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.