Igbo Stories

A short story about beauty and love. A reflection on the cultural heritage of the Igbo tribe in South-East Nigeria.

Kairayochukwu Okorie stopped believing in second chances especially her own. After an accident involving someone she cared about, Kaira becomes the subject of rumors she never asked for. She learns how to survive by shrinking, by avoiding the track, and by pretending she doesn't miss the life she lost. But when she's pushed to confront the past she buried, and a new student begins to see through her careful silence, Kaira is forced to ask herself what it means to move forward--not just alone, but with someone who understands what it means to carry expectations.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝛐𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬. As the savanna sickens and old fears return, stories spread of Ajákùta, a spirit of drought stirring in the scarred north. Most dismiss them. Àjàó doesn't. He has dreamed of falling skies and crying rivers, and the wind has never spoken to him without reason. With Ẹwà, a crane who rides the air, and Akilápá, a sharp-tongued agama lizard, Àjàó crosses a land already coming apart. Corruption follows their steps, truth is hard to trust, and three ancestral charms of Earth, Air, and Water, may be the only thing standing between the savanna and ruin. Book 1 of The Spirit of the Land. Most impressive ranking: #3 in animals #10 in africa

My country people... How una dey? This is it! The book where we accept our hangout lovers. Life isn't all about books or it is? Sometimes we need to just let lose and catch fun, relax and cool the end. Don't forget our popular idiom that, "All Work And No Play Make Writers Full of Writers Block". Lol, yes, I know it's not the correct one, but who cares? We're just catching fun and that is what Nigerians hangout is all about. Nigerians get to meet and mingle, catch fun and hangout and while we do all these things, we promote that work of ours that we are proud of. If you're ready to be a part, click on the book and swim with us.

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Sofia Adams is a normal 21 year old Nigerian graduate who came to Abuja the heart of the country for a peaceful successful life, But she finds more than she bargains for. Watch her struggle between love, pain, betrayal and love for money. *Please follow: Slim shady creates @no1stan😊😊

This is a Nigerian queer book that displays the culture and way of living of queers in Nigeria, the book focuses on the merits and demerits of being a queer in Nigeria. Also, the book brings together the three major tribes in Nigeria. (Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa.) Meet somtobechukwu a twenty-two years old Igbo man living in shackles of being a gay man in Nigeria. Join him and his best friend Chike on their search for hope despite the series of misfortune events that have befallen them.

NOMINATED FOR THE WATTSPADDING READERS CHOICE AWARDS Seven Months follows two scarred souls on opposite sides of Nigeria's most brutal war. Obianuju, once a quiet student in Zaria, survives a massacre that takes her sister's life and leaves her permanently injured. Haunted by loss, silenced by trauma, she returns to the East to find her home changed and her future hijacked. When war is declared, she forms a rebel cell-not for glory, but for vengeance. Salisu, the son of a northern civil servant killed in the January 1966 coup, watches his family fall apart under the weight of grief and betrayal. Unable to heal or forgive, he enlists in the military, fueled by rage and duty. But as the war drags on, his reasons begin to blur. Set between June 1969 and January 1970, Seven Months is a powerful tale of identity, pain, and survival in a country at war with itself. Through shifting loyalties and buried truths, Obianuju and Salisu confront not only their enemies-but everything they've been told to believe. 🏆Awards🏆 Best Prologue in The Blazing Verse Awards 🥉3rd Place in Best Prologue in the Nine Tailed Awards

A poetic contemplation into the dark realities of the Nigerian civil war. Between 6 July 1967 - 15 January 1970 (2 years, 6 months, 1 week and 2 days) Location Southeastern Nigeria Result Nigerian victory Dissolution of the Republic of Biafra Four regions of Nigeria replaced by 12 states. A loosed ended poetry with a loose arrangement of figures and ideas using the figures of poetry to relay the dark realities of war,buried beneath the burial grounds of history. Sounds of consonance,assonance and resonance are employed as a medium to reignite the dangers of an unconstitutional democracy.. in a century where all forms of entrenchment to fundamental human rights and constitutional democracy sits abolished.

They finally brought the virus to Africa, to Nigeria. With everyone around her either dying or infected, Amira thought she was the only survivor in the wrecked city of lagos that was until she met Damian and his group and also a frenemy who told her about the shelter on the island where survivors are, including her family. They were determined to finding this real S.A.V.E Shelter and people but is it really worth it in this desolated world especially when they know it won't be free and easy getting access to. ________________________________________________ Desolate: Book 1 in the Carole Derrick Afro-Zombie Collection 🏆 Nowhere In Between: Book 2 in the Carole Derrick Afro-Zombie Collection 🏆 (not published) End of The World: Book 3 in the Carole Derrick Afro-Zombie Collection 🏆(not published) ________________________________________________

In the modern era, the chaos god Ekwensu seeks to accomplish a task that will likely end his time as a god on earth, restoring the sight of the death god Onwu

Meet Jane, a 23 year old, who caught her boyfriend in bed with another woman on their anniversary. She is heartbroken,again and losses her job in her ex's company. In desperation she has no choice but to become an assistant to a womanizing CEO, Alexander Williams. Alexander Williams, a 27 year old who runs a multi billion company. His reputation as a ladies' man precedes him. He hired Jane as his assistant with the aim to get her in his bed but he finds himself falling in love with her. What would happen as he tries to win her heart and bring her into his world? Let's throw in am obsessed girlfriend, her ex and their past. What would happen in the long run... Read to find out♥️

She had everything while growing up only that her parents couldn't give her the life she wanted. It was the life of freedom: to do and be anything. Her rebellion and self willed nature led to her marriage to a total stranger. It was her father's best way of protecting her, his antidote to tame her. For Mabel, she had no choice but to walk into it but she did have an escape plan. He is handsome, sexy, rich and everything an eligible bachelor should be; only that he had no plans in mind for himself. He couldn't go against his father's decisions and commands, the whole purpose of his existence was loyalty for the sake of his family and the business. That was what his father had taught him, he was his father's shadow. Their parents thought they would match each other. Let's see if they are right after all.

Chioma is a nineteen year old Nigerian girl, born in Nigeria but raised in America, her parents took her to America at the age of seven, and now back in Nigeria at 19, in college, is where her story starts.... The story of when she met Johnny, and how he took her life on a merry go ride ever since. This story is full of crime, love, comedy and thrill ... Are you ready?

She is real. She is black. She is powerful. She is feminine. And she does NOT conform to the rules.

Chioma has only one desire: and that is to regain the respect and love of her family which she had lost by not meeting their expectations. So when she finally gets an opportunity to prove herself, she seizes it with both hands and pursues it so passionately that she becomes blind to everything else, including the ultimate, precious gift of true love right in front of her. Will her eyes open before it is too late? Falling in love is the last thing on the mind of Biodun, after all, who thinks about love when one is burdened with so many challenges and is struggling to survive? But then he stumbles upon Chioma and he finds himself unable to look away...

the story of a Nigerian child and the cards fate dealt to him. after nearly being sold at the age of three months, life takes a turn for the better. Even after getting the best that life had to offer in his new family, old torches seem to be on the brink of starting forrest fires. a some-what real life story. Obviously not edited 😇, Enjoy

BTW: sorry, some conversations are in English, some mild English others Pidgin. I am a proper Nigeria Lady. Stories that have made my day, events that made my year and more. A fun read I promise, you should engage it, about myself and people I've come across. I love my life, not Everytime really, you should read it.

After she's finally allowed to attend a boarding school with her brother, Nwaokoli Vanessa has to go through the struggles of adapting away from home and also adapting to her crush's cold-hearted nature. With a lot of drama on the line for a girl that barely had any drama in the past, will she be able to pull through while making the right decisions also? This novel is a regular high school life storyline with the ups and downs of life and betrayal. Throw in a little bit of depression and anger issues and the most reoccurring problem teenagers have -which is not being understood. I started writing this novel while in boarding school, my last days actually, and it was like a coping mechanism for me cause I felt like I was going crazy and no one was understanding me. I poured all that into this novel and I began to feel okay. So to all teens and young adults out there that feel like no one gets them or knows what they feel, calm down, take a deep breath, and stop overthinking. Find something you love doing and put your energy and steam into it.

Earth has the Bermuda Triangle, space has the black hole and oasis college has two sophisticating male demons who are like revolving doors without an exit. Cold, calm and aloof describes Y.K Rough, naughty and wild says it all for Adrian. Ariel the transfer student from pacific high school with insecurities, and damages from her previous school, finds herself caught in between the two demons at school. Follow this trio and other teenagers through their respective family lives, secret lies and deceits, physical and emotional abuse and their journey of self discovery and forgiveness, building broken esteems and finding love in between making memories and fun filled dramas.