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|title=Tiny Sunbirds Far Away

|author=Christie Watson

|publisher=Quercus

|date=March 2011

|summary=Terrific characters in this coming of age story set in the Niger delta. Be prepared for stories of birthing and discussions about female circumcision though.

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''Tiny Sunbirds Far Away'' starts in Lagos but soon moves to the rural, oil producing Niger Delta. This allows Christie Watson's young narrator, 12 year old Blessing, to view the traditional ways afresh. It's a clever device and young Blessing is shocked by the rural conditions after a relatively luxurious life in Lagos with a good school and a modern apartment. But when her mother discovers her father on top of another woman, she takes Blessing and her older brother, the asthmatic Ezikiel, back to her family home.