Parcel 1
Clues
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- African fiction
- First published in the 1970s
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12 books for “something to challenge my perspective”
Looking for: challenge · perspective
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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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Subjects
- Adventure2
- African fiction22
- Biography1
- Christianity1
- Civil war2
- Classics21
- Colonialism4
- Coming of age10
- Counting & colours2
- Crime & mystery3
- Drama1
- Dystopia2
- English language1
- Entrepreneurship3
- Exam preparation1
- Faith4
- Family10
- Fantasy6
- Feminism1
- Friendship2
- Habits & self-improvement6
- History5
- Identity2
- Identity & migration5
- Igbo culture3
- Islam1
- Justice2
- Leadership & power2
- Love & relationships12
- Magic4
- Mathematics2
- Memoir8
- Money & investing3
- Nature2
- Nigerian history3
- Other worlds6
- Philosophy4
- Poetry1
- Psychological thriller2
- Psychology5
- Reference1
- School supplies2
- Science3
- Science fiction3
- Scripture2
- Short stories1
- Spirituality1
- Technology3
- Women's lives9
- Yoruba culture3