Africa

The Sex Lives of African Women uniquely amplifies individual women from across the African continent and its global diaspora, as they speak of their diverse experiences of sex, sexualities and...

The astonishing new novel from the author of Freshwater — Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Wellcome Book Prize.They burned down the market on the day Vivek...

In 21 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental worksOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living...

The start of a bold and immersive West African-inspired, feminist fantasy series for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther.We all have a choice. Are we girls,...

Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris's criminal underground in the wake of...

A delightful, decadent romance, and a joyful celebration of Black excellence, from an award-winning author.It's the opportunity of a lifetime: Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape...

A Black spirit memoirA raw exploration of identity that shatters boundaries and explodes the way we think about the idea of the self.In letters addressed to their friends, to members...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBolu Babalola takes the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology and rewrites them with incredible new detail and vivacity in her debut collection. Focusing on...

Translated by Melanie MauthnerIntroducing Scholastique Mukasonga: a major international author and her brilliant and award-winning first novel.Parents send their daughters to Our Lady of the Nile to be molded into...

Translated by Aneesa Abbas HigginsA haunting, lyrical French bestseller set in Paris and Algiers about desire, shame and violenceIn All Men Want to Know the author traces her blissful childhood...

Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Tade Thompson makes a triumphant return to science fiction with this unforgettable vision of humanity's future in the chilling emptiness of space. The colony ship...

A personal and powerful essay on loss from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun.'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn...

Real Lives, Real LessonsAn inspirational and practical book written by two high-achieving women, sharing the experience and advice of some of our most extraordinary women leaders, in their own words.As...

Cairo, 1912. Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of...

How do you find yourself without losing your family? A memoir about growing up, breaking the rules and negotiating culture, from a new Australian voice.A hilarious, heartwarming memoir of growing...

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they...

The first volume of a new trilogy telling the saga of one French family between 1946 and 2016. Alsace, 1944. Mathilde finds herself falling deeply in love with Amine Belhaj,...

A powerful feminist folktale rooted in Ugandan historySmart, headstrong Kirabo is raised by her grandparents in rural Uganda. But as she enters her teens, she starts to feel overshadowed by...

In Igboland, the lives of two Nigerian women change forever...In the city of Enugu in the 1970s, young Nwabulu dreams of becoming a typist as she endures the endless chores...

From the award-winning author of the CBCA shortlisted When the Ground Is Hard, comes a stunning portrait of a family divided and an uplifting story of how friendship saves and...

An epic love story infused with West African mythology. For fans of The Gilded Ones, Children of Blood and Boneand Circe, this book is a powerful new imagining of a...

A memoir of empowerment, community and hopeA powerful memoir about a girl from Africa whose near-death experience sparked a dream that changed the world. She squeezes my hand and smiles....

A FINANCIAL TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARTo Doctor Menka's horror, some cunning entrepreneur has decided to sell body parts from his hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Already...

From the widely acclaimed author of American War, Omar El Ekkad, a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic and profoundly moving novel that brings the global refugee crisis down to the level...

Lessons from a Professional TroublemakerThe instant New York Times bestseller: a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear — now with a brand new bonus chapter! From the...

A powerful novel about an intersex Nigerian teenager and the courage to be yourselfRaised as a boy in a grand but unhappy family in Nigeria, Otolorin Akinro escapes to boarding...

A powerful collection of new and recently completed poems by Ben Okri covering topics of the day, such as the refugee crisis, racism, Obama, the Grenfell Tower fire, and the...

A heartbreaking, lyrical story for all of those who have fantasised about escaping their daily lives and starting over.Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp...

An enthralling debut perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone set in a North African-inspired fantasy world where two sisters must fight to the death to win the...

Following the exploits of queen and military commander Malika, who struggles to keep the peace in her ever-expanding empire, Azzaz, this historical fantasy is set in fifteenth-century West Africa and...

In this new edition, leading historian David Olusoga sets the book in its historical context helping us to understand this complex, spiritual, politically astute and deeply passionate man. Although Equiano...

An Empowering and Celebratory Portrait of Black Women — from Josephine Baker to The Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Aunt Viv to Cardi B.INCLUDES A FOREWORD WITH CLARA AMFOIn 2013,...

Set in Uganda in 1972, an extraordinarily moving debut that tells the story of one family’s escape, when Amin forces them to leave: a story of loss and separation, but...

Oscar Wilde said 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right? In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link...

A virtuosic debut collection that roves across genres and styles, by a finalist for the Caine Prize.In her powerful, genre-bending debut story collection, Nana Nkweti’s virtuosity is on full display...

The Sun Is Also a Star meets Outlander in this vivid, utterly romantic debut novel about two teens who relive their tragic love story over and over until they uncover...

Winner of the 2019 UEA Crime Writing Prize, Lightseekers is the start of a major new crime series introducing investigative psychologist Dr Philip TaiwoWhen three young students are brutally murdered...

A Different Way of Looking at Race'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life experience, says Adekoya....

In this collection of short stories, offbeat characters are caught up in extraordinary situations that test the boundaries of reality . . .A love-hungry goddess of the sea arrives on...

Winner of the 2019 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize'On the third of September, not so long ago, something truly wondrous happened on the Beauford Farm and Estate. At the moment of...

Award-winning author Suyi Davies Okungbowa begins a thrilling new epic fantasy series of violent conquest, buried histories and forbidden magic. In the city of Bassa, Danso is a clever scholar...

Translated by Gila WalkerOne might say that the womb of death — the Middle Passage, slavery, and colonisation — gave birth to Black populations. Taking this observation as her point...

Edited by Larry SiemsThe international bestseller that set the world on fire, told in full: Mohamedou Ould Slahi's unflinching account of his fourteen years of detention without charge in Guantanamo...

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA TIME MUST-READ BOOKA powerful and poignant memoir of survival and resistance by the critically acclaimed...

Award-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasyNEW MATERIAL FOR A NEW EDITION! This trade paperback includes an extensive, conversational interview between the author...

A Short History of Conquest and RuleMost accounts of Nigeria’s colonisation were written by British officials, presenting it as a noble civilising mission to rid Africans of barbaric superstition and...

Big Ideas Simply Explained Foreword by David Olusoga An accessible guide to the key milestones in Black history, culture, and society across the globe — from the ancient world to...

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers, comes a sweeping story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company.Set in...

Iyanu, a teenage orphan with no recollection of her past, suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient deities told in the folklore of her people.It is these...

A funny, gripping and surprising story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo. Anna grew up...