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  • November 23
  • Leadership Nigeria: Cleric Launches Book On 'Third Term'

    Three books - Who Wanted Third Term?, Abuja Demolition and Real Issues In Christian Marriage - were yesterday presented to the general public. The books, written by Pastor Dr. Dan Ogun a legal luminary and coordinator of Zonal Pastors' Forum of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Abuja, were launched in Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja.

  • Monitor Uganda: Understanding Bible Teachings About Women [book review]

    Title: Woman in the Eyes of God:

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Writers Lose N104 Million Revenue

    SOCIETY of Non-Fiction Authors of Nigeria (SONFAN) has raised alarm that Nigerian academic materials writers are losing a minimum of $12 million (N104.3m) from only Belgium besides other countries, as royalties accruing from the use of their intellectual works.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: Ex-Director Launches Book On Abuja's Demolition

    A recently retired director with the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), Dr Dan Ogun at the weekend launched a book on the demolition exercise that took place in the Federal Capital Territory during the era of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai as FCT minister.

  • November 20
  • Independent Uganda: Way 2 Impolite! [column]

    Wainaina denies leading African lit renaissance but offers tips on how it can succeed - via mobile phone

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  • Observer Uganda: Book Review - Now That Uganda Has Discovered Oil...

    Book: Poisoned Wells. The Dirty Politics of African Oil

  • This Day Nigeria: Gowon to Launch Book On Nigerian Family

    Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd) will on Friday, November 27, 2009 launch a book titled " Upper End of Marriage-A Happy Home" written by the renowned Dr. Violet Arene of the popular "Kith & Kin" programme the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Family Network Programme.

  • This Day Nigeria: Akinrinade - Nigeria's Foundation Defective

    Former Chief of Army Staff and a leader of the defunct National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Gen. Alani Akinrinade, has declared that Nigeria is built on a defective foundation and challenged all patriotic minds to summon enough courage to pull it down, with the determination to build a new one.

  • November 18
  • Vanguard Nigeria: Obi of Onitsha Hails Achebe on Things Fall Apart

    The Obi of Onitsha, Nnemeka Achebe, yesterday praised Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, as a book which not only consolidated the foundations of Anglophone African literature, but opened a new page in the study of African peoples and culture.

  • November 16
  • Vanguard Nigeria: Pentecostal Statesmanship [analysis]

    FOR a man in his nineties, T.M. Aluko still has a very alert mind, and he has come up with a new novel that bears benedictory testimony to his venerated craft. Our Born Again President, a 218-page novel of intrigues in the affairs of state, tells the compelling story of David Tanbata who leads his country to independence and later becomes transformed in a Pentecostal manner not unlike the Biblical ...

  • Vanguard Nigeria: Illustrated Things Fall Apart For Presentation

    THE illustrated Things Fall Apart produced in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Chinua's Achebe's classic novel will be the star attraction at a formal presentation ceremony to be held on November 17. The event which will take place in Lagos will be chaired by HRM Igwe Nnaemeka, Obi of Onitsha with renowned playwright, Wole Soyinka being the special guest of honour among other notable ...

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Re-Branding Gets Scholarly Boost

    THE current re-branding campaign spear-headed by the minister of Information and Communication, Professor Dora Akunyiri, this week received a scholarly boost as a Nigerian born and German-based writer Mr. Emeka Onwuakor unveils his latest book; "This Is Nigeria" to the dossier of the re-branding academic works already in circulation in the country.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: Book Probes Creation of Poverty in SA [book review]

    The Making of Poverty in South Africa

  • Monitor Uganda: Racial Prejudice in 1930's America [column]

    The American culture is arguably the most profound on the globe because of its diversity. The intensity of this culture is ironically rooted in the history of slavery and subjugation of African-Americans until they were forced to fight back using all means necessary.

  • Monitor Uganda: The Author's Forum Gives Hope to Local Writers

    "Authors are like children who are starting to walk, some will stand up, fall down and smile but after some time, they will stand up again.

  • November 13
  • Namibia Economist Namibia: Landshapes - the Geomorphology of Namibia Book Launch

    A unique book on the geomorphology of Namibia will be launched at Studio 77 on Thursday, 19 November, at 17H30. Original art works by Christine Marais, which form an integral part of the book will be on exhibition and for sale at the launch.

  • Observer Uganda: No Scars, No Story, No Life [book review]

    Book: An Imperfect Offering. Dispatches from the Medical Frontline

  • November 12
  • Argus South Africa: Krog 'Undermines' Ideas of Right and Wrong

    Former president Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu have a problem - white people like them.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Another Look At Mandela

    Book Title: Winds of Change in South Africa (From Apartheid to Freedom)

  • BuaNews South Africa: National Libraries Sign MOU

    The National Library of South Africa and the Iranian National Library have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the relations that already exist between these two national institutes.

  • November 11
  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Aluko is an Iconoclast- Justice Eso

    It was a harvest of praises and commendations yesterday in Lagos for foremost novelist, Dr. T. M. Aluko, who turned 91 this week and celebrated the 50th anniversary of his first novel, One Man, One Wife. He also unveiled of a new book entitled, Our Born Again President, a critical expose on African leaders who hide under the banner of religion to commit atrocities while in office.

  • November 10
  • Algora Ethiopia: Ethiopia and the United States - History, Diplomacy, and Analysis by Getachew Metaferia [book listing]

    For over a century Ethiopia and the United States have been engaged in meandering diplomatic relations influenced by major official actors, domestic politics, and world conditions. Based on archival and declassified government documents, interviews, and translations of works in Amharic, Professor Getachew Metaferia has provided a balanced, detailed analysis of the diplomatic history of Ethiopia, ...

  • This Day Nigeria: '2011 Will Be Rough' [interview]

    The advent of democracy in 1999 was not, to the disappointment of many, accompanied with the desired transformation for the country. Has Nigeria as a nation lost its bearings? Has the dream of the founding fathers gone awry? In the face of the present challenges, does Nigeria still possess the potentials for greatness as envisaged at the dawn of independence?

  • November 9
  • Arusha Times Tanzania: AGF Launches Guide To Bible Reading

    Allbless Godbless Foundation (AGF) a religious non governmental foundation has launched a book to help bible readers understand the scripture.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Book On Ills of Mobile Phone Radiation Launched

    Lagos state Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Social development, Prince Ademola Adeniji Adele has revealed that the inherent danger associated with use of mobile phones are mostly suffered by Nigerians especially Lagosians.

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