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Crows of the Yellow Stream
Crows of the Yellow Stream
Crows of the Yellow Stream
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Ikpeama is accused of stealing kola nuts, a crime against the gods of his people. If found guilty, he will suffer public disgrace, and lose his title and its privileges—but Odoro will suffer the greatest loss, if they only knew.

Okwudo returns to Odoro to ask questions and her ogbanje kindred whisk her off to a sacred pot that uncovers Odoro’s generations-long secrets and reveals the coveted treasure guarded by the crows of the yellow stream.

Scents of leopards, cunning of monkeys and bloody family feuds jostle for the soul of a people divided by their humanity in this epic fantasy. Odili Ujubuoñu’s fourth novel, Crows of the Yellow Stream, is a pulsating narrative about a people’s combat with nature, self and other.

“Here is classic knowledge, a novel of astonishing transformations . . .This is indeed an extraordinary novel.”
— Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, Author of God of Poetry

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Release dateMay 28, 2021
Crows of the Yellow Stream
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Odili Ujubuoñu

Odili Ujubuoñu’s debut novel, Pregnancy of the Gods, was an instant success. Since then he has published follow-ups Treasure in the Winds and Pride of the Spider Clan. The three books are woven around a magical musical instrument – sacred flute lost and sought after in communities around the lower Niger. Pregnancy of the Gods won the 2006, ANA/Jacaranda Prize for Prose, Treasure in the Winds won the 2008 ANA/Chevron Prize on Environmental Issues and was nominated for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2008, while Pride of the Spider Clan was nominated for the 2010 Wole Soyinka Prize for Africa and won the 2010 ANA Prose Prize.Ujubuoñu has practised Advertising since 1991.He lives in Lagos and Awka, Nigeria.

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