Crows of the Yellow Stream by Odili Ujubuoñu

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Author: Odili Ujubuoñu

Title: Crows of the Yellow Stream

Genre: Fiction

Format: Paperback

Book Dimension: 6.14 x 9.21

Number of Pages: 490

Publication Year: 2021

Publisher: Coast2Coast Publishing

ISBN: 978-978-988-101-7

Available at: Amazon stores

Short Description: Ikpeama is accused of stealing kola nuts, a crime against the gods of his people. If found guilty, he will suffer public disgrace, and lose his title and its privileges—but Odoro will suffer the greatest loss, if they only knew.

Okwudo returns to Odoro to ask questions and her ogbanje kindred whisk her off to a sacred pot that uncovers Odoro’s generations-long secrets and reveals the coveted treasure guarded by the crows of the yellow stream.

Scents of leopards, cunning of monkeys and bloody family feuds jostle for the soul of a people divided by their humanity in this epic fantasy. Odili Ujubuonu’s fourth novel, Crows of the Yellow Stream, is a pulsating narrative about a people’s combat with nature, self and other.

“Here is classic knowledge, a novel of astonishing transformations . . .This is indeed an extraordinary novel.”

— Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, Author of God of Poetry

“What a well-written and captivating book. Every once in a while I get a gem like this on Fiverr.”

— Samwrightwrites, Fiverr Consultant and Penguin Book Editor

Category: Epic fantasy, Historical, Folktales

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Afonja—The Rise by Tunde Leye

Title: Afonja—The Rise

Author: Tunde Leye

Genre: Fiction

Format: Paperback

Book Dimension (Paperback): 6 x 9

Number of Pages: 352

Publication Year: November 26, 2018

Publisher: PLsPlace Media

ISBN: 978-9789672226

Available at: Booksellers Limited, Jericho, Ibadan, and other  bookstores nationwide

Short Description: When Alaafin Abiodun Adegolu died, the Oyo Empire was in a a slow decline. The provincial chiefs who helped him defeat the tyrannical Bashorun Gaa had grown in power and the Oyo chiefs were more politicians than warriors. So, when the Oyo Mesi selected a provincial prince, Aole Arogangan to ascend the throne of his fathers, they believed they had an Alaafin they could control.

But Aole had different ideas and he sought to restore the glory of the empire and the supremacy of the Alaafin as its emperor. In this however, his ambitions clashed with those of Afonja, the powerful provincial chief of war camp, Ilorin. Afonja had been promised the office of Aare Ona Kakanfo of all the Oyo forces by the Oyo chiefs in order to secure his support for Aole’s ascension. He would stop at nothing to take what he believed was his by right.

Afonja—The Rise is the story of how the clashes of these two men and the intrigue of the others around them transformed what was a slow decline into a race of the empire towards its collapse. In Afonja-The Rise, we tell their stories first as what they were—men and women living their lives, warring, scheming and loving in ways that will be familiar to the reader—beyond their roles as actors in the epic history of the great Oyo Empire.

Category: Historical

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Before We Set Sail by Chika Ezeanya

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Title: Before We Set Sail

Author: Chika Ezeanya

Genre: Fiction

Format: Paperback 

Book Dimension: 8.5 x 5.5

Number of Pages: 232

Publication Year: March 28, 2012

Publisher: History Society of Africa

ISBN: 0985338008

Available at: Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble

Short Description: It is 1755 – 1756 within the deep interiors of West Africa. A boy of eleven years is kidnapped with his eight year old sister. Strap your sandals and embark on an intriguing journey with Olaudah Equiano as he weaves a captivating tale of escape and resale from one African slave master to another. Get lost in time as Olaudah renders the most enchanting accounts of the implausible events he encountered during his travels as a child slave, from the interiors to the coast of West Africa. Before We Set Sail offers a gripping, refreshingly witty and highly adventurous account of the Africa of 1755 – 56, from the double points of view of an African boy and a British adult writing in 1796. Out of 250 submissions, Before We Set Sail was one of six shortlisted for the Penguin Publishers Award for African Writing.

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