Rotimi Ogunjobi: 24 books

The Lion's Dinner: Papa Samba the lion is getting old and he is worried that he would soon be unable to hunt for food anymore. So he calls all the animals together and suggests that they each come to him one at a time to be eaten. But on the first day, Fayayo the fox did not go to be eaten as agreed...

Faced with severe financial challenges, Akin Alegongo and his wife , decide to set up a restaurant. Their new business, Amala Temple is a huge success and they become local celebrities.Thus was born the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of the Amala Renaissance, otherwise known as The Amalafarians. But the religious leaders are not amused. A comedy play of gastronomic delights.

King Chameleon and more West African Folktales is a selection of folklore believed to have originated from West Africa and the people who live in the region. West Africa is home to several scores of tribes , languages and dialects. Even though, tribal cords are quite strong and languages may differ...

Someone has stolen The Crooked Bullet; Raj Desai's treasured family heirloom and lucky charm. His daughter has also been kidnapped. To the rescue comes Frank Wire private detective and disc jockey by night, fresh from trailing the runaway wife of a dipsomaniac landscaper. But for Frank Wire, his dream...

The Lizard Prince and more Hausa Folktales is a selection of folklore thought to have originated from the Hausa people. The Hausa are native to the northern part of Nigeria. The cultural influence of this ethnic group however stretches much further out into the West Africa region. The themes of most...

In this play, an unfortunate dog named Lucky and an arrogant prize bulldog, become neighbors. The pampered bulldog has no sympathy for the starving mongrel. By a chance encounter with a wealthy man, both are brought face-to-face with the reality that they are merely two dogs . This suggestion thoroughly...

A very bold farce. He was just another unemployed youth, fed up with his failures and even contemplating suicide. But Denrele Gabriel miraculously wins the grand lottery prize and things begin to look a lot better for him. He also discovers that he has an amazing gift for winning in the lotteries,...

The Foo-Foo Tree and more Efik Folktales is a selection of folklore thought to have originated from the Efik people . The Efik are native to South East Nigeria even though they were said to have migrated from the Cameroons. Originally the economy of the region which they occupy was based on fishing...

The Alluring Sands of Dubai is a humorous travelogue about Dubai. The book aims in an unusual way, to assist leisure travelers who are visiting the UAE, obtain a general idea of what to expect in their travels and especially how to plan their trips regarding places to stay, visit and shop.

Somber City is an evocative novel of the promise, expectation, and disappointment of post-colonial Nigeria. The novel illuminates, through a mix of fact and fiction, a seminal moment in modern history: Nigeria's fervent passage through a period of immense oil wealth in the 1970s to a sudden descent...