“Folk Stories Retold for Children and Teenagers” is a collection of ten Igbo folk tales, translated from the Igbo language and retold in a thrilling way in order to make them more interesting to schoolchildren and teens. Some of the tales create fun and laughter by exposing foolishness and mischief while extolling honesty and good conduct, thereby impacting good morals on their children-listeners.

We have felt it. We want to talk about it. Pain is a collection of stories written by Book rage Book Club,Nigeria. It features stories and poems from Christian Ahanonu, Ness, Hiqmat Said, Agwu Margaret, Homer Mbamalu, Bibie, Chinwendu Nwangwa, Shammah Godoz, Janey

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.

The Rule of Salt and other stories is a meeting of multiple tales, woven into a complex intricacy of varying characters, experiences and strife – all unified in a single purpose of progress.

Written by Uche Osita James, The Rule of Salt and other stories contain the following :

A Tale of Two

Blood Lust

Campus Love

Shades of Red

The Rule of Salt

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

In this book, the writer mirrors the Idema community, its poor level of development, and state of economic decadence, caused by the negligence of the Government. The writer also attributes its state to the activities of oil companies that exploit the resources of their host communities and leave them bare-handed to fend-off the fierce beast of poverty and underdevelopment.

Using metaphors and outright allusions, the writer highlights the Niger-Delta struggle, and the richness of a state saddled with perversion and deprivation. The writer also traces the historical pedigree of the NYSC scheme, while emphasising its lofty objectives and x-raying the chasm between these ideals and reality.

Written by Okenwa, Olisah and published in 1963.The Igbos ( written as Ibo or Iboe by some) are an ethnic group found in Southeastern Nigeria, West Africa. This booklet is an exposition on the native customs and laws the Igbos keep. Topics such as Title taking, Gender,Land ownership, Marriage and Courtship laws are covered. It should be noted that some of these customs have been lost or forfeited when Igbos converted to Christianity although it is common to find many who combine African Traditional religion and Christianity.

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.

In the ghetto of Dabala rest the ruin of many underage girl-children
who, under their parents’ watch suffer different forms of sexual
molestation. These mishaps, perpetuated by averagely-affluent men and
women, are characterized by subtle coercions, decoys, and downright
exploitation due to vagrancy and deprivation. Requiem exposes a putrid
society in dire need of redemption, even from the hands of persons
whose duty is to sanitize it. In fact, it depicts the scourge of
female sexual abuse in an intense and gripping narrative. Will Member
set to move to Makurdi to live with a female pastor and her family
suffer the same fate?

A poetry collection on love and compatibility written by Tares Oburumu and Dawn Baridor.

Published by Crater Library & Publisher.

Frances W. Pritchett writes about how she became interested in Igbo language after meeting and hosting a Nigerian Igbo student.

“In learning about a language one also learns about the culture that produced it–the beliefs, traditions, habits, attitudes, ways of making a living, interpretations of natural surroundings, ideas about marriage, children, etc. I discovered that my Eurocentric education had left me
sadly ignorant about Africa, so I began to educate myself by reading books by African writers. “Things Fall Apart,” by Chinua Achebe, had a great impact on me.I developed a desire to see for myself this milieu that was clearly so different from my own.”

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.

All Sylvester AKA Odogwu wants to do is lay low and keep out of the daily troubles found on the  Nigerian street. Alas, his reputation as the ‘urban myth’ precedes him and he finds himself a target of some corporate street slime. What do they want with him?

Odogwu is the 3rd comic by FourSeven Comic Studio.

Check out other comics by them:
F.L.U.X Waterloo
Shifter

Written by Njoku, N.O. This booklet throws light on money grubbing women who fleece men of their hard earned money. The author warns his fellow men of these type of women and advice them on how to avoid their company.

The Mask We Wear  irradiates the struggle of the Nigerian teenager in walking the path of discovery either prescribed by society, family or self.

The writer, Chigozirim Okoli is an SS2 student of Purple Krown College, Enugu. Her short story fiction emerged best entry for the maiden edition of Dr Emmanuel C. Adukwu Prize for Literature which was administered by  Crater Library & Publisher for  2019 Crater Literary Festival Enugu.

Emmanuel C. Adukwu Prize for Literature seeks to encourage and reward students who show a strong voice and excellent literary vision.

A young man suffers a rude shock when he discovers that his girlfriend of 5 years has planned a future without him in it.

RSVP  is a short movie script written by Adachukwu Onwudiwe for Emphire Touch Production.

To watch the short movie, visit https://youtu.be/FU3lYIXUPws

Odumodu’s Journey is one of the earliest novels written in Igbo language by Bell-Gam Leopold published in 1963 by Longman, London and translated for English readers by Frances W. Pritchett.

An Igbo playlet by Enyinna Akoma published by Ibadan University Press in 1979. It was published in memory of Micheal Echeruo and 1973 Writers Workshop.

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.

A Book of Three Plays consists of three One-Act plays. The author, Ifedimma Onwugbufor shines light on  girl-child  marriage  through  the dialogues in her one – act plays.

This Thing Called Love:  Memuna’s ready acceptance of Elder Razak, a sixty-year old man, is borne out of frustration induced by her family. This she divulges to them when it is almost late. Was she really ready to be the old man’s bride at 13? Many very young females caught in such web usually make daring decisions in their bid to extricate themselves from the mess. A child will always be a child.

Song of an Owl: Tramples on the ideology of marriages involving two women. This social practice embodies a complication that erodes the 21st century socio-political strata of the Igbo society. Young girls who become pregnant by unwilling males, are mostly married into such circumstances, and the consequence encompasses Ifeoma’s situation when she becomes married to Obiageli solely for procreation. By this arrangement, Ifeoma is robbed of her future as her ambition and survival are dependent on her subservience to her female ‘husband’; and most probably, on the goodwill of the inappropriate or undesirable men who are brought to copulate with her by her female ‘husband’.

My Lane and Yours: Tells the story of superstition of Maami who visits her only granddaughter, Toke Douglas and her young husband, Boma Douglas in Lagos. Toke had been delivered of a new baby and Maami’s one month stay with the Douglases is disrupted by Maami’s constant meddling which wears the new couple out.

Cascades is a collection of poems by Okey Uzoechina. He attempts to capture some of his flowing feelings expressed in writing. It covers two decades of expressing emotions in writing from his university days in Enugu, Nigeria, through his work travels to many parts of Africa, Europe and America, to his current abode in Abuja, Nigeria. The collection of 20 poems for 20 years embraces a rainbow of emotions like joy, love, hope, beauty, wonder, faith and soul searching.

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.

To mark the 1st year anniversary of Liber Book club, Enugu, Nigeria, its members  wrote They Came To Stay- a collection of short stories. Not that they are amateurs , they are closet writers who have attempted to produce a literary work  commensurate with that of their  model authors.

This e-book does not only contain short stories themed around mermaids or mammywater as its fondly called in Nigeria. It also features the summary of Liber Book club discussions and a cross word puzzle game of all the books the members  have read as a group.

It is hoped that you will be moved to read those books too and attempt the crossword puzzle game.

Victor Banjo: An Untold Account of the Nigerian Civil War concentrates on Victor Banjo between 1966 and 1967 when he died. The first issue is Victor Banjo’s role in the January, 1966 coup. Yesufu completely exonerates Victor Banjo of any role in the January 1966 coup. Yesufu tried to explain many events which may never be completely understood. The documents are not available to do proper research into these complicated issues. The events of the coup and the aftermath, the details of the Benin invasion, the trial of Banjo and three others will never be fully documented. Yesufu’s book is a welcome addition to the literature about these controversies.

The Author of Omenuko is a biography about Pita Nwana, the author of the first Igbo novel Omenuko , a special man among men, a man who trusted his personal god and did a special work for the public without receiving any money.