Bøger af Philip Begho

The Prince of Arak leads the effort to slay the monster wolf plaguing the land. It seems to be a hopeless task, until Barbie, a poor peasant girl, steps in. She has a key to the plague - and to the Prince's heart.

Lovinia lives in a high-rise luxury apartment far from the Maroko shantytown of her origins, but she wakes up one morning to discover she is in chains. She must escape her chains or be doomed to the fate of her father who was ruined by the shackles of destructive cultural beliefs...

"Solomon" is a three-act play inspired by the biblical story of King Solomon. The talking drum, reminding us of Bathsheba's African ancestry, takes the stage like a beautiful player in full command of her powers, and we laugh and sing and dance to the drum. Nevertheless, reverence and worship of God remain the beam that casts a splendid light on this delightful work, helping us see a well-known story from a fresh and original perspective.

Aunty Felicia always knows what the kids are doing at school. Junior is sure that the reason she knows is because someone is feeding her information. Can this person be a classmate? It's unthinkable - but can there be a traitor among Junior's trusted buddies? Junior decides to set a trap for the traitor - but shivering shark-teeth shiver! What unexpected results greet his action! What numbing surprises!

Barbie thinks Prince Banva has dangerous enemies lurking in the palace. When she hears the king make a rash vow which the prince's enemies could use to eliminate him, she decides to take action. But she is only a maid - will anyone listen to her?

"Smallie 4: The Marriage Seminar" is a one-act play featuring the three characters from "Smallie" - Smallie, her father Papsy, and her mother Dee Mummy. In this episode, the usefulness of marriage seminars is questioned. Smallie has strong views, but when she chips them in, sparks and fireworks follow! Can it be otherwise? Smallie is an eight-year-old girl locked in the body of a sixteen-year-old. Her mind is sharp, but her language skills are ridiculously poor. What is more, her parents have dodgy moral inclinations, but Smallie is as straight as an arrow. How then will sparks and fireworks not follow? Absurd, witty and funny! And very, very telling...

A PhD student and his professor father delve into the subject of human trafficking, hoping to annul their dark past. But their darkness turns into a living nightmare. "It is with aplomb and admirable courage that this play indicts modern society for its carelessness over human trafficking as over sexual deviancy." -Truth in Literature

Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju's scientist father invented. In this adventure, they visit the famous Zacchaeus of the Bible and discover that short can be very tall indeed. For though Zacchaeus is short in height, he is very tall in determination, and this wins him an immensely precious prize!

Junior and his classmates are excited over "Angel of Light" - a play showing that evil people may sometimes disguise as good people in order to harm the unwary. Is this what the dreaded Aunty Felicia is doing when Junior finds her in church? Or is she truly repentant? But there are other surprises in store for Junior apart from Aunty Felicia's strange conduct - and what happens? Junior gets the shock of his life from a most unexpected source!

16-year-old Ify has been obsessed all her life with the idea of an eye watching her. When she meets the man of her dreams, she is in a quandary. Will she let the eye drive her into his arms - or away, forever, from her happiness? She sweats in her quandary...

Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju's scientist father invented. When Tosan is attacked by Pharaoh's Dog - owned by a neighbor - she and Toju wonder about the occasional strange behavior of animals. They decide to visit a lion in Bible times that behaved most oddly - and what fun they have!

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.

Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju's scientist father invented. In this adventure, they question the influence women have over men and decide to visit the once-influential Jezebel. Jezebel is happy to see them, for she is mistaken about who they are. But she fails woefully to influence them as she influenced her husband King Ahab - and she is in dreadful trouble!

"Jephthah's Daughter" is a three-act play in verse inspired by the biblical story of Jephthah. The play's superbly wrought plot girded by splendid verse spectacularly exposes the dangers of a tongue and temper unmastered.

"Tongues Aflame" answers all or almost all the questions one may reasonably ask on the subject of tongue-speaking or glossolalia. The purpose is to motivate and encourage Christians to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the ability to speak in tongues. And not stop there, but to diligently exercise this ability to the glory of God.

16-year-old Michael argues that the beautiful Jennifer is not really an earthling. So when his friend, Emeka, falls under her spell, he goes to the rescue. But might Michael be acting out of envy or from error? Surely, he couldn't possibly be right?

"I'm the Drama Producer," declared Kwali. "The only drama scripts that will be produced in this television studio are those I approve!" Piro, Pretty Girl, Flash, Bumsy and Kwali are twelve-year-olds on the hop for holiday fun and adventure. They realize that there is a tornado of thrills to be found in the mad world of adults and they only have to switch on the lights in play-acting country. In this episode they act as TV producers and cook up a sizzling pot of oven-dripping drama.

Aunty Felicia is an evil woman who does wicked things to children. Nine-year-old Junior Nelson helped put her in jail, but she escapes and begins to stalk Junior, determined to take her revenge. Junior cries out, but no one believes him, for it appears Aunty Felicia is still in jail, and Junior has a hard time of it.

Things started going wrong for brilliant Shettima when he decided he needed to have a girlfriend. Sybil comes into his life, and along comes trouble - and a strange man! A man who spells more trouble than Shettima could ever have imagined!

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.

"Smallie 7: Five Storybooks" is a one-act play featuring the three characters of the Smallie Series. In this episode, Smallie has developed a love for storybooks, but her father thinks it's a waste of time and money. Smallie shows it is not so, and sparks and fireworks fly! Can it be otherwise? Smallie is an eight-year-old girl locked in the body of a sixteen-year-old. Her mind is sharp, but her language skills are ridiculously poor. What is more, her parents have dodgy moral inclinations, but Smallie is as straight as an arrow. Any surprise then about the sparks and fireworks? Absurd, witty and funny! And very, very telling...

"Smallie 5: The Beggar" is a one-act play featuring the three characters of the Smallie Series. In this episode, Papsy has first-hand experience of how a hot temper can lead a man to beggary. Smallie has her own story to tell, but it leads only to sparks and fireworks! Can it be otherwise? Smallie is an eight-year-old girl locked in the body of a sixteen-year-old. Her mind is sharp, but her language skills are ridiculously poor. What is more, her parents have dodgy moral inclinations, but Smallie is as straight as an arrow. Any surprise then that there are sparks and fireworks? Absurd, witty and funny! And very, very telling...

Toju and Tosan, two seven-year-old friends, are able to travel to Bible times, using the time caps Toju's scientist father invented. In this adventure, they travel back in time to see Jesus heal a paralyzed man let down through a hole in the roof. But what they didn't bargain for was that Toju would fall through the roof!

"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.

Queen Raga has a grand plan for her chief lady-in-waiting and her son the prince. She goes into a lot of trouble to get the right lady and ends up with Barbie. But is Barbie the right person for the queen? Or even for the prince? Intrigue is hot and deadly in the corridors of this palace!

What is six-year-old Roli doing hanging from Needle Rock? She is clinging from a ledge with the tips of her fingers, her legs dangling in the air thousands of feet above ground! Can Princess Wura - the Amazing Amazon - rescue her? But danger lurks everywhere for the little daughter of King Oti, and a cucumber-eating competition might be the death of her. Of what use can Wura's anointed scarf be? And what help can Open Skies - the Amazon's beautiful winged horse - give the poor little girl?

"Born King" is a Nativity play with everything children love to have at Yuletide - familiar Christmas carols, exotic songs, choreographed dance, ballet, puppets and talking scenery, comedy and gob-stopping drama... all put to the use of gloriously celebrating the only one ever to be born a king - Jesus!

"Strange World" is a collection of four short stories. The stories explore deep themes in a fascinating way and explode with a surprise ending, bringing the irony of life to the fore. It's food for thought, and at the same time a thoroughly entertaining read.

Barbie is a poor woodcutter's daughter living deep in the woods of Misara, far from royalty and splendor. But Barbie's kindness brings the royal palace down to her doorstep and now nothing can keep the brave and handsome prince of Misara from Barbie - not even Skink and Skank, two teeth-gnashing monster rats! Or the dark and deadly schemes of secret enemies lurking in palace corridors!

Musa is an orphan who cannot read at the age of ten. But when he learns to read, his love for books saves him from despair and helps him get a university education, as well as fame and wealth.