title: Letters to Nigeria: Journal of an African Woman in America
author:  Patience Idaraesit Akpan-Obong 
description: Dr. Patience Akpan-Obong is an associate professor of science, technology and society in the School of Letters and Sciences at Arizona State University Polytechnic. She holds a PhD in Political Science (University of Alberta, 2003) and a Masters degree in Journalism (Carleton University, 1996). She is also the author of Information and Communication Technologies in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges for Development (New York: Peter D. Lang, 2009). Dr. Akpan-Obong was a journalist for several years in Nigeria and Canada. She currently contributes to Saturday Punch, a nationally circulated weekly newspaper based in Lagos, Nigeria.
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  Watson, Christie.  
  Tiny sunbirds, far away / by Christie Watson.  
  p. cm.  
  eISBN: 978-1-59051-467-2  
  1\. Teenage girls—Nigeria—Fiction. 2. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 3. Life
  change events—Fiction. 4. Country life—Nigeria—Fiction. 5. Grandparent and
  child—Nigeria—F