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Hello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books.
by Mutmainah Idris
Hello everyone. I'm your host, Mutmainah. I'm a bluestocking which means i love to read, mostly fictions. This podcast is for the purpose of promoting Nigerian Books. There's something about these books that get me excited. Maybe It's the way they are aesthetically written, how the cultures, traditons and customs of the tribes are woven into these books or the way the authors write on past issues and current ones too.Therefore, I'd like to share my passion and pique your interest in it too. You can follow me on instagram on Mutmainah_IO
Episodes
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The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka
The book revolves around sidi, lakunle and baroka. Lakunle and Baroka want to marry sidi. She's the village belle.
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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie
A book that examines the complexites of family, faith and country through the haunted but hopeful eyes of a young girl on the cusp of woman hood. An autocratic and violent father that is overly religious, a submissive mother and children that have no identities, Adichie explored all this and it…
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The gods are not to blame by Ola Rotimi
A play where the theme of Sophocles Oedipus rex is skillfully transported to African soil. The story of a man odewale who has being fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Check out the episode and tell me your view about the great playwright's book , ola rotimi, the gods are not to blame....
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
Things Fall Apart is a well known book in African Literature. It is the first book written that portrays African in our true light. Before Things Fall Apart was written, there were some books written by the colonialist that portrayed Africans as savages who were in need of western enlightenment...
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No Longer At Ease by Chinua Achebe.
This book follows the life an upright man, obi okonkwo who later became corrupt as a result of different happenings in the book. No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian professor, poet, and literary critic. It is the sequel to Things Fall Apart, which is widely considered…
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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin.
Set in the ancient southwestern town of Ibadan, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives follows the lives of a polygamist, his four wives, and their seven children. Their patriarch, Ishola Alao, also known as Baba Segi, is a brash, uneducated, yet wealthy Yoruba man who revels in his large family…
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Second class citizen by Buchi Emecheta.
' A poignant story of a resourceful Nigerian woman who overcomes strict tribal domination of women and countless setbacks to achieve an independent life for herself and her children, the novel is often described as semi-autobiographical, with the journey from Nigeria to London following closely...
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The concubine by Elechi Amadi.
In this episode, i talked about the concubine as promised. The tragic love story of the beauty ihuoma was examined and i explored how the author, Elechi uses simple diction to convey this beautiful story. He employed the use of proverbs, custom and traditions of the eastern part of Nigeria to...
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How it all begins.
In this episode, i bring to your attention how i came about this and how I'd love for people to listen to this. This episode entails introduction to my program where I'll talk about different Nigerian books and share my passion for such books. We'll share reviews and also expose different secrets...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hello everyone. I'm your host, Mutmainah. I'm a bluestocking which means i love to read, mostly fictions. This podcast is for the purpose of promoting Nigerian Books. There's something about these books that get me excited. Maybe It's the way they are aesthetically written, how the cultures, traditons and customs of the tribes are woven into these books or the way the authors write on past issues and current ones too.Therefore, I'd like to share my passion and pique your interest in it too. You can follow me on instagram on Mutmainah_IO
HOSTED BY
Mutmainah Idris
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What is Hello Bluestocking!! Promoting Nigerian Books. about?
Hello everyone. I'm your host, Mutmainah. I'm a bluestocking which means i love to read, mostly fictions. This podcast is for the purpose of promoting Nigerian Books. There's something about these books that get me excited. Maybe It's the way they are aesthetically written, how the cultures,...
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