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Wonderful words and photographs from Ifeoma Onyefulu
The Girl Who Married a Ghost
Ifeoma Onyefulu
Publ: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
As a child, Ifeoma Onyefulu was catapulted into a strange storytelling world where spirits ruled and animals talked, a world not so much about happy endings, more about learning a lesson or two.
For this sparkling and funny collection she retells nine of the best Nigerian tales. In The Girl Who Married a Ghost, stuck-up Oglisa discovers that pride goes before a fall; and Why the Lizard Nods His Head has something to say about greed - how it can get you into deep trouble.
Ifeoma retells these magical stories for generations of city-dwelling children who have moved far, far away from the world of animals and spirits.
An African Christmas
Ifeooma Onyefulu
Publ: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
It's Christmas time, and Afam has decided to create and dance his own masquerade, just like the big celebratory Mmo (masquerades) which he sees performing at festivals.
Each time he starts collecting things to make his costume, family preparations for Christmas - haircuts, visiting the tailor, a church service, a trip to their village - get in the way.
But in the end, Afam performs the most beautiful masquerade ever!
Great festive fun for all the family.
Ifeoma Onyefulu is a Nigerian expatriate living in England who has successfully introduced English-speaking audiences to the range and variety of village life in her homeland through her picture books for young readers.
Illustrated with her own photographs, Onyefulu's books have been praised as useful additions to classroom libraries for the lessons they teach about the universality of some experiences, as well as for offering a rarely seen depiction of African village life.
The brightly colored photographs she includes in books such as A Is for Africa, Grandfather's Work: A Traditional Healer in Nigeria, and A Triangle for Adaora: An African Book of Shapes evoke the important relationships between the people in her stories and also illustrate the customs and realities of everyday life in contemporary Africa.
The first of Onyefulu's concept books, A Is for Africa provides an overview of Nigerian village life while also reviewing the alphabet for young English speakers. Chris Powling, writing in Books for Keeps, compared the visual impact of A Is for Africa to "stepping from a darkened room straight into noon sunshine, so bright and needle-sharp are the author's photographs."
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Ifeoma talks to Sue Martin of Dolphinbooksellers about her work and travels...
Ifeoma has been working with our Books go Walkabout project - talking to children in Australia.