Exceptional books set in Northern and Western Africa
Northern & Western Africa
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Beyond the Door of No Return: A Novel
by David Diop
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: Sep 2024
The hotly anticipated new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize.
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Masquerade
by O.O. Sangoyomi
Hardcover: Jul 2024
Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman's fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she'll go to secure her future.
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A Kind of Madness
by Uche Okonkwo
Paperback: Apr 2024
A searing, unflinching collection of stories set in Nigeria that explores themes of community expectations, familial strife, and the struggle for survival.
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
by Candice Millard
Hardcover: May 2022
Paperback: May 2023
The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy - from the New York Times bestselling author of River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic.
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Ghost Season: A Novel
by Fatin Abbas
Hardcover: Jan 2023
A dynamic, beautifully orchestrated debut novel connecting five characters caught in the crosshairs of conflict on the Sudanese border.
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Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth: A Novel
by Wole Soyinka
Hardcover: Sep 2021
Paperback: Aug 2022
From the first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of our fiercest political activists, a fictional meditation on power and greed - at once a literary hoot, a whodunit, and a scathing indictment of political and social corruption.
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Skin of the Sea
by Natasha Bowen
Hardcover: Nov 2021
Paperback: Jul 2022
An unforgettable fantasy debut inspired by West African mythology, this is Children of Blood and Bone meets The Little Mermaid, in which a mermaid takes on the gods themselves.
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Noor
by Nnedi Okorafor
Hardcover: Nov 2021
Paperback: Jul 2022
From African futurist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and humanity in a near-future Nigeria.
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His Only Wife
by Peace Adzo Medie
Hardcover: Sep 2020
Paperback: Aug 2021
"Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding."
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Butter Honey Pig Bread
by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Paperback: Nov 2020
Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her twin daughters, Kehinde and Taiye.
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Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Hardcover: Sep 2018
Paperback: Mar 2020
Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, a Muslim terrorist group, this poignant novel by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani tells the timely story of one girl who was taken from her home in Nigeria and her harrowing fight for ...
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Hardcover: Nov 2018
Paperback: Jul 2019
A short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.
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