Fourth Dimension Publishing Company

'Loudly, alone in her room she heard herself say. "You do not realise the difference in our culture, Chuma? Doesn't that matter to you? Do you realise that my people may not accept you, nor would...

A collection of some of the best stories by popular fiction writer Labo Yari. Yari's stories capture a mixture of Nigerian lifestyles and concerns, from the rural North of Nigeria to urban existences...

This story is a portrayal of the life of Api, a tough thirteen year- old boy who lives in a Nigerian city during the colonial era. Every week he and other black children fight at the European...

Okike begun in 1971 as a journal for new and established literary writers. These stories have been selected from ten years' contributions for their artistic merit and topicality. In a period of...

The story is the tragedy of Okafor, a village palm wine tapper, who fell from a palm tree and fractured his leg. Relations carried him miles away, to the home of a witch-doctor, or "Juju-man"...

The Agwu is the Igbo patron deity of health and divination, and one of the basic Igbo theological concepts employed to explain good and evil, health and sickness, wealth and poverty, and fortune and...

The title of this book (in Igbo) translates as 'Some Stories Told By Shakespeare'. The translation is based upon 'Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare' (Longman), an abridged text of Shakespeare's plays for...

This book provides an account of the origins, development and character of Islam as a religion, civilisation and form of society, and instrument of power. It covers the spread of Islam from Morocco...

The author, writer and critic, proposes that an incursion into literature - land of the imagination - is not unlike travel to foreign lands, and is more egalitarian because it demands fewer outward...

Mazi Ogaranya makes money from government and private contracts. As a registered government contractor and member of a political party, he collects 'mobilisation fees' and then abandons the contracts...

This substantial Nigerian novel - soap-opera of everyday intrigue and individuals, and mystery story - is set against the culture of the Uda ethnic group. Opoko, the God of the Uda people - and...

The focus of this study is to examine satirical and critical modes both as objective and creative media. It explores the tradition of satire in African oral and written literature pre-Okri, and...

Nnenna becomes pregnant with Chinelo just as her husband decides to take a second wife. It is a difficult and jealous family environment, but with the help of the wider community, Nnenna persists...

An ironic and amusing story of a group of young Nigerians making their lives in modern times, synonymous with a climate of corruption, in which traditional moral and religious values are withering...

This work was written 1989 and published for the first time in 2002. The author's intention is to inform even-handedly, national and international debates about the misunderstandings surrounding the...

This book documents five presentations made at a two-day conference on corruption, organised by the Institute for Academic Freedom, University of Port Harcourt in May 2000. The editor provides an...

Between 1952 and 1981 there were no less than thirty-one coups or military takeovers in Africa, thirty of which took place between 1963 and 1981. Babatope's historical narrative describes inter alia,...

The forces of crime and the agents of the law work hand-in-hand. Felix Fumeh is a notorious gang leader who learns the tricks of the trade from Chief Taiwo Sam, a charismatic politician, influential...

Diary of a Homeless Prodigal is a collection of short essays first written for the newspaper Renaissance (Lagos), and brings together the authors ideas and impressions during his years abroad and at...

This book is aimed at amateur and professional dramatists, educational institutions, and other actors in the world of theatre in Nigeria. It presents an African orientated approach to the relatively...

This study elaborates the wealth of indigenous technological innovation expedited by the Biafran war. It outlines the gains from the destruction, the Biafrans' contribution to technological advance,...

Representing many years of field work, oral history data collection, and the consolidation and amalgamation of the works of many different researchers, this study illuminates the varied and diverse...

This book serves as an introduction to the principles, practices and problems of management in school systems and educational administration in Nigeria. The author draws on practical experience and...

'People's lives have been destined even before they set foot into this world. Others take their destinies into their own hands. Many that do so usually don't have to wait long before regretting their...

The aim of this book is to provide an accurate account, combining academic critical analysis and polemical writing, of a chapter of Cameroonian history; and to place individual contributions and...

Major critical works on creative literature have paid inadequate attention to women, perpetuating a male-dominated viewpoint. This work from a woman academic who has made a particular study of women...

Throughout the 1980s, incomes, living standards and investments in Africa plummeted, while poverty declined in South and East Asia. With world attention now focused on global issues, not least...

The Igbo people today find themselves in a transitional context. The papers presented in this book are the outcome of a seminar on the problems of identifying and defining the hero in Igbo life and...

'"Alex! Hey Alex, where are you?" Lisa called climbing the stairs. Getting no answer, she headed towards his room. She rapped on the door, calling his name at the same time. No answer. It was then...

This is a first attempt at the philosophical articulation and projection of the Igbo concept of law and the role of law in the traditional environment. In the Igbo traditional setting, the rules of...