Central Africa

Combining vivid storytelling, astonishing imagination and careful research, this is the ultimate collection of African folklore, with 50 entertaining tales and commentary from noted folklorist Helen Nde, presented in a...

Translated by Gila Walker Challenging conventional notions of racial and regional identity, Léonora Miano provides a fresh perspective on the complexities of self-perception. In this ground-breaking exploration, French-Cameroonian author Léonora Miano...

Translated by Helen Stevenson From one of Africa's most celebrated novelists: a ghostly reckoning with Congolese history for readers of Lincoln in the Bardo Abruptly deceased at the age of...

Kinning, the sequel to Nisi Shawl’s acclaimed debut novel Everfair, continues the stunning alternate history where barkcloth airships soar through the sky, varied peoples build a new society together, and...