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When 276 schoolgirls are abducted from their school in Nigeria, Fidelis Ewerike, a Florida-based barrister, poet, and former POW of the Nigerian Civil War, begins to go mad, consumed by memories of his younger sister Ugochi, who went missing during that conflict. Consumed by survivor’s guilt and fearful that the same fate awaits Amara, his sixteen-year-old daughter who bears an uncanny resemblance to Ugochi, Fidelis locks her in her bedroom, offering no words of explanation, only lovingly—if poorly—made meals and sweets. Amid that singular action, the Ewerike family spirals into chaos.

The book, "A Walk for Justice," Series one, captured the roller coaster life of a teenager, Chiagozie Chike, from Awgu in South Eastern Nigeria who, out of her desire and love to attain a university education, agreed to marry a man she barely knew. Her husband, Akachukwu Chike, after dutifully fulfilling the stringent requirements of marriage in this Igbo traditional society together with the requirements of marriage in the Catholic Church, turned her into an object of his insatiable sexual appetite.

Beautiful Black Boy Say You: Why God Hate Me and Love Pale More? is a poem about a young beautiful Black boy that questions God's reasoning for bringing him into the world as a dark-skinned male in a historically colorist climate.

Stand Up For Yourself Black Woman details the extraordinary heights Black women must achieve before gaining enough access and authority to speak up for themselves in spaces that "matter".

It's Valentine's Day, and Topaz has had a hard time flying into the states to see Meeko. By the skin of her teeth, she gets a flight into the country that allows her to spend the last hours of lovers' day with her forever love, Meeko.

Topaz now realizes why the saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder" rings true. Weeks have passed since the couple's Valentine's Day rendezvous, and Topaz has still been floating on cloud nine. That is, until the cloud evaporates, and a vicious fit of home sickness awaits in its place. Is Meeko's presence just the remedy the doctor prescribed? And when life throws them an unexpected curveball, how will the long distance couple be able to adapt and adjust?

Sometimes we pass down tales from one generation to the next so that the memories of the past remain alive. But when what's foretold to come true starts to unfold before your very eyes, do you let what's written play out? Or do you rip a page out of fate's book and create your own destiny? These are some questions Meeko finds himself asking on Halloween night. When spooky things start happening after his beloved’s return to town.

What is Divas of the Deepest Chocolate? A collection of memories and wishes brought about by seeing and knowing some of the best and most beautiful avatars of melanin-rich magnificence to grace this earth. Have you ever taken notice of the soft, delicious glow of a chocolate bar left too long in a car during summertime? Or perhaps the way a candy Easter Bunny gets “all over everything” if held too long between bites? All chocolatey and messy, but tasty and fantastic. I remember how unwilling I was to stop until all that sweet, brown goodness had been fully enjoyed.

The magical Holiday vacation that Topaz spent in Sunflower Falls has ended. Join her on her journey to say goodbye to the ones she loves the most. See what the future has in store for the lovely couple.

It's been a few days, and Topaz is still getting used to the changes that have taken place since she last visited her hometown. It's day three of the Sunflower Falls Holiday Festival, and Meeko is dead set on making sure Topaz enjoys the festival and her holiday away from work.

Two friends embark on a car ride that puts them on the road to reconnection and holiday cheer. The only reason Topaz is flying back into her hometown for the second time in a decade is because her job is forcing her to use the rest of her PTO time before the year is over. And how convenient is it she's landing back during the week of the town's 75th anniversary of the Sunflower Falls Holiday Festival.

From the Boardroom to the Bedroom is a perfect guide for high-achieving women that provides a step-by-step blueprint to achieve success in love and life. This empowering book will show you how to develop a strategy and a plan to cultivate connection through a heighten sense of self-awareness, improved communication and respect for the diversity in partnership.