Fiction

Seun Ajimobi is a twelve-year old boy lost in Libya. Thrown into a high-stakes situation, Seun must find a way out or risk never returning home or worse, losing his life. Told through the eyes of a boy abruptly cut off from the only life he has ever known, this agonizing tale of loss, isolation, family and friendship vividly captures the plight endured by those who leave home in the hope of finding greener pastures in a foreign land.

A heart-stirring story set in a society stratified into social classes, where the poor serve the wealthy. When Ajoke is sent from her village in rural Nigeria to work as a house maid, she has no idea of the overwhelming challenges and struggles that await her. Along the way, she engages in a secret and forbidden romance built on a foundation of risks. Ajoke realizes she may never escape her indentured status, but continues to fight for the life she believes she deserves. Ajoke’s life is a series of chances taken on her journey of discovery that gives hope to those who remain voiceless.

Celine Benson has been struggling; with becoming a mother, with her faith and her identity. Now, with just a few weeks before her fifth wedding anniversary, is Celine on the trail to uncover a secret that will separate her from her husband, Biyi, forever?

The day a stained brown envelope arrives from Taduno’s homeland, he knows that the time has come to return from exile. Arriving full of trepidation, the musician discovers that his community no longer recognises him, believing that Taduno is dead. His girlfriend Lela has disappeared, taken away by government agents. As he wanders through his house in search of clues, he realises that any traces of his old life have been erased. All that was left of his life and himself are memories. But Taduno finds a new purpose: to unravel the mystery of his lost life and to find his lost love. Through this search, he comes to face a difficult decision: to sing for love or to sing for his people. Taduno’s Song is a moving tale of sacrifice, love and courage.

A mysterious plague known as the Grey grips the small village of Pilam, which the world has quarantined without pity. Laying waste to Pilam’s residents, the sickness saps its victims of strength, drains the color from their eyes, and kills all promise. Only the young are immune. But beyond the barricades and walls of soldiers―the manifestation of a nation’s terror―there are rumors of a cure. Dunka, the eldest son of a family reeling from the Grey, takes on the daunting task of leaving Pilam to find that cure for his siblings and save them before it’s too late.

His brother and sisters, however, have plans of their own. Navigating the chaos of violence, hunger, and death, each of them tries to make sense of the bleak circumstances, forging new bonds with other juvenile survivors left to their own devices. Now an unlikely family of six, they choose their own perilous paths, at first separately and then together, coming to terms with the decisions they make and the ghosts they cannot leave behind.

Umar Turaki’s gripping novel is a story of survival, love, and the human spirit’s tenacious capacity for wonder.