On Black Sisters' Street, The Life of Shehu Shagari and An African Night's Entertainment– Librarian Book Picks

What are you reading this week? Check out the top three books we can’t wait to read, selected for you by our librarian.
 
On Black Sisters' Street by Unigwe, Chika
 
Four very different women have made their way from Africa to the red light district of Brussels. They have come to claim for themselves the riches they believe Europe promises but when Sisi, the most enigmatic of the women, is murdered, their already fragile world is shattered...
 
 
President and Power in Nigeria: The Life of Shehu Shagari by Williams, David
 
This is the biography of Alhaji Shehu Shagari of Nigeria, Africa's most populous state and the world's third biggest democracy. He was elected  in 1979, against four opponents, in the election which signified the peaceful end of thirteen and a half years of military rule. This book presents the man and his policies against the lively political, social and economic background of a country of eighty million people, which is among the world's six most important oil exporters.
 
 
An African Night's Entertainment by Ekwensi, Cyprian
 
This is the story of a search for vengeance. The girl who Abu is to marry marries another man, and Abu searches far and wide for someone who knows how to wreak vengeance...
 
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