This famous novel, by the late activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, follows the fortunes of a young, naive recruit, Sozaboy, during the civil war in Nigeria. He miraculously escapes death several times and finally returns to his sacked village, only to face rejection by his fellow villagers and a tragedy in his family.

Kole Omotoso, one of Nigeria's major writers, is always provocative. His writing is informed by a passionate concern for society and politics in Nigeria. This major work is a blend of fact and fiction dramatizing the first one hundred years of Nigeria. Most of the characters and incidents inthe book are real; the narrative is conceived and written as a novel. The story covers riots, uprisings, private hopes and griefsand coup d'etats -a history marred by violence, with an outcome satisfactory to none. The book was received as a major contribution to African writing, in its innovative style, and was awarded Special Commendation in the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1989, which described it as providing a more profound understanding than is available in conventional history books and novels.

Mr B always wanted to marry a rich young bride. Bishop Otootoo and the people of Mr B's village, Bosupombi, offer him their rich young daughter. But then Mr B makes the mistake of his life when he turns her down.

The trickster Mr B gets into more comical scrapes. He has lost his mattress to Madam the Madam because of his failure to deliver the shipload of rice, and is forced to sleep on the bare strings of his mattress. In planning to get a new mattress, Dandy and Segi fall into his carefully-laid trap.

This is another new story based on the popular Nigerian television series "Basis and Company." Segi has a new transistor radio which Dandy and Josco "borrow" to trick money from pedestrians. After many adventures, and with the help of Mr B, she finds the radio which had been "lost" by Dandy and Josco. Mr B finds new friends in the three of them, and together they form "Basi and Company" and have a birthday party for Segi. There are four illustrations from the television show.

Josco tricks Mr B into offering a shipload of American rice to Madam the Madam, who in turn offers the rice to a friend who sells the rice to others in Lagos. Everyone waits in expectation of huge profits. But the shipload never arrives and Madam makes Mr B pay for his error.

The folk tales reflect the occupations of the Ogoni - fishing, farming and hunting; and give insight into the customs and observances of their society. Their penchant for satire and the comic are displayed, together with the values of their civilization. The centre of most of the stories is Kuru, the Tortoise, known for his cunning and wisdom, who recognises the supreme intelligence of the oracle.

The adventures of Mr B continue in a series of stories based on the television comedy Basi and Company. In this first of the series, Mr B travels to Lagos in search of money. After an eventful journey, he settles in a one-room apartment on Adetola Street, and dreams about money.

Now settled in Adetola Street, Mr B meets the tricksters, Dandy and Josco. But Mr B is too clever for them and has the last laugh.

In the sequel to Mr B, the great conman of Lagos and the hero of Basi and Company tricks Mr Penigo, a gullible farmer, into believing he can become a millionaire overnight. When he finally confronts Mr B, it is to learn that the only way to success is through hard work and clear thinking.

This collection of newspaper columns and articles mostly written in the 1970s and 1980s perhaps provides the best overview of Saro-Wiwa's political and environmental concerns. The articles document his concerns about the fate of the Ogoni people and their mistreatment by multinational oil companies and collaborating Nigerian government. Saro-Wiwa argues that the Ogoni are a minority in Nigeria, exploited by the ruling ethnic majority, and that the Federal Government of Nigeria was threatening the Ogoni with genocide. At the time, this was a key publication in bringing the Ogoni tragedy to the attention of the international community. Nowadays, it is of continual relevance to present day concerns about the actions of the oil companies, indigenous and environmental rights in the Delta region.

This Novel for children relates the adventure of Mr B - the hero whose exploits have been made into the popular Nigerian television series "Basi and Company."

Basi and Company was the first book of the hugely successful Nigerian comedy television series, which at its peak was watched by an estimated 30 million Nigerians. The New York Times described the show as 'Nigeria's hottest comedy show, [that] seems to have struck a chord because it lampoons modern Nigeria's get-rich-quick mentality'. Basi is an exceptional man, in keeping with the best traditions of tricksters in Yoruba folklore, satirising the get-rich-quick mentality. The author translated the folktale into a contemporary idiom, believing that this format accorded better with African narrative methods.

A young woman is returning home to Nigeria from her studies in Britain. This popular novel tells of her romance on the plane, and where it leads.