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Banned and restricted books in Nigeria
15 titles have been banned or restricted in Nigeria, recorded across 15 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
15
Ban events
15
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
8
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Man Died: Prison Notes | Wole Soyinka | 1972 | 1 |
| A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary | Ken Saro-Wiwa | 1995 | 1 |
| There Was a Country | Chinua Achebe | 2012 | 1 |
| Opera Wonyosi | Wole Soyinka | 1981 | 1 |
| The Open Sore of a Continent | Wole Soyinka | 1996 | 1 |
| Sozaboy | Ken Saro-Wiwa | 1985 | 1 |
| Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe | 1958 | 1 |
| My Watch | Olusegun Obasanjo | 2014 | 1 |
| Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System | Dele Farotimi | 2024 | 1 |
| Phantom Crescent | Shehu Sani | 2007 | 1 |
| The People: Facts That You Must Know | Chike Obi | 1961 | 1 |
| How Jim Nwobodo Rules Anambra State | Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo | 1982 | 1 |
| The Tears of a Bride | Oyekunle Oyedeji | — | 1 |
| The Precious Child | Queen O. Okweshine | — | 1 |
| In Dependence | Sarah Ladipo Manyika | 2008 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 10
- Sexual content
- 3
- Religious / blasphemy
- 2
- Race / colonialism
- 1
By decade
1950s1
1960s1
1970s2
1980s1
1990s3
2000s1
2010s5
2020s1
Documented bans
All 15 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
My Watch2014
There Was a Country2012
Phantom Crescent2007
The Open Sore of a Continent1996
A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary1993
Sozaboy1993
How Jim Nwobodo Rules Anambra State1983
Opera Wonyosi1977
The Man Died: Prison Notes1972
The People: Facts That You Must Know1961
Things Fall Apart1958
Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System2024
The Tears of a Bride2017
The Precious Child2017
In Dependence2017
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