Books with author Kingsley Osajie

This is the story of a little girl called Cindy and her beautiful songbird, Amy, their intimacy and challenges. Cindy’s bird (Amy) affected Amy positively. It shows how children can be attached with pets once a cordial relationship has been formed. In this story, Cindy showed us that children can have unwavering faith even if it seemed goofy, unrealistic, and an illusion! Despite all odds about the whereabouts of Cindy’s bird, she kept believing and having faith.

Root-knot nematodes constitute a major constraint to agricultural production worldwide. They are particularly devastating in the vegetable industry in the tropical world. Management strategies such as cultural, biological, physical and host resistance have peculiar limitations. Chemical control however is most effective, but the effect of synthetic pesticides on the environment raises serious ecological concerns. Active ingredients identified in the African marigold have nematicidal properties and highly lethal to root-knot nematodes. In this study, the effective stage of the African marigold in managing root-knot nematodes was investigated in plant house, laboratory and micro plots experiments. In all cases, the effective stage of the antagonistic plant corresponded to 8-11weeks of growth during which period population reduction was maximum, hatching inhibition was greatest and root gall index was lowest. This information is useful for integrated pest management (IPM) formulation and implementation. Agricultural researchers, extension agents, students and farmers would find this book most useful.

This is the story of a little girl called Cindy and her beautiful songbird, Amy, their intimacy and challenges. Cindy's bird (Amy) affected Amy positively. It shows how children can be attached with pets once a cordial relationship has been formed. In this story, Cindy showed us that children can have unwavering faith even if it seemed goofy, unrealistic, and an illusion! Despite all odds about the whereabouts of Cindy's bird, she kept believing and having faith.

Centuries ago in the eastern heartland region of Nigeria, there was this practice of using human beings as sacrifices to appease the gods of the land whenever abominable incidences occur. Thereafter, these humans used as sacrifices (Osu) were ostracized and declared unclean, unfit and unqualified to associate with those who used them for such sacrifices (Diala). The ugly side of it all is that the Osu person is not an accepted person in the society whether in leadership, marriage or even as a representative of the community no matter how well educated he or she may be. They were indeed stigmatized, marginalized, dehumanized and ostracized among their own people and place of their birth.