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This Motherless Land 2024
This Motherless Land is a 2024 novel written by Nigerian author Nikki May. It was shortlisted for the 2025 Nigeria Prize for Literature. The book was initially published on 29 October 2024 through Mariner Books and afterward released in Nigeria by Narrative Landscape Press. The story follows Funke Oyenega, a child of two educators living in Lagos during the 1970s, after she experiences the death of her mother and relocation to Somerset.
