Links in x0

x0 is interactive in the sense that both online versions contain a few (one to five) links per chapter which take the reader to music, photo’s and the rare short news item or article to serve as enhancements to the story.  The links on the Amazon version all work on a Kindle Fire, and the links in the smashwords version will open when the book is read on a computer.

As explained to the reader in the introduction, if one is reading on a device without these capabilities, or one simply does not like the distraction of jumping around, then the book can be read just fine without going to any of the links. They are not essential to the plot.

The links are also given in order below so that they can be perused at any reader’s leisure.

Links in Amazon.com version by chapter in order

Chapter 1. http://wnew.radio.com/2010/06/29/rock-101-the-beach-boys-vs-james-watt/

Chapter 2. http://lib.lbcc.edu/ukwu/chiamaka/igbonamess.htm

http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/names.html#Igbo

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs348/en/ World Health Organization on maternal mortality

Chapter 3. http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/igbo-marriage.htm  MARRIAGE AMONG THE IGBO OF NIGERIA by Celestine A: Obi (Taken from unpublished doctoral thesis submitted to Pontifical Urban University, Rome (1970) by Celestine Obi)

http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Nigeria.html

http://www.afbis.com/analysis/slave.htm Slave trade: a root of contemporary African Crisis By Tunde Obadina (Director of Africa Business Information Services)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/business/economy/27jobcuts.html

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2009/01/26/us-iceland-factbox-idUKTRE50P3YZ20090126

Chapter 4.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PqhOrgk11A

http://www.amazon.com/Time-After/dp/B00136LQQ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1328202556&sr=1-1

http://www.oraifite.com/culture-and-traditions/igbo-wedding-pictures.php

http://oilandgasbrief.com/knowledge-base/history-oil-exploration-production-nigeria/351/ for “History of Oil Exploration and Production in Nigeria“

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/?ref=home-sidebar-left

Chapter 5.  http://www.avert.org/aids-nigeria.htm

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=445

http://www.globalpost.com/photo/5653257/lagos-traffic-taxi-2011-6-23

Chapter 6.  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/nigeria

http://www.whenweruled.com/articles.php?lng=en&pg=28

http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/nana_asmau/

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/nvs/colonel-sada-abubakar-is-new-sultan-of-sokoto-14.html

http://www.americancanoe.org/resource/resmgr/sei-educational_resources/brochure_paddler_s_safety_ch.pdf

Chapter 7.  http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/wayo-guy/wayoguy-in-naija-part-2-homes-sweet-homes-in-owerri.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/t/telepathy.html

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1865/whats-the-story-on-ganzfeld-experiments

http://www.gallup.com/poll/16915/three-four-americans-believe-paranormal.aspx

Chapter 8.  http://www.ebonyionline.com/zzz-photos-abakaliki-streets.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy1gp3F5NhY

http://www.amazon.com/We-Are-The-World/dp/B001FXOL4W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1329799926&sr=1-1

Chapter 9.  http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/Wavelengths_for_Colors.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5M_Ttstbgs

http://www.amazon.com/For-What-Its-Worth/dp/B0011Z76UA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1328835150&sr=1-1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8126353.stm  BBC “Shell should end Nigeria ‘abuse” Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Chapter 10.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/world/africa/17nigeria.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiWEfKRot7c

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Damage-2011-Remaster/dp/B005NNUNUQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1328993143&sr=1-1

http://www.pinkfloydlyrics.com/Brain-Damage-Lyrics.html

Chapter 11.  http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/160

http://www.economist.com/node/12267373?story_id=12267373 for “Risky toughness: The army’s tough approach to Delta militants could end up uniting them” from the Sep 18th 2008 | Lagos | print edition of The Economist

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11467394 for “Who are Nigeria’s Mend oil militants?” By Caroline Duffield BBC News, Lagos BBC News Africa Mobil Edition October 4 2010

http://www.ebonyionline.com/zzz-photos-okposi.html

Chapter 12.  http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/african-mythology.php?deity=AHA-NJOKU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVewWbeBiY

http://www.amazon.com/High-Hopes/dp/B000TE0Q0Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1329079417&sr=1-1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faf1ch7Q9XE

http://www.amazon.com/I-Will-Survive/dp/B001NZVSVG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1329079730&sr=1-3

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8291336.stm for Will amnesty bring peace to Niger Delta? By Caroline Duffield BBC News, Niger Delta Monday, 5 October 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnFy1luxL0A

http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Up/dp/B000WLOKKS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1329087176&sr=1-1

Chapter 13.  http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/HowManyPeopleHaveEverLivedonEarth.aspx for “How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth” by Carl Haub, chair of Population Information at the Population Reference Bureau.

http://gardenofpraise.com/art12.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XOP7M-PMzM&ob=av2n

http://www.amazon.com/O-D-O-O-Overtake-Don/dp/B002TA15O4/ref=dm_att_trk5

http://www.thetalkingdrum.com/fela.html

http://www.genevadeclaration.org/the-geneva-declaration/what-is-the-declaration.html

Chapter 14.  http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1950695,00.html

Chapter 15.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqqWfsIxbPo

http://www.playingforchange.com/

Links in smashwords.com version by chapter in order

Chapter 1.  http://wnew.radio.com/2010/06/29/rock-101-the-beach-boys-vs-james-watt/

Chapter 2.  http://lib.lbcc.edu/ukwu/chiamaka/igbonamess.htm

http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/names.html#Igbo

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs348/en/  World Health Organization on maternal mortality

Chapter 3.  http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/igbo-marriage.htm  MARRIAGE AMONG THE IGBO OF NIGERIA by Celestine A: Obi (Taken from unpublished doctoral thesis submitted to Pontifical Urban University, Rome (1970) by Celestine Obi)

http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Nigeria.html

http://www.afbis.com/analysis/slave.htm Slave trade: a root of contemporary African Crisis By Tunde Obadina (Director of Africa Business Information Services)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/business/economy/27jobcuts.html

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2009/01/26/us-iceland-factbox-idUKTRE50P3YZ20090126

Chapter 4.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PqhOrgk11A

http://cyndilauper.com/

http://www.oraifite.com/culture-and-traditions/igbo-wedding-pictures.php

http://oilandgasbrief.com/knowledge-base/history-oil-exploration-production-nigeria/351/ for “History of Oil Exploration and Production in Nigeria”

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/?ref=home-sidebar-left

Chapter 5.  http://www.avert.org/aids-nigeria.htm

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=445

http://www.globalpost.com/photo/5653257/lagos-traffic-taxi-2011-6-23

Chapter 6.  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/nigeria

http://www.whenweruled.com/articles.php?lng=en&pg=28

http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/nana_asmau/

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/nvs/colonel-sada-abubakar-is-new-sultan-of-sokoto-14.html

http://www.americancanoe.org/resource/resmgr/sei-educational_resources/brochure_paddler_s_safety_ch.pdf

Chapter 7.  http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/wayo-guy/wayoguy-in-naija-part-2-homes-sweet-homes-in-owerri.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/t/telepathy.html

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1865/whats-the-story-on-ganzfeld-experiments

http://www.gallup.com/poll/16915/three-four-americans-believe-paranormal.aspx

Chapter 8.  http://www.ebonyionline.com/zzz-photos-abakaliki-streets.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy1gp3F5NhY

http://www.usaforafrica.org/

Chapter 9.  http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/Wavelengths_for_Colors.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5M_Ttstbgs

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3035

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8126353.stm  BBC “Shell should end Nigeria ‘abuse” Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Chapter 10.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/world/africa/17nigeria.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiWEfKRot7c

http://www.pinkfloyd.com/

http://www.pinkfloydlyrics.com/Brain-Damage-Lyrics.html

Chapter 11.  http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/160

http://www.economist.com/node/12267373?story_id=12267373 for “Risky toughness: The army’s tough approach to Delta militants could end up uniting them” from the Sep 18th 2008 | Lagos | print edition of The Economist

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11467394 for “Who are Nigeria’s Mend oil militants?” By Caroline Duffield BBC News, Lagos BBC News Africa Mobil Edition October 4 2010

http://www.ebonyionline.com/zzz-photos-okposi.html

Chapter 12.  http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/african-mythology.php?deity=AHA-NJOKU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVewWbeBiY

http://www.sinatra.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faf1ch7Q9XE

http://www.gloriagaynor.com/store.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8291336.stm for Will amnesty bring peace to Niger Delta? By Caroline Duffield BBC News, Niger Delta Monday, 5 October 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnFy1luxL0A

http://www.fournonblondes.com/

Chapter 13.  http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/HowManyPeopleHaveEverLivedonEarth.aspx for “How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth” by Carl Haub, chair of Population Information at the Population Reference Bureau.

http://gardenofpraise.com/art12.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XOP7M-PMzM&ob=av2n

http://www.fela.net/

http://www.thetalkingdrum.com/fela.html

http://www.genevadeclaration.org/the-geneva-declaration/what-is-the-declaration.html

Chapter 14.  http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1950695,00.html

Chapter 15.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqqWfsIxbPo

http://www.playingforchange.com/