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Book Recommendations for General Fiction, set in Northern & Western Africa

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  • The Rest of You
    Maame Blue
    Paperback: 10/08/2024
     
    An internationally award-winning writer makes her triumphant American debut in this emotionally powerful story...
  • Before the Mango Ripens
    Afabwaje Kurian
    Hardcover: 09/24/2024
     
    Set against the backdrop of 1970s Nigeria teetering between post-colonial dependency and self-rule, Before the...
  • Beyond the Door of No Return
    David Diop
    Paperback: 09/17/2024
     
    The hotly anticipated new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize.
  • Masquerade
    O.O. Sangoyomi
    Hardcover: 07/02/2024
     
    Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the...
  • A Kind of Madness
    Uche Okonkwo
    Paperback: 04/16/2024
     
    A searing, unflinching collection of stories set in Nigeria that explores themes of community expectations, ...
  • Ghost Season
    Ghost Season: A Novel
    Fatin Abbas
    Hardcover: 01/10/2023
     
    A dynamic, beautifully orchestrated debut novel connecting five characters caught in the crosshairs of ...
  • Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
    Wole Soyinka
    Paperback: 08/02/2022
     
    From the first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of our fiercest political activists, a ...

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