Better Never Than Late by ChikaUnigwe Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2019 by Cassava Republic Press ISBN-13: 978-1-911115-54-0, ISBN: 1-911115-54-5
"Charts the unconventional lives and love affairs of a group of Nigerian migrants, making their way in Belgium. The collection is centred around Prosperous and her husband Agu, and the various visitors who gather at their apartment each week. These interconnected stories explore their struggles and triumphs, from unhappy marriages (of convenience or otherwise), to the pain of homesickness, and the tragic paradox in longing to leave Niger ..."
Night Dancer by ChikaUnigwe Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2012 by Jonathan Cape Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-224-09383-5, ISBN: 0-224-09383-5
"Mma has just buried her mother, and now she is alone. She has been left everything. But she's also inherited her mother's bad name. A bold, brash woman, the only thing her mother refused to discuss was her past. Why did she flee her family and bring her daughter to a new town when she was a baby? What was she escaping from? Abandoned now, Mma has no knowledge of her father or her family - but she is desperate to find out. "Night Dancer" ..."
On Black Sisters Street(1st Edition) A Novel (Modern African Writing Series) by ChikaUnigwe Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2012 by Ohio University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8214-1992-2, ISBN: 0-8214-1992-7
"On Black Sisters Street tells the haunting story of four very different women who have left their African homeland for the riches of Europeâand who are thrown together by bad luck and big dreams into a sisterhood that will change their lives. Each night, Sisi, Ama, Efe, and Joyce stand in the windows of Antwerp’s red-light district, promising to make men’s desires come trueâif only for half an hour. Pledged to the fierce Madam and ..."
On Black Sisters Street(1st Edition) A Novel by ChikaUnigwe Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2011 by Random House Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-6833-3, ISBN: 1-4000-6833-9
"On Black Sisters Street tells the haunting story of four very different women who have left their African homeland for the riches of Europe—and who are thrown together by bad luck and big dreams into a sisterhood that will change their lives. Each night, Sisi, Ama, Efe, and Joyce stand in the windows of Antwerp’s red-light district, promising to make men’s desires come true—if only for half an hour. Pledged to the fierce Madam and a my ..."
"Threats known and unknown. Etgar Keret. Robert Coover. Aimee Bender. Jim Shepard. Alissa Nutting. Charles Yu. Cory Doctorow. Randa Jarrar. Katherine Karlin. Miracle Jones. Mark Irwin. T. Coraghessan Boyle. Dale Peck. Bonnie Nadzam. Lucy Corin. Chika Unigwe. Footsteps in the night. Paul Di Filippo. Lincoln Michel. Dana Johnson. Mark Chiusano. Juan Pablo Villalobos. Chanelle Benz. Sean Bernard. Kelly Luce. Zhang Ran. Miles Klee. Carmen Ma ..."
On Black Sisters Street A Novel by ChikaUnigwe 272 Pages, Published 2011 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-679-60446-4, ISBN: 0-679-60446-4
"She saw it now. A big blue-and-white bag with ALDI written across it. She
wondered what Aldi was. A supermarket? Or perhaps a brand. ... Efe's paper bag
contained a package of six rolls, a jar of iam, a box of orange juice, and a bunch
of lirm synthetic-looking bananas. “.»\h, l forgot a knife. Let me go and get a knife
from the kitchen. l'll be back immediately.” She went out but returned promptly
with a table knife, a glass. a ch ..."
On Black Sisters Street by ChikaUnigwe Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2009 by Jonathan Cape ISBN-13: 978-0-224-08530-4, ISBN: 0-224-08530-1
"Before Efe came to Belgium, she imagined castles and clean streets and snow as white as salt. Belgium, '...a country wey dey Europe. Next door to London'.At the house on Zwarterzusterstraat four very different women have made their way from Africa to claim for themselves the riches of Europe. Sisi, Ama, Efe and Joyce are prostitutes, the girls who stand in the windows of the red-light district, promising to make men's dreams come true - ..."
On Black Sisters' Street(1st Edition) by ChikaUnigwe Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2013 by Vintage Books International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-09-952394-9, ISBN: 0-09-952394-9
"Four very different women have made their way from Africa to Brussels. They have come to claim for themselves the riches they believe Europe promises but when Sisi, the most enigmatic of the women, is murdered, their already fragile world is shattered. Drawn together by tragedy, the remaining three women -- Joyce, a great beauty whose life has been destroyed by war; Ama, whose dark moods manifest a past injustice; Efe, whose efforts ..."
"Together, these stories create an unchartered path through the center of Lagos and out to its peripheries, revealing so much more truth at the heart of this tremendous city than any guidebook, TV show, film, or book you are likely to find."
Night Dancer(Large Print) by ChikaUnigwe Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2014 by Ulverscroft Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-4448-1824-6, ISBN: 1-4448-1824-4
"Mma has just buried her mother, and now she is alone. She has been left everything. But she has also inherited her mother's bad name. A bold, brash woman, the only thing her mother refused to discuss was her past."
"Four very different women have made their way from Africa to Brussels. They have come to claim for themselves the riches they believe Europe promises but when Sisi, the most enigmatic of the women, is murdered, their already fragile world is shattered.Drawn together by tragedy, the remaining three women - Joyce, a great beauty whose life has been destroyed by war; Ama, whose dark moods manifest a past injustice; Efe, whose efforts to ea ..."
Night Dancer by ChikaUnigwe 272 Pages, Published 2012 by Vintage Digital ISBN-13: 978-1-4481-3872-2, ISBN: 1-4481-3872-8
"Night Dancer is a powerful and moving novel about the relationship between mothers and daughters, about the bonds of family, about knowing when to fulfil your duty, and when you must be brave enough not to."
On Black Sisters' Street by ChikaUnigwe Digital, 304 Pages, Published 2011 by Vintage Digital ISBN-13: 978-1-4481-1468-9, ISBN: 1-4481-1468-3
"Four very different women have made their way from Africa to Brussels. They have come to claim for themselves the riches they believe Europe promises but when Sisi, the most enigmatic of the women, is murdered, their already fragile world is shattered. Drawn together by tragedy, the remaining three women - Joyce, a great beauty whose life has been destroyed by war; Ama, whose dark moods manifest a past injustice; Efe, whose efforts to ..."
A Rainbow for Dinner (Reading Worlds - Everday World - Level 2) by ChikaUnigwe Paperback, 24 Pages, Published 2003 by Macmillan Education Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-333-95588-8, ISBN: 0-333-95588-9
"A Rainbow for Dinner "Reading Worlds" is a comprehensive reading series for African primary school children. It contains seven levels of graded readers and covers modern and traditional imaginative stories; fact-based readers; and stories based on familiar situations and contexts. Full description"