T. Obinkaram Echewa, Author, O. T. Echewa, Author Dutton Books $20 (336p) ISBN 978-0-525-93398-4
The struggles of women lie at the heart of Echewa's ( The Crippled Dancer ) remarkable new novel, a work that demonstrates the author's exceptional sensitivity to feminine issues. The narrative is composed mainly of stories told to Ajuziogu by his...
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T. Obinkaram Echewa, Author, O. T. Echewa, Author Plume Books $12.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-452-26949-1
Echewa's remarkable novel is composed mainly of stories told to a young man by his grandmother on the night before he leaves his Nigerian village for college in the United States. (Feb.)
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T. Obinkaram Echewa, Author, O. T. Echewa, Author, Christy Hale, Illustrator Dutton Books $13.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-67467-2
Nigerian-born Echewa, author of such novels as I Saw the Sky Catch Fire , makes his children's book debut with an upbeat ``contemporary folktale.'' Nna-nna, the wise, benevolent elder of an African village, possesses an uncanny ability to ``see''...
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T. Obinkaram Echewa, Author, E. B. Lewis, Illustrator HarperCollins $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-16231-3
Echewa's (The Ancestor Tree) lilting retelling describes how an orphan gains power over the villagers who treat him badly. Each day, from sunup to sundown, the people call out to Mbi, ""Mbi, do this! Mbi, do that!"" Yet the boy frequently ends up...
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