Summary: "This revelatory, award-winning debut feature from co-directors (and twin brothers) Arie and Chuko Esiri is a heartrending and hopeful portrait of everyday human endurance in Lagos, Nigeria. Shot on richly textured 16 mm film and infused with the spirit of neorealism, Eyimofe (This Is My Dream) traces the journeys of two distantly connected strangers--Mofe (Jude Akuwudike), an electrician...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN EYI

Cole, Teju.

Summary: "Visiting Lagos after many years away, Teju Cole's unnamed narrator rediscovers his hometown as both a foreigner and a local. A young writer uncertain of what he wants to say, the man moves through tableaus of life in one of the most dynamic cities in the world: he hears the muezzin's call to prayer in the early morning light, and listens to John Coltrane during the late afternoon heat. He...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COL

Abraham, Tola Rotimi

Summary: "Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty, becomes drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic pastor who is not shy about worshipping earthly wealth. Soon Bibike and Ariyike's father wagers the family home on a "sure bet" that evaporates...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABR

Ejaita, Diana

Summary: Two cousins--one in Lagos, Nigeria, and the other in Milan, Italy--have different lives, but they share a dream of meeting and being together.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rise x Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EJA

Atinuke

Summary: Presents three tales of an endearing and enduring character, Tola, who lives in an apartment in the busy city of Lagos, Nigeria, with her sister, brother and grandmommy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ATI

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ATI

Walters, Vanessa

Summary: "Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband; a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria; and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a troubled family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives--a community of foreign women married to Nigerian men. But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAL

Emenanjo, Bunmi

Summary: "A Catholic girl growing up in the bustling city of Lagos, Nigeria takes a trip to spend a week with her Muslim extended family in the countryside town of Ijebu to celebrate Eid al-Adha. Her days in Ijebu are filled with celebrations, traditions and special time connecting with family. Breathtaking illustration and poetic writing draws the reader into the sensory experience of celebrating Eid...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG EME