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 Trilogy:
Children of Koloko*Gamji College*The
Visitor
This volume presents a general view of Chin
Ce's three works of fiction. Read together the authorial voice is
perceived in the usually humorous but disturbing note on issues of
environment, citizenship and leadership in Africa.
Publishers:
Handel Books
 The
Last Battle and other Stories
Onuora Ossie Enekwe, former national vice
president of the association of Nigerian authors and currently professor
of dramatic literature at the University of Nigeria, demonstrates a
versatility of literary craft in this collection of short stories where
each story strikes a a unique chord in the reader's mind. Enekwe's style
has been said to critically hinge on the effective manipulation of ironies
which generally underlie the actions of his protagonists. The tragic notes
which mark his stories are never awkward with this remarkable literary
talent that has been compared with America's Stephen Crane.
Publishers:
Afa Press Ltd.
 Journal
of African Literature 3
This
journal of African Literature and
Culture ALC-ALJ 2006 edition comes with fourteen essays,
commentaries and reviews by contributors from Canada, United States, Ghana,
Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa and the United Kingdom in what promises to
become a major referential guide to
critical appreciation of African literature in the
years ahead, says IRCALC editors in their introductory commentary to the
journal volume. Papers in the 2006 issue of the
Journal of African Literature and Culture, JALC-ALJ include critical
reappraisals of the works of notable younger and older African writers such
as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, JM Coatzee, Chin Ce, Dangaremgba, Vassanji,
Ama Ata Aidoo, Mongo Beti to mention but a few. In
their preface the editors propose a wholistic approach to criticism of
African literature in spite of its regional and national groupings and the
reimagining of issues of African modernity in relation to contemporary
definitions of the Black world.
Publishers:
Progeny
Press
 New
Voices (Recent Nigerian Poetry)
The timely appearance of this anthology of African poetry has expanded our
literary frontiers, marking a resurgence of some new and fairly known poetry
in the beggarly charted field of African poetry appreciation. On the
distinction of this collection, editor GMT Emezue notes: 'We have
followed an arrangement markedly distinct from older attempts at
demarcations along themes and convergence of time all too convenient.
'Our intention ...is to present a
wide list of materials that will appeal to all audiences of whatever
academic interests or levels, in whatever age bracket they may fall and from
what ever nationalities they may come.' The anthology, which is the latest
of African poetry, features some rising and popular Nigerian voices such as
Enekwe, Ce, Raji, Onwudinjo, Adeoti, Chylekezi, Adegoke, Bassey and Ushie to
mention but a few.
Publishers:
Handel Books Nigerian
Poets Listed
Editor's Preface
Introduction
 Mma
Collection of Poems
A new poetry collection entitled Mma and
other Poems by Joy Etiowo published by Handel Books. The
Mma collection features a total of 27 poems and reflect the
sensitivity of the new generation of African poetry in the clear, lucid
manner of expression and the lyrical quality of its entire poetic
breath, says Nigerian poet and novelist Chin Ce in his introduction to
the published volume.
Publishers:
Handel Books
Review
Introduction
 An
African Eclipse and other Poems
An Environmental Reading of Chin Ce’s African Eclipse
poetry traces its advancement from social
awareness to a psychological transition into the awareness of growth,
movement, and progress.
“A Farewell”
highlights this movement in a prefatory manner.
The three ways: left, right and middle signify three choices of two extremes
and a middle course.
Publishers:
Handel Books
Review
 Kingdom
of Empty Bellies
Kei
Miller's poems have been variously described as wonderfully imagined and
skilfully executed; a radiant utterance that speaks of (Caribbean) island
experiences and gender politics ...full of empathy humour and insight.
Kingdom of Empty Bellies is no doubt the prime work of an extraordinary
new voice singing with clarity and grace. 'There's capability here,' a
critic says, 'negative capability, the only kind that counts. And a spirit
of grace that ...turns you round and burns your tongue.'
Publishers:
Heaventree
Press.
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