Bøger udgivet af Philip Begho

"Jelly Baby" is a children's novel set around a little wisp of a boy barely the size of the AK47 each child must bear in a camp for boy soldiers during Sierra Leone's civil war. The book's impact on a journalist and critic elicited a call for it to be on the school desk of every child in the world.

"Titi Rella" is a rib-cracking children's play inspired by Cinderella, which takes us on an adventure from rags to riches, showing that the impossible is really only something waiting to happen - if we but lift our hearts to God.

"Tulip of the Nile" is a highly inspired collection of poems by an author who sets much store by excellent craftsmanship. So we have poetry here giving us meaning we can relate with - meaning dressed in robes of exquisite beauty.

Nine-year-old Junior Nelson experiences pain and shock when he sees what he shouldn't see. His travails deepen when the grown-ups in his world do not believe his story. Should he now tell a lie to please society and keep his family from unraveling? Junior's confusion is unabated as he watches truth and disbelief wrestle in mortal combat. This book won the 2003 ANA/MATATU Prize for Children's Literature.

Job's Wife, described in the citation for an award as "a splendid work... that lingers in the memory," is a one-act play in verse. It examines the response of Job's wife to the suffering of Job of the Bible. It won Philip Begho the 2002 ANA/NDDC Drama Prize.

The novel SONGBIRD tells the gripping, yet liberating, story of the lovely teenage girl, Alero, who is gifted with an incredible singing voice. Alero desires to exploit her talent to the utmost by embarking on a full-time singing career, but society has different plans for her and a struggle ensues.

"Esther" is a five-act play in verse, powerfully dramatizing the biblical story of Esther. This enchanting rags-to-riches story in which hope annuls despair and produces a stunning reversal is treated with such fascinating flair that it is no wonder that "Esther" won Philip Begho the prestigious Association of Nigerian Authors Drama Prize in 1994.

This verse play, which has been described as magnificent, is a recreation of the biblical story of Daniel in the lions' den. The verse, beautiful and powerful, incisively brings alive the dilemma of Daniel when he is called to choose between God and his intimidating human benefactor Darius, and the play achieves the very rare feat of at once being a delight for the reading eyes and a joy for the performing stage. "Daniel" was 1st runner-up in the prestigious 1994 ANA drama competition, beaten only by the author's other play, "Esther".