Scholarly Literature

The author and researcher, Ositadinma Amakeze, explores the symbolic significance of Nzu (Calabash chalk;white chalk)in Igbo culture. Images and references included.

Future Governance shines light on the endemic nature of cyber vulnerability and explores the meeting point for cyber security and data protection in Nigeria.

The literature on Yoruba sculpture and sculpture-related problems is extensive, but as yet there is no publication which describes the true range and depth of the art. This bibliography, therefore, is designed not as an exhaustive survey but as an aid to further research. The list has two sections: the first contains sources on the Yoruba, the second, general handbooks and exhibition catalogues. Asterisks in the index mark those works which provide the most detailed, careful, or latest studies of a given subject. Certain kinds of research concern the relationship between Yoruba sculpture and the arts of Nok, Ancient Ife, "Great Benin", Esie, and the traditional sculpture of contemporaneous neighboring peoples. In the interest of brevity however, most references on these other styles have not been included. Much unpublished data has also been excluded; for this kind of material the student is referredto the archives of the Western Region Secretariat (ibadan, Nigeria), the archives in the Nigerian Museum (Lagos), and the IRAN archive (Porto Novo, Dahomey). In addition to commonly known types of wood sculpture — figures, masks, headdresses, staffs, house posts, and doors — Yoruba artists created works in wrought iron, brass, pottery, ivory, beads, leather, and stone. Most of these objects served various cults, each of which has its own repertory of songs, dances, and symbols. The richness and complexity of this sculpture is a function of many interrelated factors: over five million people divided into ethnic sub-groups unified by language; an old and unusual tradition of urbanism; an extensive pantheon of spirits (brisa), at least twelve of which call for sculptural forms recognized across Yoruba land; an elaborate cosmology; a complex social and political organization; a frequent interaction of sculpture, music, and dance; and a well-developed sense of artistic quality. Only recently, however, have scholars begun to communicate the originality of Yoruba artistic thought and the complexity of iconography, and to classify sculpture into styles and schools.  

Leopards of the Magical Dawn: Science and the Cosmological Foundations of Igbo Culture Igbo traditional life is ritual-centric, quite simply, for Igbo culture is primarily and largely a mystical culture, propelled by a deeply primal awareness of the spirituality of life. Igbo culture gravitates towards an ordered universe of interconnection of  life. Hence, if ritual is the language of the spirit, the language which speaks to the interconnected whole of life, it is only surmisable that, a culture in continuous adherence to its own rituals is a culture in unbroken communication with its own spirit. Written by Nze Chukwukadibia E. Nwafor CLP Book Number ID: NWA000000004CLP

The Sayings of the Wise  is a collection of Ibibio - a Nigerian language- proverbs and idioms. It is written by Anietie Akpabio.  Written by Anietie Akpabio Marshall Press, 8 Paul Bassey Street, Uyo Source: Internet Archives (Free Public Domain Book)

Lost is a Book Cracks Anthology by BookCracks Book Club. "I read somewhere once, that we are never really lost. Just drifting, searching, claiming new places to belong, but how can that be true if the only place I have ever belonged is home, with the lot of you."

STORY SUMMARIES *Revenge* Anton is a young clinical killer on the prowl with a knack for eliminating only influential figures for no apparent reason. Another 'mentally deranged lone wolf' perhaps. *A Different Dream* An accomplished surgeon stumbled upon a mysterious message while on vacation. It proved too hard to decipher but he knows he has to figure it out to get some answers. Would he? *Guilty* From rape victim to serial killer, an unwinding tale of a victim of sexual assault. *A Psychedelic Named Vivian* A story of drug use, mental health and mystery. An accomplished surgeon stumbled upon a mysterious message while on vacation. It proved too hard to decipher but he knows he has to figure it out to get some answers. Would he? *Rebirth* People stranded on a deserted island paradise with no rules, no stress and plenty of booze. Sounds like a recipe for a party, doesn't it? Does it. *Neverland* A dare turns upside down when (enter the protagonist's name here I've forgotten) lands himself on the naughty list. *Found* Midnight lures her to sneak out but the heavy darkness outside has another plan for Ara as she enters into another realm unexpectedly, which leads her to peep into her mind, body & soul. *Gone* Ina and Taiye are different beings. One, a Jinn. The other, a carefree human. The two must share one body for mutual benefit until one claims who gets to stay. *Two Roads* Harry, a young boy of twelve years, in an attempt to escape an existence of mediocrity sought refuge in books and the adventures of the woods....until the familiar became alien, his mother's warnings materializing like none before now. *Lost* Love made her leave her hometown to a faraway city to visit her fiance, who turned off his phone just to keep her from reaching him... would she find him?