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Black and Female

Tsitsi Dangarembga

A philosophical, urgent first collection of essays, by the iconic novelist, on race, gender, imperialism, and artistry.

How to Write About Africa

Binyavanga Wainaina

The late literary icon’s pieces on sexuality, art, history, and contemporary Africa. With introduction by Chimamanda Adichie.

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

Damilare Kuku

The bestselling collection of stories set in Lagos, Nigeria’s cultural capital.

Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time

Teju Cole

The great essayist returns with his second collection, addressing ethical questions about humanity and bearing witness.

Lives of Great Men

Chike Frankie Edozien

The first memoir about being gay by a Nigerian. Winner of the Lambda Award for Memoir/Autobiography.

Seesaw

Timothy Ogene

A writer’s first novel is badly edited and has weak sales. Then he meets a white woman who becomes his benefactor.

Nomad

Romeo Oriogun

This NLNG Prize-winning poetry collection takes in exile, history, slavery, colonialism, postcolonialism, identity politics, and survival.

The Beautyful Ones Have Just Been Born

The Gerald Kraak Prize

The Lambda Award-winning series’ Vol. 4, edited by Otosirieze Obi-Young, captures LGBTQI+ experiences in Africa, showcasing urgent new voices.

God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

Arinze Ifeakandu

These nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria announce the arrival of a daring new voice in fiction.

Sulwe

Lupita Nyong’o

Our heroine Sulwe’s skin is the colour of midnight in this whimsical story to inspire children to see their own unique beauty.

The Adichie Collection

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus; Half of a Yellow Sun; Americanah; The Thing Around Your Neck; We Should All Be Feminists; and Dear Ijeawele.

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Marlon James

Engaged to track down a mysterious boy, skillful hunter Tracker finds himself part of a search group in this first novel in a trilogy.

Notes on Grief

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

An exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of her father’s death in 2020.