The Beautiful Stars of the Night Skies

The Beautiful Stars of the Night Skies is a historical fiction novel that tells

the story of Obianuju, a school-age girl of Igbo ancestry, and her peculiar

childhood in rural northern Hausa/Fulani region of Nigeria in the 1980s,

a decade after the end of the Nigerian Civil War. It explores the complex

interplay and relationships between ethnicity/race, gender, culture, and

religion in Nigeria, along with the serious consequences and health impact

of everyday Nigerian government policies on its citizenry, especially as it

relates to economic migration. Love, betrayal, trauma, survival, hope, and

industry are themes captured in this masterpiece novel.