From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart comes a longawaited memoir about coming of age with a fragile new nation, then watching it torn asunder in a tragic civil war.
Today in Labor History November 10, 1995: The Nigerian government executed playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight other members of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop). Saro-Wiwa led a nonviolent movement protesting the despoiling of Ogoniland by Royal Dutch Shell. Beverly Naidoo’s 2000 novel, “The Other Side of Truth,” is based on Saro-Wiwa’s execution, as is Richard North Patterson’s 2009 novel, “Eclipse.”
#NowPlaying Sunny Ade & His Green Spot Band - The Master Guitarist Vol. 1 (African Songs Ltd, 1970). More raw than his better-known 80s records, but already a potent rhythmic and lyrical force.
A Spell of Good Things, by Ayobami Adebayo. You are a highly capable and independent young Nigerian doctor, which is maybe why the patriarchy feels the need to insert itself in your life in subtle and not so subtle ways. 4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.