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Nigeria Prize for Literature ないじぇりあぶんがくしょう

Edition 16 (2019)

FictionPoetryDramaChildren's literature

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Jude Idada じゅうど・いだだ Winner

After losing his mother to sickle cell disease, Osaik must find a way to help his little sister, who faces the same illness. The children's novel combines grief, medical awareness, family loyalty, and hope through a direct and accessible story.

Even in grief, a boy sets out to save his sister.

240 pages
children's literaturesickle cell diseasefamilygrief and hopeWest Africa