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The Nigerian Review of Books is a magazine of ideas in Nigeria with a global perspective. NRB upholds the value of books and the written words in whatever form. The mission of the Nigeria Review of Books is to promote and propagate the best of the world ideas as they emerge from today’s best thinkers within and outside Nigeria.

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The Place of Believers and Faith in the World of Work

Author: Victor MarkusBook Title: Believers in the Workplace: Embracing God’s Calling Amidst Work and Daily LifePublisher: Impact Empire Limited, Kaduna.Year: 2023ISBN: 978-978-780-860-3Pages: 76Victor Markus’ Believers in the Workplace: Embracing God’s Calling Amidst Work and Daily Life is a book with many strengths and only one or two weaknesses. I will start with what I consider…

The Life and Times of Kuje Yum: Tiv Folklorist and Cultural Icon

Wilfred Terlumun UjiAuthor: Norbert HwakaaBook Title: The Untold Story of Kuje YumPublisher: Old Press, AbujaISBN: 978-978-59342-7-9Year: 2023Pages: 124IntroductionThe book is focused on a collection of folk songs composed by Kuje Yum, a Masev folk singer, who made indelible foot prints on the oral poetry of the Tiv nation.Kuje Yum like his contemporaries in Tiv Society…

Shay’nyam

Author: Kuni TyessiBook Title: If Only we Knew: A Collection of Short StoriesPublisher: Aboki Publishers Kaduna, 2022ISBN: 978-978-8546-9Word Count: 9,925She had explained herself repeatedly to different police personnel, but the case seemed to have just started. She was escorted from office to office, continuously reiterating herself. It was exhaustive, but she had no choice. She…

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