Book Excerpts

The first essay collection from the PEN Pinter Prize winner and Booker Prize-nominated novelist: “That which is dead does not feel. We are not dead while we protest.”

The third novel from the Nigerian sees a woman search for her father: “The man in the picture was the darkest tint in the human spectrum.”

In the Somali writer’s debut novel, a tense dynamic between a gifted reclusive lesbian artist and her punk hijabi protégé.

The Nigerian Polish writer, who lives in the UK, offers his experiences as a mixed-race person.

In the Sudanese author’s road trip novel, local music takes centre stage.