The New Gong

How Not to Be a Nigerian, a collection of essays by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, is an irreverent look at the way people live in a dysfunctional, post-colonial state.

Billy Bisa’s Secrets and Other Stories by Dulue Mbachu is a collection of short stories that brings together a potpourri of characters: musicians, magicians, policemen, the nave and the cunning.

God of Poetry by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu This is a celebration of poetry, wide-ranging in style and themes, revealing the thrilling depths of a rich talent.

Surviving the Storms by Timi Spiff This novel portrays the contradictions in the life of Kuro, an adolescent trying to come to terms with life in Port Harcourt after the Nigerian Civil War.

The Plan of Creation in African Tradition by Nze Ezeoforkire C. Ezenwa Against conventional thinking, Ezenwa argues In this book that African traditional religion is based on empirical science.

War Games by Dulue Mbachu is a tender coming-of-age story forged in the crucible of the Biafran War.

In Vision Impossible, Isidore Emeka Uzoatu, captures the climate of fear that envelopes an African nation in the iron grip of military dictatorship.

Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa and Other Essays by Adewale Maja-Pearce is a book of essays on African politics, including a controversial take on a writer judicially murdered by a Nigerian military ruler.

A Peculiar Tragedy, a biography of JP Clarke-Bekederemo, one of the pioneers of modern Nigerian literature, by Adewale Maja-Pearce.

The Tortoise and Other Animals by Chuks Emele is a rendition of Igbo folktales in which the tortoise is the hero, the villain and the teacher that embodies human foibles.

The Master’s Voice: Nigeria and Global News by Dulue Mbachu shows that foreign news coverage in local papers is shaped by choices made by Western news organizations.