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TALL
DRUMS
African people from the geographical area
known today as Nigeria have emigrated, voluntarily and
involuntarily to the United States for centuries. In
this book, the author chronicles the lives and
triumphs of some of the more contemporary Nigerian
immigrants to the new world. Among those featured are
Bart Nnaji, Olusegun Fayemi, Philip Emeagwali, Toyin
Falola, Henrietta Ukwu, Alash'le Abimuku, Elizabeth
Ofili, Calista Chukwunenye, and others.
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FROM THE BELLY OF THE GODS
By Dr. Ugorji O. Ugorji
The author presents an African mythological novel that
tells the story of the creation and evolution of the
world from an African perspective.
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BALANCING ACTS
By Dr. Olusegun Fayemi
The author presents captivating and evocative images
of perhaps the least photographed Africans on the West
Coast of Africa
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COPING WITH THREE CULTURES: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EDMOND
ILOGU
By Canon Professor Edmond Ilogu, Ph.D.
From the African metropolis of Lagos, to the European
city of London, and the American experiences of New York
and Washington, D.C., the distinguished Canon Professor
Ilogu meandered with dignity through what he refers to
as three cultures in this story - his own personal story |
TITI, BIAFRAN MAID IN GENEVA
(SunWriters Series)
By Chike Momah
With the back drop of the raging Nigeria/Biafra war that
lasted from 1967 to 1970, emerges this story about a
young woman named Titi. She arrives in Geneva in the
employment of the Okeke family as a maid. What Titi
lacked in education, she made up in charm and stunning
beauty. Soon the young Igbo femme fatale left the Okeke
household for reasons not unrelated to sex and love. � |
THE AFRICAN GIRL
(a novel in the SunWriters'
Series)
By Chima Uchendu, Esq.
The African Girl is a love story between a Howard
University-educated African young woman, and an African
American Crown Prince. The African American's desire to
marry the African woman takes him on a journey back to
the continent in the quest for the approval of the young
woman's traditionalist father. With an unparalleled
arsenal of African proverbs, idioms, and parables, as
well as an engaging humor, Chima Uchendu narrates a tale
of cultural misunderstandings and re-awakenings woven
into a love affair in the purest African sense.
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AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY IN WORLD HISTORY
By
Dr.Theophile Obenga
African Philosophy in World History states the case of
the role of Africans in the conceptualization and
transmission of philosophy. Written one of Africa�s most
respected scholars, the book discusses among other
things, the development of philosophy along the
legendary Nile River, the education of Aristotle and
other Greek philosophers in Egypt, and the link between
ancient African thoughts and modern philosophy. � |
NIGERIA AND BIAFRA: MY STORY
This is the highly
anticipated narrative by one of the most significant
officers that ever wore the uniform of Nigeria's
military. Philip Efiong's story is much more than a
memoir; it is a tutorial on purposeful leadership and
courageous service in the face of unprecedented odds. It
is also a pleasantly suprsing scholarly discussion of
the dynamics of developmental politics in Africa that
were manifest in the events leading to, during, and
after the Nigeria/Biafra war. |
CALLING THE SHOTS:
From Gangland to Corporate
America, to Education & Community Development.
By William Granville, Jr.
As a member of the then East Trenton Whips street gang,
William Granville, Jr. was on his way to being a part of
the familiar depressing statistics in urban America.
With the intervention of some people who cared, he took
a less traveled part to success in his education and
career at the Mobil Corporation. He later brought his
experiences to youngsters in the urban cities of America
through the capitalist oriented Granville Academy. In
collaboration with Edison Schools, Inc. � |
THE CAMPUS INCIDENT
(a novel in the Sunwriters
Series) By Dr. Seymour Patterson
When the respected Dean of the Business School on a
university campus was found dead at his desk inside his
locked office, the search for the killer begins. Who
would want to kill the portly professor? Or better yet,
who wouldn't? Where does academic liberty end and murder
begins? It was the task of the Detective Powell to find
answers to these questions, even as he battled the
demons in his own life. An engaging story. � |
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DANTE�S DESTINY
(a novel in the SunWriters Series)
By Mellissa U. Offoha
In this first novel by this new author, the reader is
introduced to the trials and triumphs of Dante Gourmet.
As a consequence of his academic prowess, Dante is
transplanted from his destitute, urban environment to a
college world laden with the children of the powerful,
and the opulence that surrounds them. Meandering through
his new world and its challenges, the young man grapples
with being poor and different, and with an inter-racial
romance in which he found himself. � |
DICK TIGER
Richard Ihetu (aka Dick Tiger) is one of Nigeria's first
authentic heroes. In this book the author pays tribute
to Africa's most accomplished prominent practitioner of
the sweet science of pugilism. The story enlightens us
about the subject's humanity and his sense of duty and
obligation to family and community. It also reminds us
about the debt of gratitude Nigeri owes one of its
heroes � a man who was the first to showcase Nigeria's
potentials for greatness in all fields. � |
FRACTURED HISTORY: ELITE SHIFTS AND POLICY CHANGES IN
NIGERIA
By Ambassador Joe Garba
A history of waves of shifts among the elite of Nigeria,
and an analysis of how these shifts have affected the
making of public policy in the world�s most significant
Black nation. Covering both pre-colonial and
post-colonial eras, the author writes with the knowledge
of someone has been involved in the affairs of Nigeria
and one who has on more than one occasion put his life
on the line for the same nation. � |
FRIENDS AND DREAMS
(a novel in the SunWriters
Series)
By Chike Momah
By the time the FBI came calling, this story had become
a tale of love interests pursued with passion, a
friendship betrayed, naivete exploited, and a promising
career doused, all by greed. This work is the first full
length novel to treat the challenges which Nigerian
Americans have come to face in the United States as many
of them begin to call this land home. � |
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LOVE
DANCES
A Collection of Poems (SunWriters Series) By Professor
Molefi Kete Asante
This is a collection of poems written by the guru of
Afrocentrism, Dr. Molefi Asante of Temple University. He
segments the poems under three labels: Njia Poems (poems of
consciousness), Unfundalais (poems of Africa�s
poly-rhythms), Nubianics (love poems, and Heshima Poems
(praise poems). |
THE
CROW BRIDE AND OTHER TORTI TALES
(Afrifable Classics)
By Dr. Ugorji Okechukwu Ugorji
The second in Ugorji�s fabulous collection of African
folktales about the Tortoise, The Crow Bride brings back
Torti the Tortoise as the wise cracking, self confident
trickster who can�t seem to stay away from trouble and
mischief.
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NIGERIA AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL, 1994 � 1995
Edited By Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari
The 1994/95 session of the United Nations Security Council
was chaired Nigeria. During this period, the UN�s most
powerful entity (the Security Council) lifted its
long-standing sanctions against the former racist apartheid
government of South Africa.
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SCATTERED TO THE WIND (a novel in the SunWriters Series)
By Professor Molefi Kete Asante
In this, his first novel, Molefi Kete Asante presents Africa
and her people in grandeur and dignity. It is a historical
parable that starts with a prohibition about a Black bull,
with icons, metaphors, and embedded meanings for
contemporary African lives.
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SCREAM OF BLOOD: DESETTLERISM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (SunScholars
Series)
By Professor Molefi Kete Asante
Patterned after Franz Fanon�s "The Wretched of the Earth,"
this book tells the story of the heroes of the liberation
movements in the southern part of Africa - the African
masses. Asante takes aim at not only the dehumanizing legacy
of the racist policy of apartheid, but also what he calls
"internalized inferiority" on the part of many African
leaders.
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YESTERDAY WAS SILENT: CHUDI UWAZURUIKE
This is the story of metropolitan Lagos during the emerging
years of Nigeria�s oil boom. The author paints a picture of
moguls on the make, military power adventurers, mind
twisting femme fatales, and a restless underbelly of youths
and intellectuals dreaming of a revolution.
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POEMS OF MEMORY TRIPS: VOLUME ONE (SunWriters Series)
By Dr. Michael Mbabuike
This is first of two volumes of poems by the accomplished
scholar of African studies. With rhyme and rhythm, Mbabuike
takes us on a journey to his childhood on the continent, his
coming of age, and events and personalities that molded him
as a man. |
POEMS OF MEMORY TRIPS: VOLUME
TWO (SunWriters Series)
By Dr. Michael Mbabuike
In this second volume of his poems, Mbabuike appears much
more confident and makes much bolder observations and
proclamations. However, the touch of the griot, as well as
the whaling of an exile can still be seen in his work.
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MURTALA MUHAMMED: ARCHETECT OF MODERN NIGERIA.
By Umar Ardo
The late General Murtala Muhammed's roles in the military coup
of July 1966 and the Nigeria/Biafra War, and his rise to
power in 1975, paint a picture of a young man determined to
impact his environment. Using primary and secondary sources,
the author describes and analyses Nigeria's political and
social evolution under Muhammed, and asserts that Muhammed
was Nigeria's first and only nationally acclaimed hero in
military uniform.
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MBARI ENTERS THE GLOBAL ACADEMIC ARENA
(Obiageli Adiasor)
On Tuesday, April 22, 2008, the publisher of Sungai Books,
Dr. Ugorji O. Ugorji, took delivery of the first printed copies
of the new journal in Igbo studies, known as Mbari: The International
Journal of Igbo Studies. Published in paperback with the gloss
full-color cover for which Sungai's books have been known, the work constitutes a
bold and historic step in the study of Ndiigbo in all of its
ramifications.
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