Set in three households in Maputo, this is the story of how a South African conspiracy to infiltrate and destabilize Mozambique creates tragedy for ordinary people. It weaves together present events and past memories in the drama of a few short hours.

To the dismay of her ambitious mother, Bolanle marries into a polygamous family, where she is the fourth wife of a rich, rotund patriarch, Baba Segi. She is a graduate and therefore a great prize, but even graduates must produce children and her husband’s persistent bellyache is a sign that things are not as they should be. Bolanle is too educated for the ‘white garment conmen’ Baba Segi would usually go to for fertility advice, so he takes her to hospital to discover the cause of her barrenness.

Mma has just buried her mother, and now she is alone.

She has been left everything.

But she’s also inherited her mother’s bad name.

A bold, brash woman, the only thing her mother refused to discuss was her past. Why did she flee her family and bring her daughter to a new town when she was a baby? What was she escaping from?

Abandoned now, Mma has no knowledge of her father or her family – but she is desperate to find out.

Night Dancer is a powerful and moving novel about the relationship between mothers and daughters, about the bonds of family, about knowing when to fulfil your duty, and when you must be brave enough not to.

The arrival of a second wife causes a woman to reassess her marriage… Another faces up to tough choices in the wake of a military coup… A heroine from history lights the path for a modern girl on the road to Jenwi… A picture on a wall tells its own poignant story of sacrifice… A former cultist must confront an unspoken secret in his family…
From Nigeria to the Diaspora, joy, sadness, anxieties and triumphs fill the canvas with lush, vivid colours. Themes of loss and longing, past and present, home and away, mysticism and modernity, trauma and healing, truth and lies, masculinity and a woman?s place ? all are deftly explored in this mesmerising, sometimes devastating collection of short stories.

“Reward Nsirim?s stories paint graphic pictures of life in Nigeria. They tell tales that are very familiar, in a voice that is sharp and succinct, quivering with the author?s signature wit. Some will move you to heavy sighs, maybe even the odd tear; others will leave you bent over with laughter. But they will move you one way or the other, as every good story should.” Dikeogu Chukwumerije.

Is a collection of the author’s opinion articles and posts previously narrated in the print media and blogosphere. The thematic unity of the entire conversation lies not in its uniformity but in its diversity. This is a story of contemporary Nigeria, but not confined to Nigeria alone. Dyed Thoughts places events in history but pours them out with an inspiring freshness.

In the beautifully crafted short stories, creatively illuminates various aspects of life we are all faced with and in which everyone can relate to. His rich collection of poems in the second section bordering on various topics, circumstances and events are insightful, clear and superbly controlled.

FC Newsday reporter, Zack Liman, is murdered by government agents in Tinland when he finds something sinister lurking beneath law and order.

Guy Collins, a British hack, is hunting for an election story in Lagos.