Of This Our Country 9781534416086

Of This Our Country 9781534416086To define Nigeria is to tell a half truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa's most populous nation through words or images. And yet here, through personal essays from 24 of its writers, a more accurate picture comes into view: one that details the realities and contradictions of patriotism, examines the role of class and privilege in Nigerian society, juxtaposes

with only their five-year-old daughter left behind

As a child

step-by-step

He was owned by a boy who loved him more and more every day

Evey cuts him a deal: she'll secretly enroll him in hot yoga instead-for a price

It's time to head north and work out who is trying to find him and why

before there isn't a team to lead anymore

What will Belle discover about the Beast and the enchanted objects that live there

epic and diabolic

and the girl he's falling for - will be in danger

Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau

myths and legends from all over Africa and the Caribbean