Africa

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 big-hearted, utterly charming carousel of a novel about three generations of the same family, riven by feuds and falling-outs, united by fates and fortunes. 'A beautiful, brilliant modern classic.'...

Two identical girls, one a princess, the other a rebel. Who will rule the empire? Amani must make a devastating choice between revolution and family in this sequel to the...

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...

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

From the award-winning author of Land of Love and Drowning, an electric new novel that maps the emotional inheritance of one couple newly in love.When Fly and Stela meet in...

The debut novel from one of the National Book Foundation's 2018 5 Under 35 Ada has always been unusual. Her parents prayed her into existence, but something must have gone...

A gay Muslim boy travels the world for a second chance at love after a possibly magical heiress grants him three wishes in this YA debut that's Simon vs. the...

The crown of Dihya had been stripped from me, my face changed, my body broken. But I was not a slave and I was not a spare. I was my...

From the critically acclaimed author of Pet and The Death of Vivek Oji, Bitter, a companion novel to Pet, takes a timely and riveting look at the power of youth,...

At the turn of the 20th century, minstrel shows transform into vaudeville, which slides into moving pictures. Hunkering together in dark theatres, diverse audiences marvel at flickering images. This "dreaming...

Trapped in an arranged marriage to a man she does not love, Nehal dreams of attending the Weaving Academy. There, she can take control of her powers, bending any water...

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...

A Black spirit memoir A 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,...

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...

From one of fashion's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriers Edward Enninful has lived an extraordinary life. Here, for the first time, he shares the inspiring story of...

A fiercely contemporary collection which renegotiates the contract between poet and reader in the light of this moment in human history, from the bestselling author of The Death of Vivek...

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...

The second novel in Marlon James's revolutionary DARK STAR TRILOGY In this mighty follow-up to his number one bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on...

These nine stories of queer male intimacy brim with simmering secrecy, ecstasy, loneliness and love in their depictions of what it means to be gay in contemporary Nigeria. A man...

A spectacular, genre-redefining literary fantasy novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a...

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...

VAGABONDS! is a tumultuous and unexpectedly joyous novel of oppression and defiance among the people and spirits of Lagos. Lagos is a city for all . . . you share...