Bøker av Cyprian Ekwensi

A talented blind drummer boy and singer moved from place-to-place entertaining people with his performance. But deep down there is an undisclosed unhappiness. Why is Akin unhappy? Who amoung his friends can he trust in his search for true happiness?

The Passport of Mallam Ilia is a love story tinged with a vengeance mission. On his quest to avenge the death of his wife, Zarah, the hero, Mallam Ilia, misses out on his entire youth.

'Put your money on this sheepskin,' said the old man, 'and if, by the time I finish my tale, there is one of you awake, that man shall claim everything we have collected.' Follow this tale of love, desire and vengeance as told by Africa's renowned author Cyprian Ekwensi.

King Sinanda wanted to rule for ever. But he was an evil man with many enemies. Nobody liked him. When he had destroyed his enemies, he began to worry about his friends.Whom could he trust?

A novel from the pen of one of Africa's foremost writers. Iska tellsthe story of a Nigerian girl from a simple village background who goes tothe city and joins the smart literary and political world. Conflict ensues about her relationship with an unscrupulous politician. The mood and atmosphere of Nigeria are evoked in the settings of the village, the fashionable world of Lagos, and the dark ceremonies of a religious sect. The girl is a symbol of the wind which blows strongly through Africa, destroying the old and preparing for the new.

A vivid coming-of-age tale about a young man trying to make his way as a journalist and band leader in a big Nigerian city.When Chinua Achebe became the editor of the legendary Heinemann African Writers Series, one of the first books he chose was a collection of stories by Cyprian Ekwensi. People of the City, Ekwensi's early masterpiece, is the tale of Amusa Sango, a young man who travels from the country to a great and crazy city that is not named but might well be taken for Lagos, where he means to make a career as a crime reporter for the never less than sensational West African Sensation while leading a dance band whose calypsos and konkomas "delight the heart of city women." Amusa is a man on the make, looking for stories, success, sex, maybe even love, and he finds a lot of what he's looking for, though whether he can hold on to what he has and get what he wants is another story altogether. Ekwensi's delicious novel has the swagger, bravado, and elation of the great bands of West Africa.

From one of Africa's foremost novelists and master story-teller, this is a sequel to Ekwensi's best-selling Jagua Nana. The story centres around the heroine's traumatic search for her real mother. All the intracacies of family life and relationships are woven into the story, and Liza finds both her mother and a partner.