I am happy to tell you that the first edition of Unveil Me My Love is ready after the approval of my editor on http://www.lulu.com/content/474814.

The novelette will also be published in Nigeria and launched during the celebration of the 2007 Valentine's Day by the infinite grace of God who has given me the power to write it and publish it first.

This is perhaps the first historical romance written by a Nigerian in Nigeria on the last days of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

I won't say anything more until you read it first and you tell me what you think.

Unveil Me My Love (Hardcover)
by Orikinla Osinachi

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"Unveil Me My Love" is the love story of one of the captains of Prophet Muhammad in Arabia. He was loved by the leading ladies of Islam whilst he was in love with Aisha bint Abu bakr the beloved youngest wife of the prophet. But he later gave up his quest for Aisha and returned to his homeland Abyssinia where he abandoned Islam and became a Christian

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Printed: 39 pages, 6.00" x 9.00", casewrap-hardcover binding, 50# white interior paper, black and white interior ink , 100# exterior paper, full-color exterior ink
Publisher: Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi
Copyright: © 2006 By Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi
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Language: English
Country: Nigeria
Edition: First Edition
Version: 1

Keywords:
Christianity Islam Religion Sex love, historical, romance.

Here are extracts never seen before:

Aishah was once suspected of committing adultery whilst on a journey in the caravan escorted by Shafwan ibn Muatthal. This was after the prophet married Maria al-Qibtiyya. But the rumour only circulated in whispers among the sheiks of Arabia. The prophet only queried her and never summoned any man suspected to have dared to even attempt such an abominable act and be beheaded. It was a scandal that would have cost Aishah her life. Aishah maintained her innocence that she lost her necklace and whilst looking for it, she was left behind by the caravan until she was able to find her way back to Medina. Sunniyah told me that Aishah later said the prophet told her that he had a revelation that four witnesses would be required to convict her of adultery. And her conviction would mean her death by stoning. What the prophet would not even think of. Condemning and sentencing his most beloved and youngest wife to death! God forbid.

I did not want to discuss the circumstances of that scandal again. Because, after all the accusers of Aishah were reprimanded, the prophet did something that really baffled me. Because one of the chief accusers of Aishah, HasAn got what I have always called the most benevolent punishment in our history. Why did the prophet give HasAn the great castle of BIr HA in Medina? Why? The prophet wanted to thank him for accusing his beloved youngest wife of adultery? So that HasAn the poet would not deride her in his lampoons as he derided Safwan? And as if that was not enough, the prophet also gave his poet laureate the beautiful Coptic maiden Shirln whilst the prophet married her sister Maryam. Then in appreciation HasAn wrote eulogies on the beauty, chastity and graceful figure of Aishah. This was one of the reasons I made up my mind to return home. Sunniyah told me Aishah had forgiven HasAn. Hmm.

“It’s already a success,” I said.
“Yes. But some Islamic clerics are already disputing the authenticity of the manuscript,” she said.
“Naturally. But the Carbon-14 dating experts will soon prove it,” I said.
“Babbi, you have to grant some important interviews. You cannot ignore the media majors. We need this publicity to make the publication a bestseller, “ she said.
I sighed.
“All right,” I agreed.

As I was driving back to West End, I saw a banner with the following message written on it:
Jesus said, "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."~ John 8:32.

The news of Unveil Me My Love was spreading like bushfire in the dry season in my village. But for security reasons, I became incommunicado and preferred to stay somewhere in Norway whilst my publishers and publicists did their best to diffuse the religious tension over the publication of Unveil Me My Love.

Hello everyone,
I‘ve been enjoying your contributions to this thread. Well, I’m an avid reader; at least I was able to read through the last four/five pages of this topic, lol.
Well, IMHO, the majority of Nigerians do not read. If you doubt me, observe the libraries, most of them are shutting down due to lack of patronage though a good number of them operate gratis. An average Nigerian student would hardly, if ever, venture to read out of his area of study thereby resulting in narrow mindedness. Ever watched the Nigerian edition of “Who wants to be a millionaire”? The average performance is abysmal. Given the level of difficulty, a good reader should be able to walk out with at least N500,000.
I thought of doing something in my capacity to stem this tide by setting up a readers’ club in my university, where we lend out books to interested persons and happily people are beginning to embrace the concept. Anyone out there who can support this move should please reach me on Jackelony@yahoo.com.
Unfortunately, an uninformed mind is a deformed mind and this will impart negatively on the quality of our future leaders. Or what do you think?

@orikinla i am not a literary critic, let that be known. I have read the extract which you had posted, and found it read more like an academic piece rather than a story. simplicity is mosttime the best way way to do things, telling a story is no different, just try doing it simply.

do nigerian s read published writings?

YES, NIGERIANS READ BOOKS ALOT. SO GET STARTED IN WHATEVER YOU ARE INTRESTING IN DOING.
N.B ; I AM INTO THE BUSINESS OF SELLING BOOKS
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Let's be true to ourselves, Nigerians DO NOT HAVE A READING CULTURE!!!!!

When we talk about Nigerians reading, i believe it is not in the context of reading because you have to, but reading to increase your wealth of knowledge in diverse areas.
A good number of the Nigerian population do not read.

Take a survey of the poeple in your neighbourhood, when they talk about reading its limited to reading required while in school, or for a job promotion,
Besides that they still limit themselves when they do read newspapers to certain sections.

Try and find out how many Nigerians do read novels: fiction and non fiction, in the non fiction: history of nations, about the nature of plants animals.

You would be surprised, they would rather watch TV, than read, you can not substitute one for another.

That we have that label is not a 'white lie', but the reality on ground.

Do Nigerians Read?
I would say NO

The truth is that most Nigerians are too lazy to read. They would rather watch films and home videos.

Yes. Nigerians read.
They read headlines of newspapers at the bustops.
They read gossip tabloids more than their church magazines.
They read how-to-get-rich quick pirated books and most of them read text messages more than their text books.

LOL! Whew.

Do Nigerians read? Of course not,they have this genetic ocular dysfunction which makes it hard for them to decipher words past the third sentence,it's not their fault. Infact,anybody on this thread who's been able to read more than 3 sentences at a time is definitely not a fullblooded Nigerian,go check ur lineage sharp sharp.

Kai, see Nigerians maligning fellow Nigerians!

I think Nigerian literature, especially fiction, is poor, and doesn't stimulate the interest of Nigerians, or is even written in a coherent manner. Unlike Orikinla, I would not be too quick to dismiss those who read City People. I do read City People on ocassion. Remember, you read to relax, not only to deepen your thinking, or to learn some insight. Soft sell has a role to play, and it would be foolish to assume only cretins read it. After all, some of us have even read as wide as the Canterbury Tales in the Olde English, and we still read City People. Same goes for movies. I am a big fan of movies, maybe not so much Nollywood, as I feel it's a reflection of our poor fiction-writing skills.

Also, the motivational books industry is based mostly on hype. Someone said here that when people discover that it's hard work the writer is talking about, they drop the book. That's quite true, and I would do so as well. Why would I want to buy a book that talks about hard work? I already know what it is. Why buy a book that tells me what I know already? Nigerians are not suffering from a lack of motivation; they're suffering from being badly treated by the ruling elite. I would even challenge the motivational speakers to take a trip down to North Korea and see if they can get some spirits up!

Everywhere else in the world, people are trying to find ways of getting people to read, and aligning their efforts to people's interests. That's why you have Adobe Publishing investing in technology like Digital Editions, because people spend a lot of time online, Microsoft MobiPocket Reader for the mobile, and Kindle by Amazon, a specialist reading device. A friend of mine is working on a project with Pearson Education to build a mobile app that teaches children to read, spell, and count. For our authors, I would advise that, rather than engaging in the politics of Naira and Kobo, they should try to improve on their writing, as well as open up delivery channels other than the usual print. Newspapers have recognized that the future is in online reading, so they invest in that technology, even in Nigeria. I believe the age of the large library with eons of bound volumes is long past.

If the percentage of scholars I have interacted with here in the USA is any indicators, then Nigerians read a lot. A good percentage of African scholars from Africa here are likely Nigerian.

Nigerians read a lot and are bright

What happened to my post?

Nigerians read as long as it's a daddy GO or Papa Oyedepo recommended book.

;d ;d ;d