East Africa

Like all ruinous things, he came from the abyss. Kidan Adane has finally embraced her darkness. She's killed without remorse, broken Uxlay University's most sacred law by inviting elusive rogue...

A new collection of literary criticism and brilliant insights from one of the giants of contemporary thinking. Who owns language? In Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas, Ngugi wa Thiong'o presents...

A deeply moving and revelatory reading experience, the essays collected in Portrait of an Island on Fire form a searing account of Mauritius at a crucial moment in its history. ...

A Political History of Eritrea, 1941-1962 Like its African neighbors, Eritrea attained colonial statehood under a European power, in this case Italy. Yet, during decolonization, its people were singularly excluded...

How can anti-colonial research methodologies be transformative and achieve knowledge justice? This book brings together leading scholars from around the world to share methodological knowledge grounded in First Nations and...

Based on the true, still-unfolding story of the expelled Chagossians’ fight for their homeland, Silence of the Chagos is a powerful exploration of cultural identity, the concept of home, and...

Salutation Road by Salma Ibrahim is a beautifully told, speculative literary debut about the everyday struggles of immigration, love and letting go of a past that never really existed. For fans...

The new novel from the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - 'a maestro' (Guardian). A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in...

The inspirational memoir from Paralympian and disability advocate Anne Wafula Strike, newly updated for 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Left partially paralysed below the rib cage by polio, Anne Wafula Strike...

A lost classic of African literature - an engrossing political thriller and a turbulent tale of love and war. "Astonishing and compelling . . . Impossible to put down" Maaza Mengiste,...

A 50th-anniversary edition of one of the most powerful novels by the great Kenyan author and Nobel Prize nominee A legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel...

"The definitive African book of the twentieth century" (Moses Isegawa, from the Introduction) by the Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets...

In this collection of essays on African and Caribbean literature, culture, and politics, Ngugi wa Thiong'o delivers a groundbreaking critique of colonialism and capitalism in postcolonial Africa. In these essays,...

A memoir of three homecomings **Longlisted for the Bread & Roses Award 2025**'Brave, powerful, and deeply necessary ... A vital contribution to the Black British literary canon' Afua Hirsch'Fresh and...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 YOUNG ADULT INDIE BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 ABIA JOHN MARSDEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR OLDER CHILDREN BEST ROMANTASY BOOKS...

Ripples in the Pool is a symbolic and powerful novel that delves into the tragedy and spiritual disconnection in rural Africa. Central characters, like Selina, a former prostitute, and Gikere,...

**A 2024 literary highlight in Esquire, Vogue, GQ, i-D, and Dazed** An intensely moving, lyrical and often funny novel about a family whose story of migration from Kenya and India to England is...

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...

An exhilarating, tragicomic debut novel about the indomitable child of a scorned, formerly land-owning family who must grow up in the wake of Ethiopia’s socialist revolution Wisecracking, inquisitive, and bombastic,...

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.'...

Named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Center For Fiction First Novel Prize Named a Booklist Best Book of the YearA mesmerizing, indelible coming-of-age...

What elevates teaching my mother how to give birth, what gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire’s ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence to the veiled world where...

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...

The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of...

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

Haunted Library Horror Classics When Reuel Briggs, a medical student at Harvard, witnesses the performance of the beautiful singer Dianthe Lusk at a concert, he's infatuated by her talent and...

A trailblazing new novel about two teenagers from opposite worlds; The Crossing is a heartbreaking and life-affirming story of hope, grief, and the very real tragedies of the refugee crisis....

A fierce and lyrical collection of poetry celebrating the moments of triumph and beauty in our lives, as well as the moments of despair – recasting them as opportunities for...

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...

My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis A rousing manifesto and memoir from a leading young Ugandan activist that will change the way we way...

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...

A Journey of ShadowsIllustrated by Eri GriffinBlood and Gold is a powerful, dynamic fusion of African and Scottish myth and fantasy which explores the themes of racism, immigration and colonialism,...

Essays Inspired by a Life on the MoveWhat does it feel like to move through a world designed to limit and exclude you? What are the joys and pains of...

The debut collection from award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire, celebrated collaborator on Beyonce's Lemonade and Black Is King.With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a...

From National Book Award–nominated writer Andrea Lee comes Red Island House, a travel epic that opens a window on the mysterious African island of Madagascar, and on the dangers of...

An audacious and beautiful novel that is both a unique family saga and a spellbinding story of the country of Kenya Kenya, 2007. Odidi Oganda, running for his life, is...

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...

A Life of Love and Loss, Compassion and ConservationA moving, heartwarming memoir about a conservation hero and real-life chimpanzee whisperer — now the subject of the award-winning documentary film Pant...

Victoriana is a country ruled by an Emperor-for-Life who is dying from an illness not officially acknowledged in a land where truth and facts are decided by the Emperor. The...

**By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021**An extraordinary depiction of the life of an immigrant, as he struggles to come to terms with the horror of his...

**By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021**Vehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah's first novel is an unwavering contemplation of East African coastal lifePoverty and depravity wreak havoc...

A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural past, by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour finds solace...

**By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021**A dazzling tale of cultural identity and displacement, this is the story of a man's escape from his native Zanzibar to...

A moving, confronting and ultimately uplifting memoir of a young woman starting a new life in Australia under the shadow of violence A moving, confronting and ultimately uplifting story about...

A poignant and compelling collection of short stories about those whose lives have been marked by the risk of displacement, from the winner of the AKO Caine Prize. An enterprising...

Ten Steps to Becoming Your Own ChampionRamla Ali is a triple threat — humanitarian, model and boxer. Her life inside and outside the ring represents her ruthless refusal to quit...

An inspiring and moving collection of speeches and essays from the Nobel Laureate in Literature 2021'One of the world's most prominent postcolonial writers - He has consistently and with great...

Wakanda forever! Celebrate the flavors of Africa with this cookbook inspired by over fifty years of Black Panther comics.Create meals fit for a king with this cookbook featuring over seventy...

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...

Grandmothers from eight eastern African countries welcome you into their kitchens to share flavorful recipes and stories of family, love, and tradition in this transporting cookbook-meets-travelogue.In this incredible volume, renowned...