Girl Who Married a Ghost: Other Tales from Nigeria

As a child, Ifeoma Onyefulu was catapulted into a strange storytelling world where spirits ruled and animals talked, a world not so much about happy endings, more about learning a lesson or two. For this sparkling and funny collection she retells nine of the best Nigerian tales. In The Girl Who Married a Ghost, stuck-up Oglisa discovers that pride goes before a fall; and Why the Lizard Nods His Head has something to say about greed – how it can get you into deep trouble. Ifeoma retells these magical stories for generations of city-dwelling children who have moved far, far away from the world of animals and spirits.