Africa

Short-listed Women's Prize for Fiction 2019A blackly comic novel about lies, love, Lagos, and how blood is thicker — and more difficult to get out of the carpet — than...

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

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThey killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.NOW WE RISE.Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of...

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...

The Slumflower’s Guide to Why You Are Already EnoughIn What A Time To Be Alone, The Slumflower will be your life guru, confidante and best friend. She’ll show you that...

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...

An epic West-African inspired YA fantasy from an incredible new talent.'Only one thing is more powerful than a wish, and that is a purpose.'Tarisai has always longed for the warmth...

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...

From the Orange Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun comes twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and...

The hotly anticipated epic and phenomenal West-African inspired finale to the New York Times bestselling YA fantasy Raybearer.For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease...

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...

A heartbreaking, exquisitely written masterpiece.One of the ten books – novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography – that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection of...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a powerful new novel-a story of love and...

Black Panther meets Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch in Beasts Made of Night, the first book in an epic fantasy duology.BuzzFeed's 22 YA Novels You'll Want To Read From Cover To...

In the sequel to the acclaimed Beasts Made of Night, Taj has escaped Kos, but Queen Karima will go to any means necessary — including using the most deadly magic...

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 this...

Winner of the inaugural Nommo Award for Best Novel, Africa's first award for speculative fictionJohn W. Campbell Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel'A magnificent tour de force' — Adrian...

Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan.But he also...

Breaking Stereotypes of Modern AfricaDefinitive proof that Africa is *not* a country. A lively, entertaining and informative portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a...

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 stunning novel...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC TV SERIESThree friends. Three 'perfect' lives. Here comes TroubleRonke wants Happily Ever After and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants him to be...

In this powerful finale to the award-winning WORMWOOD trilogy, life in the newly independent city state of Rosewater isn't everything its citizens were expecting...Mayor Jacques finds that debts incurred during...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

And the brass head of ObalufonYoruba gods liberating a Nigerian artefact from London's British Museum, this is a heist novel filled to the brim with magic.Shigidi is a disgruntled nightmare...

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...

The second volume in a vibrant and compellingly told trilogy by one of science fiction's most engaging new voices - perfect for fans of N. K. Jemisin's THE FIFTH SEASON,...

First she taught us how to glory in our solitude with the bestselling What a Time to be Alone. Now the Slumflower is back, with the ultimate guide to getting...

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...

Moving between two continents over a troubled century, We Are All Birds of Uganda is a multi-layered, moving and immensely resonant novel of generational love, loss and what it means...

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...

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....

An impassioned plea for freedom and justice, by the Man Booker-winner Ben Okri.In a world uncomfortably like our own, a young woman called Amalantis is arrested for asking a question....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Explore the globe with Waffles + Mochi and learn about the stories behind the food we eat in this accessible, child-friendly cookbook, based on the Netflix children's show from Higher...

A bewitching and immersive Nigerian magic realist novel from an extraordinary literary voice, for fans of Chigozie Obioma, Abi Daré and Deepa AnapparaSoon you will become the thing all other...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption. Eniola is tall...

Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the breathtaking second title in Tomi Adeyemi's YA fantasy trilogy, Legacy of Orïsha, following her ground-breaking, West African-inspired debut Children of Blood and Bone.After...

My name is Ikemefuna Nwosu, and I am your wife. One day in Lagos, young dancer Ikemefuna is put on a plane to Houston to meet her new husband, Nna....