Yoruba Love Stories
| Author | : Olola Olabode Ogunlana |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2014-03-01 |
| Genre | : Love stories, African (English) |
| ISBN | : 9780992686338 |
Yoruba Love Stories
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Love in Color
| Author | : Bolu Babalola |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2021-04-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0063078511 |
“Perfection in short story form, I am in love with every single word Bolu Babalola has written. So rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this artfully.” —Candice Carty-Williams, international bestselling author of Queenie A vibrant collection of love stories from a debut author, retelling myths, folktales, and histories from around the world. A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, longs to be truly seen. A young businesswoman attempts a great leap in her company, and an even greater one in her love life. A powerful Ghanaian spokeswoman is forced to decide whether she should uphold her family’s politics or be true to her heart. In her debut collection, internationally acclaimed writer Bolu Babalola retells the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology with incredible new detail and vivacity. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from long-erased places. With an eye towards decolonizing tropes inherent in our favorite tales of love, Babalola has created captivating stories that traverse across perspectives, continents, and genres. Love in Color is a celebration of romance in all its many splendid forms. “Babalola’s writing shines”—New York Times Book Review
The Rare Leaf
| Author | : Olola Olabode Ogunlana |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 275 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Remo (African people) |
| ISBN | : 9780992686369 |
"There is a rich tradition of storytelling within Yoruba culture, with stories passed down through the generations but never written down .... This book sets out to present a particular sub-group of these: oral stories which have some kind of historical basis, handed down in the Ogere-Remo area (now in Ogun State) in the Remo dialect of Yoruba."--Page 10.
The Elevator Kiss
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9789785315264 |
It's Christmas Day and Sindi has been invited to her friend's stunning new apartment for dinner. She finds herself in the elevator with a handsome man in a blue cotton suit. Their impromptu kiss under the mistletoe ignites unanticipated desire. Edward - urbane, successful and effortlessly charming - is determined to win Sindi over. But Sindi, a spirited, independent woman, is focused on rebuilding her life after a disastrous break-up. Edward is the last thing she needs. Or so she thinks. When Edward turns up at her office, Sindi has no choice but to work for him on a big and important project. And it's not long before they are sharing much more than a kiss beneath the mistletoe... A steamy romance set in the beautiful city of Cape Town, The Elevator Kiss is a tale of love between an ambitious young woman and her irresistible man.
Children of the Quicksands
| Author | : Efua Traoré |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2022-07-26 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1338781944 |
A richly imagined magical adventure set in West Africa by a prize-winning new voice in children's writing, Children of the Quicksands introduces readers to Yoruba myths and legends while showcasing the wealth of culture, traditions, adventure, joy, pride, and love found in Nigeria. In a remote Nigerian village, thirteen-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret. Ajao is nothing like Lagos -- no cells phones, no running water or electricity. Not a single human-made sound can be heard at night, just the noise of birds and animals rustling in the dark forest outside. Her witchlike grandmother dispenses advice and herbal medicine to the village, but she's tight lipped about their family history. Something must have happened, but what? Determined to find out, Simi disobeys her grandmother and goes exploring only to find herself sinking in the red quicksand of a forbidden lake and into the strange parallel world that lies beneath. It must have been a dream... right? Wrong. Something isn’t right. Children are disappearing and it’s up to Simi to discover the truth.
Divining the Self
| Author | : Velma E. Love |
| Publisher | : Penn State Press |
| Total Pages | : 159 |
| Release | : 2015-06-29 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0271061456 |
Divining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Velma Love examines the Odu—the Yoruba sacred scriptures—along with the accompanying mythology, philosophy, and ritual technologies engaged by African Americans. Drawing from the personal narratives of African American Ifa practitioners along with additional ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Oyotunji African Village, South Carolina, and New York City, Love’s work explores the ways in which an ancient worldview survives in modern times. Divining the Self also takes up the challenge of determining what it means for the scholar of religion to study scripture as both text and performance. This work provides an excellent case study of the sociocultural phenomenon of scripturalizing practices.
African Love Stories
| Author | : Ama Ata Aidoo |
| Publisher | : Ayebia Clarke Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
A radical collection of love stories from African women. The collection combines the confidence of established and award-winning writers with the tentativeness and originality of budding writers from Africa and the African Diaspora. Focusing on love and radically debunking the myth about African women being poor and helpless victims this anthology rather depicts their strength, complexity and diversity.
Not Even God Is Ripe Enough
| Author | : Bakare Gbadamosi |
| Publisher | : Apollo |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2024-02 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781803289045 |
Collected by Yoruba poet Bakare Gbadamosi and scholar Ulli Beier, Not Even God Is Ripe Enough is a mesmerising collection of traditional oral stories and lighthearted Yoruba fables.Including stories such as 'Kindness won't kill you but it can give you a lot of worries', 'He who shits on the road will meet flies on his return' and 'You can fool others but can you fool yourself?' Not Even God is Ripe Enough is a wide-ranging selection of amusing Yoruba proverbs and tales of magical realism. From bizarre stories of talking animals to wise parables passed down from generation to generation, these stories are full of surprising twists, humour, and the surreal.
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
| Author | : Amos Tutuola |
| Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
| Total Pages | : 134 |
| Release | : 2014-07-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0571311555 |
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Amos Tutuola's second novel, was first published in 1954. It tells the tale of a small boy who wanders into the heart of a fantastical African forest, the dwelling place of innumerable wild, grotesque and terrifying beings. He is captured by ghosts, buried alive and wrapped up in spider webs, but after several years he marries and accepts his new existence. With the appearance of the television-handed ghostess, however, comes a possible route of escape.'Tutuola ... has the immediate intuition of a creative artist working by spell and incantation.' V. S. Pritchett, New Statesman
