Parcel 1
Clues
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- African fiction
- First published in the 1970s
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12 books for “Nigerian history”
Looking for: nigerian · history
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There Was a Country
Chinua Achebe
Why it came upThread: Nigeria · Thread: Nigerian history · Section: History & Lives
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Why it came upThread: Nigeria · Thread: Nigerian history · Author from Nigeria
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
Why it came upThread: Nigeria · Thread: Nigerian history · Author from Nigeria
Aké: The Years of Childhood
Wole Soyinka
Why it came upThread: Nigeria · Section: History & Lives · Author from Nigeria
An African History of Africa
Zeinab Badawi
Why it came upThread: History · Section: History & Lives · Title
Season of Crimson Blossoms
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
Why it came upThread: Nigeria · Author from Nigeria · On the list “Essential Nigerian literature”
Stay With Me
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Why it came upThread: Nigeria · Author from Nigeria · On the list “Where to begin with Nigerian writing”
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Why it came upThread: Nigeria · Author from Nigeria · On the list “Where to begin with Nigerian writing”
Everything Good Will Come
Sefi Atta
Why it came upThread: Nigeria · Author from Nigeria · On the list “Essential Nigerian literature”
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
Why it came upThread: History · Section: History & Lives · On the list “Africa, in its own words”
The Famished Road
Ben Okri
Why it came upThread: Nigeria · Author from Nigeria · On the list “Essential Nigerian literature”
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Abi Daré
Why it came upThread: Nigeria · Author from Nigeria · On the list “Where to begin with Nigerian writing”
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Parcel 2
Clues
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- African fiction
- First published in the 1960s
Parcel 3
Clues
- Nigeria
- African fiction
- Coming of age
- First published in the 2010s
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