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Akanni

Alao Adesola Ibraheem

Publisher: COMMUNE WRITERS INT'L

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The book is about a young post-graduate student in Africa. He finds himself among two friends who genuinely love him and want to do everything to have him. The fight to be the apple of the eyes of the young man begins with unconscious jealousy and later hatred. 
Available since: 09/28/2022.

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