Ihuoma, a beautiful young widow, has the admiration of the entire community in which she lives, and especially of the hunter Ekwueme. However, their passion is fated, and jealousy, a love potion and the closeness of the spirit world, lift this simple Nigerian tale onto a tragic plane.[...]
One bright February afternoon on a beach in Cornwall, Gavin Pretor-Pinney took a break from cloudspotting and started watching the waves rolling into shore. Mesmerised, he wondered where they had come from, and decided to find out. He soon realised that waves don't just appear on the ocean, they are[...]
Nyskrivet förord av litteraturvetaren Raoul J. Granqvist till Elechi Amadis De stora dammarna. Om De stora dammarna: De stora dammarna är en roman om kriget och dess effekter. Två byar, Chiolu och Aliakoro, vars krigare förut stridit sida vid sida, befinner sig i fejd med varandra över rätt[...]