Sterile sky

Sule Emmanuel Egya Sterile Sky is a novel published in the year 2012 by Nigerian writer Sule Emmanuel Egya. The novel captures the religious conflicts of modern Nigeria and the enduring hope for peace. Muritala, a gifted student, grows desperate to escape from the web of poverty and religious extremism that surrounds him. Quotes The North and the South started hating each other Page 42 Most people from the North are Muslims and most people from the South are Christians. Page 42 I don’t interfere in such trivial issues as church problems Page 143 God, why don’t you come to our aid? How could you be so wicked! Help! Help! Help! Help! Is there any person or god who can help?! ... Page 26 “Don’t worry about me, Big Sister. Christianity and Islam are foreign religions that don’t merit my attention anymore...The ancestral way our fathers worshiped God is the best way for me. Page 40 Oh yes, I know he existed in history.... Jesus Christ was a great humanist of his time. Every history has its great humanists Page 40 ...is not a third term that resolves the tension between two cultures ...it is always the split screen of the self and its doubling, the hybrid. Page 120 It’s Allah’s destiny. Hadiza insists that her look is not the killer's fault but Allah's destiny. Page 113 “ALLAHU AKBAR; WE HAVE WON A JUST WAR” The writings on a poster above Sadam's head. Page 159 That’s the position he takes if the culprit is from the North Page 235 the centrality of diffusion and the consequent prominence of Hausa has given the language and culture a hegemonic character which at times silences the other languages and cultures Page 24 External links Research Gate Goodreads Amazon Category:Literary works