I adore the work of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, this inspiring woman was the one that reminded me of life in Lagos. Her vibrant stories of the country enthral me, with vivid descriptions of the chaos of Lagos and the surrounding area. Lazy weekends at Bar Beach or Tarkwa Bay. Many portions from her novels have stuck with me over time and still cause me to reflect upon myself. She’s also an incredible speaker, just look at one of her quotes about travel, “I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.”

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Of course, any fan of Nigerian fiction could never leave out Wole Soyinka or Chinua Achebe including his classic Things Fall Apart, the most widely read book in modern African literature.

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So, to celebrate the best in Nigerian fiction and non-fiction and also to provide a channel for unknown Nigerian authors to display their work I started Naija-Books.

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Roving Heights our distributor in Nigeria is an online book distribution company founded by Tobi Eyinade and they provide books to its customers all over Nigeria. It has an online bookstore for book lovers to easily browse and buy affordable books to read.

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The team is led by  Antonia Tingle, whose 25 years’ plus experience in the publishing, print and communications industry is the cornerstone of the business. Antonia was formerly a member of the management team at Eaglehead Publishing, a specialist publisher of trade magazines and technical books about print and print management. Naija-Books is her latest publishing venture and an imprint of Mereo Books. Already Mereo Books has published more than 500 titles, ranging from children's books to self-help and motivational publications, family histories, personal memoirs, novels and career stories.​

 

Antonia spent her early life in Africa. At 6 months old her parent moved to Uganda where she lived for 6 years and there followed frequent travels around the African continent until she settled in Lagos and lived there for 7 years.

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 Chris Newton,  Editor in Chief, worked as a newspaper and radio journalist and became a director of a leading PR consultancy before turning to writing and publishing. His lifelong passion for the written word soon led to a specialisation in writing and editing books. Chris’ biography of the celebrated wildlife broadcaster and writer, Hugh Falkus – A Life On The Edge, was widely acclaimed by the national press and described by one reviewer as having ‘a good claim to be the finest biography of an angler anyone has ever written.’

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With over 30 years of industry and freelance experience in the graphic design and advertising arena and with some 300 book covers under his belt   Ray Lipscombe  will bring your book to life with a cover and interior layout that will stand out from the crowd. Born and bred in the beautiful Cotswolds, Ray is a keen portrait and landscape photographer.