This is a compilation of 1,000 proverbs in Igbo language, each followed by a usable English translation. The author, Onyekachi H. Ibekwe  made this compilation after much personal reflection on the remote origins and existential imports of the proverbial mode of communication. Proverbs remain vital and peculiar elements of Igbo traditional religion, daily discourse and contemporary worldview.

Made available on the digital platform, it is the author’s  hope that this compilation will serve as a portable, easily navigable reference for anybody that has an interest in the subject matter.

Author: Onyekachi H.Ibekwe;

Published: 2017-11-08;

ISBN: 9781386499817.

A book about Tai Chi Chuan written by Yvonne Huizinga. The book compares Tai Chi Tao the Jan Kraak methods with traditional Tai Chi Chuan and is also  discussing different ways of mindfulness and meditation. Yvonne Huizinga is a recognized teacher for Tai Ji Quan, Chi Kung and more Chinese internal martial arts.

Yvonne Huizinga also runs Tai Chi Uithuizen the school located in the privince of Groningen in the Netherlands Europ

Written by Umunna Cyril. Anthony is unfortunate in love.He has loved and lost once but is willing to move on.Agnes comes into his life and this time around,the past is back to bite him once again.

Node.js { Server Setup is an open source e-book  by Greg Sidelnikov. It was created to speed up the learning process of setting up the JavaScript-based Node server for building your own applications.

Written in the 1960s by Mrs. Chinwe Akaosa. In this booklet, we view marriage through the eyes of an Igbo married woman. She explains and gives advice on how to  handle a spouse in a traditional or modern Nigerian home of the 1960s era.

Written by Onwuka,Wilfred in the 1960s. Learn and teach yourself English,  public speaking, letter and telegraph writing,agreements,applications and composition.

Silhouette series is an ongoing project by  poet, Nnanna Okpanku in collaboration with Nnebedum Favour Ifechukwu,and Lilian Isih.  He has given us a sneak preview with the first three visual poems: The Runaway Bride, Mirror Mirror on the wall, and  A Stranger.

Silhouette series is one of a kind poetry album  which The Crater Library loves to categorise as Visual Poems. Visual poems are poems accompanied by photographs which capture the essence of the poems.

The poet  ensures his subject matters (words and models) are aligned to capture the feelings he is expressing. Neither deducts from the other, but the well crafted words and breathtaking photography suspend’s the readers’ mind to a plane  where he/she feels and understands the emotions behind each medium.

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)

Frances W Pritchett Speech at Society for Promoting Igbo language and Culture UNN 1979.

Igbo and English version.

This anthology (collated over a 10-year period) is written with the sole aim of  reawakening the diminishing appreciation of poetry and to rekindle its glowing passion. The poems have been carefully selected and arranged into four (4) parts – poems on societal consciousness, love and other emotions, nature and spiritual poems. It contains poems for all aspects of life—spirit, soul and body – making it an ageless book with its true verses built to feed all aspects of our shared humanity. So read, ring, meditate and fill your soul with pleasant melodies.

The author espouses on the importance of Christians being able to discern what they hear from men and women of God.

A collection of poems  written by Sahaj Sabharwal. The poet, influenced by his status as a student , pens down his thought with regards to education and culture. He addresses topics like education, money, minors and a host of others.

Anna Hinderer Nee Martin was a missionary who lived in Yorubaland with her clergy husband, Rev. David Hinderer who  worked  in connection with the Church Missionary Society in Yoruba (Lagos- Ibadan- Abeokuta, all in Nigeria).

This is a chronicle of Anna Hinderer’s life as a missionary in Yorubaland. After years of illness, she passed on the 6th of  June 1870 at the age of 43.

A useful guide for creating awareness and explaining  COVID-19 aka Coronavirus in Igbo Language. Written and translated by Henry K.Onyeaka and Chisom Nwaneki.

An anthology of modern Igbo verse edited by R.M Ekechukwu and translated to English by Frances W. Pritchett. It includes a glossary.

Written by Njoku.N.O This booklet advises young men on how to avoid and handle girls who are gold diggers in the Nigerian society.

Everybody who desires to learn how to increase their love life, happiness, friendship  and interactions in this busy world should grab this thought-provoking book which is bound to transform the way you deliberately build your relationships.

Written by Uma, Uche Gabriel aka UCdMC

A collection of legends and folklore of the Yoruba tribe in the south west of Nigeria. Written by M.I. Ogumefu and published in 1929 by the Sheldon Press, London.

Suitable for children and adults.

The Real History of Ijebu Igbo attempts to trace the origins of Ijebu Igbo which is in Ogun state, Nigeria. It  is written by Hon Osifeso Olukorede ,Chairman CAC Ijebu North, Ogun state, Nigeria.

Source: Internet Archives – Free Public Domain

Format,Conversion and Book cover: Crater Library & Publisher

Patrice Émery Lumumba (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese independence leader and the first democratically elected leader of the Congo as prime minister. He was assassinated on 17 January, 1961.
The last days of Lumumba is a fictitious drama on how the Congolese leader was allegedly killed.Written by Iguh, Thomas.

Written by Okafo,Motulumanya.J. who wanted to dispel the notion that Igbo people love money and will do anything to have it.The play centers on the quest for wealth and it is viewed through the eyes of Igbo,Hausa, and Yoruba ethnic groups. Money is a universal want.

A.W Banfield, who lived among the Nupe Tribe, wrote this book in 1905 in order to give the people of America an insight of that part of the great West Coast of Africa, known as Nigeria, and especially Northern Nigeria, which is Great Britain’s latest Protectorate. He also hoped it would aid the missionaries who came down to West Africa to convert the natives.

Written by Eneanya, Nonye. This play in four scenes recounts the fluctuating fortune of Mr Dimgba and his family. It captures the financial travails of the average Nigerian family in the 1960s. Is it comforting when i note that not much has changed since then?

Odenigbo is a lecture series created by the Catholic Archdioceses of Owerri. It featured prof. Chinua Achebe as a guest speaker in  its 1999 series themed Echi Di Ime: Taa bu Gboo ( Tomorrow is Uncertain: Today is soon Enough)

The event brochure was translated from Igbo to English By Frances W. Pritchett.

Contains bonus ( Igbo Izugbe- standard Igbo, and Olu be – dialectal Igbo) documents of Prof. Chinua Achebe’s speech delivered in Igbo at the event.

Ije Odumodu Jere is one of the earliest novels written in Igbo language by Bell-Gam, Leoplod published in 1963 by Longman, London. On one hand, Bell-Gam through intercultural travels of Odumodu, the protagonist, draws attention to the interrelationshp between humans, flora and fauna. On the other hand, he sensitizes humans on the need to respect one another irrespective of differences of colour, race or culture. In a captivating artistic manner, the author shares from an indigenous Igbo perspective useful tips on Education, Engineering, Architecture, Agriculture and Fishery thereby establishing the kind of balance needed for the emergence of a knowledge society.

Written by Njoku, Nathan. A comedic drama on King Johnson and his wayward wives who plan to kill him and take over his kingdom with the help of their boyfriend/servant, Okoronkwo.