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-- Alhaji's wivesc2004., Films for the Humanities & Sciences Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Alhaji has taken five wives; one died, he divorced another and lives with the reamining three. This program travels to Nigeria to examine the impact of polygamy and divorce on the country's population dempgraphics, focusing on a case study of one family to highlight trends and concerns.
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1996, Juvenile, Gulliver Books Call No: 306 .08996 333 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the ogbo or lifelong fellowship group each child belongs to in many villages of Nigeria including their celebrations, village works, and recreations.
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1996., Juvenile, Harcourt Brace Call No: 966.9 ONY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young girl introduces readers to her Nigerian family and the traditions of her village.
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c2011., Other Press Call No: Historical fiction FIC WATSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Blessing, seeing her family falling apart after her mother decides to leave her cheating father and move in with her family in a town without running water or electricity, finds comfort in the care of her grandmother who teaches her the ways of the midwife in rural Nigeria, but is faced with the realities of the world when she is exposed to genital mutilation and the environmental damage caused by British and American oil companies.
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[2015]., Adult, Anchor Books Call No: HI-INT 305.42 ADI Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: In this personal, eloquently-argued essayadapted from her much-admired TEDx talk of the same nameChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable authors exploration of what it means to be a woman nowand an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.
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2015., Anchor Books Call No: Realistic 305.42 Adi Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Presents a definition of feminism characterized by awareness and inclusion, and offers arguments for why everyone, men and women, should be feminists in this way.
