Of Survival and Kings - ZODML Librarian Book Picks

Check out this week’s selection of great books chosen by our librarians! You can find all of these awesome titles and more at our Community Library at 196 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Looking for your next great read? Search our catalogue and e-library or browse previous picks for inspiration. 
Waiting to Explode: How to Stay Aliveby Onyeka
This story is an upfront, in-your-face look at the experiences of a group of young black people trying to survive in England.
Restless Breed by Femi Osofisan
This collection assembles four of the author’s most popular plays: A Restless Run of Locusts, The Oriki of a Grasshopper, No More the Wasted Breed, and Birthdays Are Not for Dying.
Shaka Zuluby EA Ritter
Shaka Zulu is widely credited with uniting many of the Northern Nguni people into the Zulu Kingdom, a nation which held sway over southern Africa. His statesmanship and vigour marked him as one of the greatest Zulu kings. He has been called a military genius for his reforms and innovations, as well as condemned for the brutality of his reign. This biography looks at the man behind the legend.
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