Africa

Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award Set between Uganda and South Africa, An Image in a Mirror is the story of Nyakale and Achen, identical twins pulled apart by their mother’s...

Moving between Ghana and London, Hold is an intimate coming-of-age novel. It's a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when...

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...

A debut novel by one of the most exciting African literary voices to emerge in recent years Maya grows up in Germany in the shadow of her beautiful, volatile mother-...

This CBCA short-listed book also won the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature and is a stunning and heartrending mystery set in a Swaziland boarding school about two...

'There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry for my country and nothing is...

When he's not in church, at school or attempting to form 'Africa's first superheroes', he obsesses over mathematical theorems, ideas of Black power and HXVX- the Curse of Africa. Sure...

African myth and magic beat in the dark heart of this fable about witchcraft, superstition, the bonds we choose and those we cannot.Born into a family of West African witches,...

The House of Rust is an enchanting novel about a Hadhrami girl in Mombasa. When her fisherman father goes missing, Aisha takes to the sea on a magical boat made...

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

The story of seventeen year-old Nani who discovers womanhood through hardship before finding her freedom and independence Udodi's death was the beginning of the raging storm but at that moment,...

In this stunning debut novel — a tale of self-discovery and feminist awakening — a feisty Nigerian-Ghanaian girl growing up amid the political upheaval of late 1960s postcolonial Ghana begins...

Lily is a sixteen-year-old living in Manchester. It is nearly five years since her father's death, and she is soon to return to her birthplace in Nigeria to reunite with...

Translated by Natasha Lehrer A coming of age tale and twisted love story, set amid the beaches, streets and mansions of Nineties Casablanca. Sarah might be poor, but at least...

All you have are your words. AS RECOMMENDED BY MALALA YOUSAFZAI AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP TEN SUNDAY POST BESTSELLER A STYLIST BEST BOOK OF 2020 'A...

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THIS MOURNABLE BODY, ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020 'UNFORGETTABLE' — Alice Walker 'A UNIQUE AND VALUABLE BOOK.' — Booklist Two...

When the ground beneath your feet is always shifting, how can you ever know where you belong? Jamilah has always believed she knows where her home is: in a house...