigeria/"Awọn Ọrọ Igbesi aye","Irohin Ayọ","Awọn orin Ihinrere"-Awọn ede pataki ti a sọ ni Nigeria"Ima Abasi Ye Owo - Ibibio Bishara Waka (Soyayyar Allah Mai Ban Mamaki).3gpIbibio Ihinrere Orin - ( Ife Kayeefi Olorun).3gp / Ibibio Oziọma Abụ - "Ịhụnanya dị ịtụnanya nke Chukwu)" / Ibibio Gospel Song - (God's Amazing Love).3gp 1 KỌRINT 15Adised ke ñkpa Krais1. Idahami, nditọete, ñyem aditoiyo ndufo mbaña ikọ Abasi se ami ñkekwọrọ inọ ndufo, a-ndufo ekebọọhọ, a-ndufo enyʌññọ edat nte ndaha ndufo. 2. Ato ke eti etob ami ndufo ebọ adinyaaña, adieke ndufo esọọñọke eda ke se ñkekwọrọ inọ ndufo. Mmiidooho ntodo adinịm ke akpanikọ ndufo ado ukpọk. 3. Sia se ami ñkebọ ke ñkekpọñ inọ ndufo nte ata akpan ñkpọ: ke Krais amaakpa ke ntak id...2022-03-1805 min"Kalmomin Rayuwa","Labarai Mai Kyau","Wakokin Bishara"-Manyan Harsuna da ake a Najeriy /"Words of Life","Good News","Gospel Songs"-Main Languages Spoken in Nigeria/"Awọn Ọrọ Igbesi aye","Irohin Ayọ","Awọn orin Ihinrere"-Awọn ede pataki ti a sọ ni NigeriaIbibio Beebo - "Kada Kuji tsoro".mp3Ibibio Beebo - "Ma foya(Hausa)".mp3 / Ibibio Beebo - "Atụla Egwu(Yoruba)" / Ibibio Beebo - "Fear Not".mp3YỌỌN 1Ikọ adikappa abʌk1. Ke aditọọñọ ikọ akebaaba, ikọ ami akeba ye Abasi, ndin ikọ ami akedo Abasi. 2. Anye amaaba ye Abasi ke editọọñọ. 3. Aketo anye afịd ñkpọ adibañña; ibaaha ñkpọ a-mmikitooho anye. 4. Ke anye ke uwem akeba, ndin uwem ado akedo unwana afịd awo. 5. Unwana ami ayamma ke akịm, ado akịm ikanna ifʌk unwana ami.6. Awo keed amaadi, a-Abasi akedọññọ; anye akekere Yọọn. 7. Anye akedi nte ntiense, nọ atie ntiense aba...2022-03-1822 min
Joy Keys chats with Author Uwem AkpanUwem Akpan short stories and autobiographical pieces have appeared in the special editions of The New Yorker, the Oprah magazine,Hekima Review, the Nigerian Guardian, America, etc.
His first book, Say You're One of Them, was published in 2008 by Little, Brown. It made the "Best of the Year" list at People magazine, Wall Street Journal, and other places. The New York Times made it the Editor's Choice, and Entertainment Weekly listed it at # 27 in their Best of the Decade.
Say You're One of Them won the Commonwealth Prize (Africa Region), the Open Book Prize, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.
Th...2021-11-2743 min
The Magic of Storytelling, in Your Pocket With Full AudiobookNew York, My Village Audiobook by Uwem AkpanListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 531246
Title: New York, My Village
Author: Uwem Akpan
Narrator: Elnathan John
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15:49:21
Language: English
Release date: 11-23-21
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Own Voices
Summary:
Exuberant storytelling full of wry comedy, dark history, and devastating satireby the celebrated and original author of an Oprahs Book Club selection, Say Youre One of Them.
From a suspiciously cheap Hells Kitchen walk-up, Nigerian editor and winner of a Toni Morrison Publishing Fellowship Ekong Udousoro is about to begin the opportunity of a lifetime: to learn the ins...2021-11-233h 49
Free Library PodcastUwem Akpan | New York, My Village with Kirstin Valdez Quade | Five WoundsUwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them, ''a startling debut collection'' (The New York Times) of short stories was a Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, the 2009 Oprah Book Club Selection, and was translated in to 12 languages. It was named to several publications' ''best of the year'' lists and earned the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the Open Book Award, among other honors. A professor in the University of Florida's MFA writing program and the recipient of many literary fellowships, Akpan has published stories and autobiographical work in The New Yorker, the Nigerian edition of The Guardian, and the Hekima Review, among other...2021-11-111h 01
Shadow // YaddoSanctuary, with Uwem Akpan and Brad KesslerYaddo luminaries Brad Kessler and Uwem Akpan on empathy across boundaries, essential storytelling, the paradox of sanctuary, and the decade it takes to get it right. Kessler, “a consistently impressive writer,” (PW) is the prize-winning author of the memoir Goat Song and three novels—Birds in Fall, Lick Creek and his latest, North. Akpan, whose powerful bestseller Say You’re One of Them covered human-trafficking, prostitution and genocide through the eyes of children, returns with New York, My Village, an exuberant, LOL-funny novel that follows a Nigerian editor to NYC’s heart of darkness. Contributing artists: Joseph Keckler, Damu the Fudgemunk.2021-11-0429 min
Write The Book: Conversations on CraftUwem Akpan - 11/1/21Award-Winning Nigerian Author Uwem Akpan, whose debut novel is New York, My Village (Norton).
This week’s Write the Book Prompt is to write about a time that your own success or advancement was stymied by bureaucracy, as visitors to America can be stymied by the process of trying to get a visa. Was your experience further complicated by some kind of prejudice or racism? If not, how might that have changed things for you? Was your goal a matter of life and death, professional success, or merely convenience? Consider what it might be like to walk in...2021-11-0245 min
Books Are My PeopleBooks Are My People Episode #62On this episode I talk about Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu, New York My Village by Uwem Akpan and other great books! Books Discussed:Win me Something by Kyle Lucia WuThe Cabinet by Un-Su KimCarry the Dog by Stephanie GangiThe Turnout by Megan AbbottNew York, My Village by Uwem AkpanReading next: Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg Saint Heron Community LIbrarySupport the showGet your Books Are My Pe...2021-11-0115 min