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Ífè Myths presents one of the earliest English-language collections of Yoruba sacred stories—gathered directly from the people of Southwestern Nigeria during the author’s years of service as an Assistant District Officer. Living among Yoruba communities, the collector gained rare access to fragments of oral tradition, ritual incantations, and passing references that, when carefully assembled, reveal glimpses of the spiritual worldview that shaped one of Africa’s greatest civilizations.

Your wound is not your fault, but your healing is your responsibility. Until the End is full of emotion, but also a lot of which a person can relate to from their own perspective. Love, betrayal, anger, struggle, and finally understanding, all woven together for the listener to meander through. This collection of poetry is a roller coaster of grief, sympathy, and empowerment. It takes you through a journey of different feelings - know that you're not alone - when it comes to the heart.

Here we go again; new project, new game. It is already planned out, the outcome the same; entertain the masses in separate classes with propaganda...

Flowers and Bee Stings is a contemporary poetry collection that examines the themes of pain, self-discovery, and freedom, as well as the beauty of happiness and healing through trials and tribulations. Divided into 10 sections, this audiobook is a metaphor for dealing with life and pain, but over coming those obstacles. The poems were written to inspire and encourage one to move beyond their past hurts and pains. For with healing comes hope and with hope comes freedom. Find yourself again and begin again.

Breaking the Rod of the Sadist: Gyinaye (The Survivor) is prose and poetic piece written to invoke a compelling note of pleasure, trials, tears, and joys of a successful end to a total “life’s journey’’....

Whether or not we realize it, affirmations are already part of our daily dialogue with others and with ourselves. Whatever we speak, proclaim, or declare is coming from a place of belief and acceptance, that what we have said already is, or will be so. Unfortunately, not all of our affirmations are positive, and over time we get stuck into habits of affirming in our lives the very things we do NOT desire.

People recognize me best for my creation of music, and poetry is a huge part of music.

The poems in The Rinehart Frames seek to exhaust the labyrinths of ekphrasis. By juxtaposing the character of Rinehart from Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man with the film 24 Frames by Abbas Kiarostami, the poems leap into secondary histories, spaces, and languages that encompass a collective yet varied consciousness of being.

A Booktiful Love is a collection of poems that deal with the entirety of human experience in its various forms. Didactically rich, the poems explore ideas ranging from love, relationships, and patriotism to marriage, morality, and many other concepts pertinent to daily living. Given its variety of themes, what unifies the poems in this collection is the simplicity and ambiguousness of language which the poet employs. The poems draw their strength from their clarity and meaning.

This is the first poetry compilation from Oakland's very own Mrs. Tyna. As a writer and tutor in her community, Tyna has taken the time to collect her expressions of her journey, the education she endured within her own self. She shares her pieces...from the Depth of her Artistic Soul....

Gyinaye is a collection of poetry inspired by what the writer sees, feels, and hears from his many travels around the world of a searching mind - a true account of the different spheres and phases of natural beauty; historical and cultural diversity to soothe the listener's mind. It is a rich unveiling of the beauty of indigenous Africa’s natural resources and the power of nature on human life.

In the late 1970s, 15-year-old Camille Sheridan moved to Crescent Falls with her mom and stepfather. It was an unfamiliar place, but it wasn’t long before she met Christopher Peters and Luke Samuels, two boys in the neighborhood that would soon become her best friends. Chris was colorful, funny, and optimistic, a free spirit and full of life. Luke was kind and thoughtful; constantly talking about the future and a better life.

Trois femmes, trois histoires, trois destins liés. Ce roman polyphonique retrace le destin de la jeune Ramla, arrachée à son amour pour être mariée à l'époux de Safira, tandis que Hindou, sa sœur, est contrainte d'épouser son cousin. Patience ! C'est le seul et unique conseil qui leur est donné par leur entourage, puisqu'il est impensable d'aller contre la volonté d'Allah. Comme le dit le proverbe peul : "Au bout de la patience, il y a le ciel." Mais le ciel peut devenir un enfer. Comment ces trois femmes impatientes parviendront-elles à se libérer ?

Before you listen to any of this book, Jimmie asks your permission to speak freely. If you wear your feelings on your sleeves, he asks you to go topless. Now grab a beverage of your choice, sit back, and let's experience life in the Deep South through the eyes of a Black man. This book takes both prose and poetry and walks you through life experiences and living in a culture where color still makes a difference.

Betty Pacutho Udongo was an elected member of the Ugandan Parliament when she founded the Nebbi Standard Academy, a secondary school in Northern Uganda. The school was founded to serve the needs of students in the region, but quickly became much more when orphans from a nearby refugee camp started to arrive after receiving word that they would not be turned away.

Free-spirited innocence meets the dark and mysterious in this interracial romance. When Rain Handa's visa to join her fiancé in the UK is denied, she accidentally bumps into the visa officer, Darien Mitchell, who denied it. He is cocky and unapologetic. Her angry reaction to him is expected. What she doesn't see coming is the chemistry that surges between them. He is dangerous, and not just because falling in love with him would be stupid on a good day. He is dangerous because she is a good girl, trying to follow all the laws of life and he is the complete opposite.

Avec pour toile de fond les bouleversements politiques du Nigeria des années 1980, le portrait inoubliable d'une femme qui fait le choix de la liberté... envers et contre tout. Yejide et Akin vivent une merveilleuse histoire d'amour. De leur coup de foudre à l'université d'Ifé, jusqu'à leur mariage, tout s'est enchaîné.

If you've seen one side chick, you've seen them all but do you really know them? What makes them stay with a man who lives with and claims another woman while the side chick lives in secrecy, accepting stolen moments with the other woman's husband? Well here you'll meet Maxine who'll give you a cinematic answer to these problematic love questions. Listen to find out about her current lover, what makes her tick, their relationship work, and if remaining a secret is on her list of "must do’s".

To someone on the outside, Nicolette Winters seems just like your average girl that has everything under control but that couldn’t be the furthest thing from the truth. Little does she know that her world is about to crumble out of control and there’s nothing she can do about it, or is it? She is completely fed up with her man, Kilo and all of his shenanigans and nothing that he attempts to do or say seems to make any difference to her anymore...she has become sick and tired of having Enough of No Love!

This motivational metaphorical memoir reflects on the “fairly unequal” treatment of individuals in poverty. Not everyone knows the right person, have wealth or financial stability. It’s easier for some and harder for others. College is not guaranteed to save you. Continue striving to pursue your dreams along the way.

Kamali Danladi has sworn never to get married again. But his meddling mother is bent on hitching him to any eligible female that comes along to the next family gathering. There's only one thing for it. Get fake-hitched to his executive assistant. If anyone is more averse to marriage than he is, it's her. So they'll be perfect together. Or at least, they'll fake perfect together. Ebun Forson doesn't do families. She certainly doesn't do festivities.

New York City's tough girl and Bronx native, Geena Samuels, is back with even more drama. She has left the drug game alone. Geena is refocused on getting herself back on track and healthy while taking care of her children and man. However, her one time allies have now become her enemies. Geena embarks on a deadly cat and mouse game in order to come out victorious. Get ready because the bait has already been left in the trap. Who will bite first? To find out Geena must encounter new friends and family members just as strong as her.

Reflections is an anthology by Lewis Wamwanda that aims to voice the voice of the weak people in the society, it contains poems from every genre all the way from love poems to family, and hope. "...Nights will not be time to sleep for fear will be roaming at the darkest hours waiting to pounce on our beaten souls and take control of the long nights we will be enslaved by our memories tortured by the past bitter pains..." The Sacrifices We Make.

Twenty-five-year-old Alissa Myers, AKA Sweetie, is a top real estate agent with Century 21 Realtors. She's attractive, intelligent, outgoing, and everything that a man could ever want in a woman. That is until she ends up selling a property to Mr. Odom Sparks. Meeting him and starting a whirlwind affair behind closed doors begins a whole new change in Alissa...One that no one ever saw coming.

Miguel is a man with a troubled past and transforms into a man who is self-centered with destructive social patterns. He meets Amelia, a beautiful divorcee with two children, and uses a charade of love, protectiveness, and kindness to lure in her children to love and trust him. Amelia is swept off her feet with his charming personality, handsomeness without knowing that the unhappy man feels no one deserves to be happy. Amelia would not listen to the warning from Miguel’s mother, that her son is not good for her.

The moment you’ve been waiting on has finally arrived. Welcome back to the infamous Twinkle Town suburbs where lies, deception, and drama all continue to reign. What ever happened to Deb and that conniving husband of hers, Drako? Will Deb and King finally get to live their happily ever after? Or will RaDrako finally get Deb to come back after all the havoc he’s caused her? Will Mel and Ray-Ray stay together? Or has he bitten off way more than he can chew when it comes to the likes of Michelle? Will true love prevail now that the explosive truth has been revealed?

Immerse your spirit in a world of darkened, narrative poetry, blended with insightful and twisted humor. An hourglass is tilted; but, but, death is nothing, compared to possessing of a hunted soul and spirit.

On a mission to follow her soul’s journey, she risks it all! "Why are you here," they wonder. "How is it there?" They ask. Lioness trod from the islands of her birth to the mainland of her soul. “Will they save me,” Lioness wonders. Did she ever find her path? Her divine purpose? Who knows. What does Lioness think?

Welcome back to the infamous Twinkle Town suburbs where the lives of Sasha, Mel, and Deb continue to unfold. In part two, the sisterhood continues to blossom through good, bad, and unexpected times. What ever happened with Nick Harris? Will Sasha finally receive some well-deserved closure? Or will she forever wonder what happened to her husband? And now that Nick is gone, will she finally give Ken-Ken the chance that he’s been longing for? When we last left off, Ray-Ray and Mel were back in full stride and more in love than ever.

Kayla and Bryan are trying to find a happy medium in their relationship. Unfortunately, people they dealt with in the past won't allow it. Bryan is adding more skeletons to his closet while Kayla is trying to keep hers suppressed. The forbidden fruit is up for grasp, and temptation is too heavy to resist. Dirty secrets become the foundation to a relationship that was doomed from the beginning. With all the lying and sneaking around going on, the wedding they're planning may turn into a funeral.

From the outside looking in, people seem to think that marriage is the epitome of picture-perfect. However, looks can be deceiving and the truth can be even more devastating. Meet Dakota Wilson, a 40-year-old nurse in her prime who is sick and tired of living her life inside a bubble. Not to mention, there’s a whole other host of issues including her husband Michael’s sudden midlife crisis, along with a promiscuous adult daughter, Asia, and a meddlesome mother-in-law, Helen, who are all on the verge of driving her completely insane.

Sasha Harris is sick and tired of living the so-called dutiful housewife role. She has dreams and aspirations of her own and is totally fed up with staying home while her husband, Nick, continues to run the streets as if he’s still single. So, when Nick suddenly makes the announcement that they are moving, Sasha couldn’t be happier. She is excited about a new change of scenery, along with the possibility of making new friends. Only the ramifications of the move may be way more than Nick and Sasha can bear.

After repeatedly overcoming harrowing experiences and insurmountable obstacles, Fiori decoded her own steps to survival, transformation, and success, creating a framework that empowers others to do the same. This framework is now available to you in her audiobook Defy Your Destiny.

This short love book is my guide to love and romance. I believe in love, and there is no greater love than God's love. Love is everything around us and must be shown daily.

Appreciate a rare genre: 24 poetic short stories, embedded with sparks of life, drama, and humor, based on a true-life story.

For Kayla, it's not only a way of life, but keeping secrets is what's keeping her alive. Her boss, Ms. Wright is a walking soap opera in the flesh and is willing to deceive anyone in order to uphold her social status. Not only has she dragged Kayla in the middle of her drama, but Ms. Wright continues to add layers of treachery along with violence, which are things that Kayla didn't bargain for. Unfortunate for them both, not everyone is willing to continue in this twisted debauchery and it's only a matter of time before an unstable fortress becomes a pile of rubbish.

A twisted night leads Kayla into a hot and steamy love affair with the man of her dreams. Her intuition tells her something is wrong about this romantic encounter, but she is captivated by lust. Suddenly, his antics become questionable, and her minor concerns turn into an obsession of searching for truths. The lies and deceit plague not only her life but her friends and family as well.

Blossoms of the Savannah follows the lives of two young sisters on the verge of womanhood. Taiyo and Resian both become aware of the conflict between their personal dreams and their duty to the Nasila tradition and culture. H. R. Ole Kulet addresses the elusive concerns of female genital mutilation and early marriages among the Maa community of the Massai and captures the listener's imagination as he traces the girls' excruciatingly painful steps to victory.

The first genocide of the 20th century, though not well known, was committed by Germans between 1904-1907 in the country we know today as Namibia, where they exterminated thousands of Herero and Nama people and subjected the surviving indigenous men, women, and children to forced labor. The perception of Africans as subhuman - lacking any kind of civilization, history, or meaningful religion - and the resulting justification for the violence against them is what author Elizabeth R. Baer refers to as the "genocidal gaze", an attitude that was later perpetuated by the Nazis.

Secrets haunt Adam Broadford’s extraordinary life. The ugly divisions of race, religion, and politics in the early '60s and '70s Africa gnaws at him. Beauty and brutality are constantly at odds. Happiness and sadness are locked in a dance. And so much is his fault. But against a richly depicted backdrop with deeply resonating characters, there are gifts, wisdom, and murder.

Unforgettable prose style poetry pieces from amazing writer Julius Kane.