West Africa

In The New Tribe, pioneering author Buchi Emecheta tells the tale of a young Nigerian boy adopted by a white family. Life changes overnight for the Arlingtons when an abandoned...

Karen King-Aribisala brilliantly transposes Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to modern-day Nigeria in this magnificent tale of forty very different travellers thrown together on a bus journey from Lagos to the new...

The new novel from the author of the word of mouth hit The Girl with the Louding Voice 'A novelist of great power, wit, and invention' —  ELIZABETH GILBERT, author...

An afrofuturistic graphic novel that’s X-Men meets Attack on Titan from the creators at YouNeek Studios (Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Malika: Warrior Queen)! The Asiri Volume 1 begins an epic...

Sozaboy powerfully describes the fate of a young, naive soldier thrown into the frontline of a civil war, from his first proud days of recruitment to the disillusionment and horrors...

From the prize-winning author of WAHALA, a powerful de-colonial retelling of MANSFIELD PARK, exploring identity, culture, race and love When Funke's mother dies in an accident in Lagos, she's sent to...

Based on real historical events, Yorùbá Boy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting 'Run, Àjàyí, run!' The day the Malian slave...

Rumi and his family are Odu, stricken with poverty and disparaged by the other tribes. When ruthless agents of the Palmaine - the colonising nation that dominates the continent of...

A stunning debut novel charting the coming-of-age of a young gay man in 2010s Nigeria, from a young rising star in literary fictionWhen Obiefuna's father witnesses an intimate moment between...

The new novel by Booker-shortlisted author Chigozie Obioma THE TWICE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times'Incredibly moving and hopeful' Nadifa Mohamed'Remarkable' Alice Walker'A...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 'Astonishing... remarkable, mythic' Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple 'Impressive and beautifully imagined' Economist In a small town in western Nigeria, four young...

From the mountains of Northern Italy to the remote forests of Nigeria, diverse fairies from around the world come together in this little encyclopedia . . .  Naughty and nice,...

For fans of Ibi Zoboi and Erika L. Sanchez, two sisters in Nigeria are separated-one in the lap of luxury, the other fighting for a chance to thrive-in this "unforgettable"...

A memoir about home and belonging, from the author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' – BARACK...

'A COMPELLING AND POWERFUL NOVEL' - Cherie Jones, author of HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE She's the Pearl of Makoko and the world is her oyster. In Makoko,...

Paris, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Maze of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened...

DEREK OWUSU NAMED GRANTA'S BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE - FICTION 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE...

The travel memoir of a Nigerian woman in China exploring the intersections and divides between the two cultures and the lives of African economic migrants in the bustling People’s Republic...

A New York Times, New Yorker, Washington Post, Newsweek, TIME Book of the Year 2023‘Fabulously entertaining’ Daily Telegraph‘Perfect for fans of Frank Abignale Jr.’s Catch Me If You Can’ Publishers WeeklyThe astounding, never-before-told story of how an ingenious Ghanaian...

'We know you know. Talk and you're next.' Bishop Jeremiah Dawodu, pastor of a Nigerian megachurch, has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Folasade, the 'First...

The new novel from the author of the celebrated Open City - a powerful and masterful exploration of what makes a meaningful life in a world of violence and wonder. Life is...

Return to a world of violent conquest, buried histories and forbidden magic in Suyi Davies Okungbowa's superb Nameless Republic epic fantasy series From city streets where secrets are bartered for...

‘Aiwanose Odafen’s novel has entered popular feminist discourse.’ Afrocritik On a Sunday in 1978, Obianuju meets Chigozie at church – the perfect place for an upstanding girl to find a...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife, comes an enchanting new trilogy. DIVIDED BY BLOOD.IMPRISONED BY FATE.BOUND BY DESIRE. WELCOME TO THE INTOXICATING WORLD OF THE FAE....

INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY DaughterMidwifePrincess Born Nigerian royalty, Princess Adenrele Ademola trained as a nurse at Guy’s Hospital in London and stepped up to serve the people of Britain...

An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death's adopted daughter in this tale of community and female empowerment by Binti's Nnedi Okorafor"She’s the adopted daughter of the Angel of...

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 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....

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 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...

'In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time... for sheer peculiar prescience, Butler's novel may be unmatched' — NEW YORKERThe Patternmaster is all powerful....

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...

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...

A West African Fantasy EpicInspired by West African folklore and stories handed over centuries, this unique graphic novel follows the adventures of Mansou, last prince of a dying kingdom, and...

A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her search for belonging and identity'Why am I not white like everybody else?' Nan came and sat on...

A seminal work by one of today’s most vital figurative artists explores the complexity of race, wealth, and class through storytelling and multimedia drawings.This extraordinary illustrated story – Toyin Ojih...

The oldest son of a world-renowned scientist, Wale Williams — aka tech-savvy superhero EXO — tries to save Lagoon City from a deadly group of emerging extremists.But before this "pending"...

An instant New York Times bestseller!The first in a gripping fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on...

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...

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...

Malika, queen and commander of the fifteenth-century West-African empire Azzaz, has been flung into the year 2025.After years of moving in the shadows, Malika is forced out of hiding by...

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...

'[An] evocative tale of identity, friendship and unexpected love' — Mail on Sunday 'Marks Okoh as an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction.' — AnOther magazine After a bad break...

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...

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

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...

Translated by Alexia TrigoMohamed Mbougar Sarr's searing and thought-provoking debut novel, Brotherhood takes place in the imaginary town of Kalep, where a fundamentalist Islamist government has spread its brutal authority.Under...