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A Cowrie of Hope

₦1,500.00

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A Husband For Esi Ellua

₦1,500.00

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A Long Way Gone

₦4,500.00

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By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and became a soldier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life.\u003cbr\u003e“Why did you leave Sierra Leone?”\u003cbr\u003e“Because there is a war.”\u003cbr\u003e“You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?”\u003cbr\u003e“Yes, all the time.”\u003cbr\u003e“Cool.”\u003cbr\u003eI smile a little.\u003cbr\u003e“You should tell us about it sometime.”\u003cbr\u003e“Yes, sometime.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2017-12-04T07:57:56+01:00","created_at":"2018-04-06T11:10:02+01:00","vendor":"PAGE","type":"African Fiction","tags":["Ishmael Beah"],"price":450000,"price_min":450000,"price_max":450000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":7382060073009,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Long Way Gone","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":450000,"weight":500,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780007247097"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/51GdT104M2L._SX328_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1523009465"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/51GdT104M2L._SX328_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1523009465","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":936184447025,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.661,"height":499,"width":330,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/51GdT104M2L._SX328_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1569250411"},"aspect_ratio":0.661,"height":499,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/51GdT104M2L._SX328_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1569250411","width":330}],"content":"\u003cspan id=\"freeText10469499803641683474\"\u003eThe devastating story of war through the eyes of a child soldier. Beah tells how, at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and became a soldier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life.\u003cbr\u003e“Why did you leave Sierra Leone?”\u003cbr\u003e“Because there is a war.”\u003cbr\u003e“You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?”\u003cbr\u003e“Yes, all the time.”\u003cbr\u003e“Cool.”\u003cbr\u003eI smile a little.\u003cbr\u003e“You should tell us about it sometime.”\u003cbr\u003e“Yes, sometime.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e"}

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A Married Woman

₦4,100.00

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A Separation

₦4,800.00

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A to Z of Amazing South African Women

₦4,800.00

{"id":1395837403185,"title":"A to Z of Amazing South African Women","handle":"a-to-z-of-amazing-south-african-women","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet the rebels, artists, troublemakers, athletes, dancing queens and freedom fighters that shaped our past – and are changing our future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur book, An A to Z of Amazing South African Women, tells the stories of 26 trailblazing South African women through accessible stories and illustrations that are as bright and bold as the women they depict.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Fatima Meer to Caster Semenya, Natalie du Toit to Dope St Jude, this is a book about women who ask too many questions, who defy injustice, who refuse to take no for an answer. It is a celebration of the courage, determination and compassion of the activists, scientists and storytellers who have gone before us – as well as a recognition of the everyday heroism of ordinary South African woman doing extraordinary things.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a book for your daughter, your sister, your mother, your best friend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2018-09-24T10:04:54+01:00","created_at":"2018-09-24T10:45:28+01:00","vendor":"PAGE","type":"African Fiction","tags":["Ambre Nicolson","Jaxon Hsu"],"price":480000,"price_min":480000,"price_max":480000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":12514283978801,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A to Z of Amazing South African Women","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":480000,"weight":500,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":""}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/35717710.jpg?v=1537782367"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/35717710.jpg?v=1537782367","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":1040969596977,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.924,"height":344,"width":318,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/35717710.jpg?v=1569285543"},"aspect_ratio":0.924,"height":344,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/35717710.jpg?v=1569285543","width":318}],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet the rebels, artists, troublemakers, athletes, dancing queens and freedom fighters that shaped our past – and are changing our future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur book, An A to Z of Amazing South African Women, tells the stories of 26 trailblazing South African women through accessible stories and illustrations that are as bright and bold as the women they depict.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Fatima Meer to Caster Semenya, Natalie du Toit to Dope St Jude, this is a book about women who ask too many questions, who defy injustice, who refuse to take no for an answer. It is a celebration of the courage, determination and compassion of the activists, scientists and storytellers who have gone before us – as well as a recognition of the everyday heroism of ordinary South African woman doing extraordinary things.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a book for your daughter, your sister, your mother, your best friend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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Africa39: New Writing from Africa south of the Sahara

₦5,000.00

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Both recognized a number of authors who now have international profiles: in Bogotá, Adriana Lisboa, Alejandro Zambra, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Daniel Alarcón, and Junot Díaz; in Beirut, Randa Jarrar, Joumana Haddad, Abdellah Taia, Samar Yazbek, and Faiza Guene. 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They are joining forces with the internationally renowned Hay Festival, which will bring to Port Harcourt its 39 Project-a competition to identify the thirty-nine most promising young talents under the age of forty in sub-Saharan Africa and the diaspora. It follows the success of Bogotá 39 in 2007 and Beirut 39 in 2010. Both recognized a number of authors who now have international profiles: in Bogotá, Adriana Lisboa, Alejandro Zambra, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Daniel Alarcón, and Junot Díaz; in Beirut, Randa Jarrar, Joumana Haddad, Abdellah Taia, Samar Yazbek, and Faiza Guene. 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