She Called Me Woman
Author: Azeenarh Mohammed
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781911115595
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA brave and ground-breaking anthology of queer women's life stories
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The Girl with the Louding Voice
Author: Abi Daré
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-02-23
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 1524746096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK! “Brave, fresh . . . unforgettable.”—The New York Times Book Review “A celebration of girls who dare to dream.”—Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers (Oprah’s Book Club pick) Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and recommended by The New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, Essence, PopSugar, Daily Mail, Electric Literature, Red, Stylist, Daily Kos, Library Journal, The Everygirl, and Read It Forward! The unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself, The Girl with the Louding Voice is a simultaneously heartbreaking and triumphant tale about the power of fighting for your dreams. Despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her path, Adunni never loses sight of her goal of escaping the life of poverty she was born into so that she can build the future she chooses for herself – and help other girls like her do the same. Her spirited determination to find joy and hope in even the most difficult circumstances imaginable will “break your heart and then put it back together again” (Jenna Bush Hager on The Today Show) even as Adunni shows us how one courageous young girl can inspire us all to reach for our dreams…and maybe even change the world.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Published: 2010-10-29
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13: 0307373541
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith her award-winning debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was heralded by the Washington Post Book World as the “21st century daughter” of Chinua Achebe. Now, in her masterly, haunting new novel, she recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria during the 1960s. With the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Adichie weaves together the lives of five characters caught up in the extraordinary tumult of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Ugwu is houseboy to Odenigbo, a university professor who sends him to school, and in whose living room Ugwu hears voices full of revolutionary zeal. Odenigbo’s beautiful mistress, Olanna, a sociology teacher, is running away from her parents’ world of wealth and excess; Kainene, her urbane twin, is taking over their father’s business; and Kainene’s English lover, Richard, forms a bridge between their two worlds. As we follow these intertwined lives through a military coup, the Biafran secession and the subsequent war, Adichie brilliantly evokes the promise, and intimately, the devastating disappointments that marked this time and place. Epic, ambitious and triumphantly realized, Half of a Yellow Sun is a more powerful, dramatic and intensely emotional picture of modern Africa than any we have had before.
The Female King of Colonial Nigeria
Author: Nwando Achebe
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2011-02-21
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0253222486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.
You Speak Good English for a Nigerian
Author: Oreoluwa Army
Publisher:
Published: 2020-09
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781734949711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of some of the author's experience as a Nigerian immigrant to the United States, from her experience as an international student, navigating the culture shock of Boston, to her experience as a permanent resident navigating new ideas and perspectives.
We Should All Be Feminists
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2015-02-03
Total Pages: 65
ISBN-13: 110191176X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The highly acclaimed, provocative essay on feminism and sexual politics—from the award-winning author of Americanah In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman now—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.
Dear Naija Girl
Author: Cynthia Tasha Osajibenedict
Publisher:
Published: 2021-05-07
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDear Naija Girl, is a blend of stories, and experiences, highlighting the ordeals of women and what it means to be female in Nigeria. It opens up its readers to what women go through in this part of the world to be successful and also be heard or given a voice in their individual spheres. Asides from sharing true life stories of several women, it also highlights the struggles of women in Nigeria go through even when they appear successful, how they have to constantly defend their success in the judging and preying eyes of the society they come from. Amidst all, it offers a way forward.Enjoy the read.
Women and Leadership
Author: Julia Gillard
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2022-02-15
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0262543826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA powerful call-to-action for gender equity that offers 10 key lessons for women aspiring to a leadership role—be it in politics, business, law, or their local community. Featuring words of wisdom from female leaders like Hillary Clinton and Theresa May, this empowering study reads like a You Are a Badass volume on world leadership. Women make up fewer than 10% of national leaders worldwide. Behind this eye-opening statistic lies a pattern of unequal access to power. Through conversations with some of the world’s most powerful and interesting women—including Jacinda Ardern, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Michelle Bachelet, and Theresa May—Women and Leadership explores gender bias and asks why there aren’t more women in leadership roles. Speaking honestly and freely, these women talk about having their ideas stolen by male colleagues, what it’s like to be called fat or a slut in the media, and what things they wish they had done differently. The stories they tell reveal vividly how gender and sexism affect perceptions of women as leaders. Using current research as a starting point, Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala—both political leaders in their own countries—analyze the lived experiences of these women leaders. The result is a rare insight into life as a leader and a powerful call to arms for women everywhere.
Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous
Author: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2020-12-08
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0262539675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA frontline account of how to fight corruption, from Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has written a primer for those working to root out corruption and disrupt vested interests. Drawing on her experience as Nigeria's finance minister and that of her team, she describes dangers, pitfalls, and successes in fighting corruption. She provides practical lessons learned and tells how anti-corruption advocates need to equip themselves. Okonjo-Iweala details the numerous ways in which corruption can divert resources away from development, rewarding the unscrupulous and depriving poor people of services. Okonjo-Iweala discovered just how dangerous fighting corruption could be when her 83-year-old mother was kidnapped in 2012 by forces who objected to some of the government's efforts at reforms led by Okonjo-Iweala—in particular a crackdown on fraudulent claims for oil subsidy payments, a huge drain on the country's finances. The kidnappers' first demand was that Okonjo-Iweala resign from her position on live television and leave the country. Okonjo-Iweala did not resign, her mother escaped, and the program of economic reforms continued. “Telling my story is risky,” Okonjo-Iweala writes. “But not telling it is also dangerous.” Her book ultimately leaves us with hope, showing that victories are possible in the fight against corruption.
Swallow
Author: Sefi Atta
Publisher: Interlink Publishing
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1623710073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 1980s in Lagos, the government’s War Against Indiscipline and austerity measures are in full swing. A succession of unfortunate events leads Tolani, a bank secretary, to be persuaded by her roommate Rose to consider drug trafficking as a way to make a living. Tolani’s subsequent struggle with temptation forces her to reconsider her morality—and that of her mother Arike’s—as she embarks on a turbulent journey of self-discovery.
