The Steel Gavel
& ldquo;When a factor meant to unite threatens to so violently separate you from the one person who infuses wholeness into your every day, would you let go? Or would you cling with both hands, feet, and perhaps teeth?
'The Steel Gavel & rsquo; follows the ordinary lives of Jideofor Williams and Fiyinfunoluwa Taylor after their rather interesting first encounter. As they pursue their happily-ever-after, nothing prepares them for the smouldering glare of a thriving culture in parts of a supposedly modern-day Nigerian society. A culture famous for stamping its cold verdict on human lives with the force of a steel gavel.
This is a story of love, of friendship, and of hope. It is also a story of teeth-grinding defiance to the crippling power of tyranny. A tyranny which promotes a version of living; a version still denying many the right & hellip; to simply live.
The Steel Gavel
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Amerika
Translated by Willa and Edwin MuirForeword by E. L. DoctorowAfterword by Max Brod Kafka & rsquo;s first and funniest novel, Amerika tells the story of the young immigrant Karl Rossmann who, after an embarrassing sexual misadventure, finds himself & ldquo;packed off to America & rdquo; by his parents. Expected to redeem himself in this magical land of opportunity, young Karl is swept up instead in a whirlwind of dizzying reversals, strange escapades, and picaresque adventures. Although Kafka never visited America, images of its vast landscape, dangers, and opportunities inspired this saga of the & ldquo;golden land. & rdquo; Here is a startlingly modern, fantastic and visionary tale of America & ldquo;as a place no one has yet seen, in a historical period that can & rsquo;t be identified, & rdquo; writes E. L. Doctorow in his new foreword. & ldquo;Kafka made his novel from his own mind & rsquo;s mythic elements, & rdquo; Doctorow explains, & ldquo;and the research data that caught his eye were bent like rays in a field of gravity. & rdquo;
Amerika
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Sarong Party Girls
A brilliant and utterly engaging novel Emma set in modern Asia about a young woman & rsquo;s rise in the glitzy, moneyed city of Singapore, where old traditions clash with heady modern materialism.
On the edge of twenty-seven, Jazzy hatches a plan for her and her best girlfriends: Sher, Imo, and Fann. Before the year is out, these Sarong Party Girls will all have spectacular weddings to rich ang moh Western expat husbands, with Chanel babies (the cutest status symbols of all) quickly to follow. Razor-sharp, spunky, and vulgarly brand-obsessed, Jazzy is a determined woman who doesn't lose.
As she fervently pursues her quest to find a white husband, this bombastic yet tenderly vulnerable gold-digger reveals the contentious gender politics and class tensions thrumming beneath the shiny exterior of Singapore & rsquo;s glamorous nightclubs and busy streets, its grubby wet markets and seedy hawker centers. Moving through her colorful, stratified world, she realizes she cannot ignore the troubling incongruity of new money and old-world attitudes which threaten to crush her dreams. Desperate to move up in Asia & rsquo;s financial and international capital, will Jazzy and her friends succeed?
Vividly told in Singlish colorful Singaporean English with its distinctive cadence and slang Sarong Party Girls brilliantly captures the unique voice of this young, striving woman caught between worlds. With remarkable vibrancy and empathy, Cheryl Tan brings not only Jazzy, but her city of Singapore, to dazzling, dizzying life.
Sarong Party Girls
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Beyond The Door Of No Return: A Novel
One of The Atlantic & rsquo;s 10 Best Books of 2023A Financial Times Best Book of 2023 | Named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews & ldquo;A hypnotic, powerful historical novel in which stories nest within one another like dolls . . . It all coheres mesmerizingly. & rdquo; Cl & eacute;mence Michallon, The New York Times Book Review & ldquo;Stunningly realized . . . Exquisite . . . A spellbinding novel. & rdquo; Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow KingThe thrilling and deeply moving new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize.Paris, 1806. The renowned botanist Michel Adanson lies on his deathbed, the masterwork to which he dedicated his life still incomplete. As he expires, the last word to escape his lips is a woman & rsquo;s name: Maram.The key to this mysterious woman & rsquo;s identity is Adanson & rsquo;s unpublished memoir of the years he spent in Senegal, concealed in a secret compartment in a chest of drawers. Therein lies a story as fantastical as it is tragic: Maram, it turns out, is none other than the fabled revenant. A young woman of noble birth from the kingdom of Waalo, Maram was sold into slavery but managed to escape from the Island of Gor & eacute;e a major embarkation point of the transatlantic slave trade to a small village hidden in the forest. While on a research expedition in West Africa as a young man, Adanson hears the story of the revenant and becomes obsessed with finding her. Accompanied by his guide, he ventures deep into the Senegalese bush on a journey that reveals not only the savagery of the French colonial occupation but also the unlikely transports of the human heart.Written with sensitivity and narrative flair, David Diop & rsquo;s Beyond the Door of No Return is a love story like few others. Drawing on the richness and lyricism of Senegal & rsquo;s oral traditions, Diop has constructed a historical epic of the highest order.
Love Is Power- Or Something Like That - Stories
Vivid, powerful stories of contemporary Nigeria, from a talented young author
* An NPR, Flavorwire, and Largehearted Boy Best Book of the Year * One of the Millions's Most Anticipated Books of 2013 *When it comes to love, things are not always what they seem. In contemporary Lagos, a young boy may pose as a woman online, and a maid may be suspected of sleeping with her employer and yet still become a young wife's confidante. Men and women can be objects of fantasy, the subject of beery soliloquies. They can be trophies or status symbols. Or they can be overwhelming in their need.In the wide-ranging stories in Love Is Power, or Something Like That, A. Igoni Barrett roams the streets with people from all stations of life. A man with acute halitosis navigates the chaos of the Lagos bus system. A minor policeman, full of the authority and corruption of his uniform, beats his wife. A family's fortunes fall from love and wealth to infidelity and poverty as poor choices unfurl over three generations. With humor and tenderness, Barrett introduces us to an utterly modern Nigeria, where desire is a means to an end, and love is a power as real as money.
Tiger Work: Stories, Essays And Poems About Climate Change
In this poignant, timely collection, the renowned Booker Prize winning author evokes the magic of nature and the urgency of protecting our environment.Twenty thousand years after a catastrophe wiped out the human race, visitors uncover their final messages scattered across the planet, in flooded cities and disintegrating books. These writings reveal the tragedies of people who continued to live as they always did & mdash;fearfully, selfishly even as the end of their world loomed.These haunting stories within a story, together with a powerful selection of poems, fables, and essays, are a necessary reminder of the beauty of the earth and the importance of addressing the climate crisis with clarity, artistry, and passion.
Let Us Descend: A Novel (oprah's Book Club 2023)
OPRAH & rsquo;S BOOK CLUB PICK & bull; Instant New York Times Bestseller & bull; Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceFrom Jesmyn Ward & mdash;the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, and MacArthur Fellow & mdash;comes a haunting masterpiece, sure to be an instant classic, about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War. & ldquo; & lsquo;Let us descend, & rsquo; the poet now began, & lsquo;and enter this blind world. & rsquo; & rdquo; & mdash;Inferno, Dante Alighieri Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader & rsquo;s guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads readers through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation. From one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation, this miracle of a novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land & mdash;the rich but unforgiving forests, swamps, and rivers of the American South. Let Us Descend is Jesmyn Ward & rsquo;s most magnificent novel yet, a masterwork for the ages.
A Gentleman In Moscow: A Novel
The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers, soon to be a Showtime/Paramount series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander RostovFrom the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Rules of Civility, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotelIn 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel & rsquo;s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count & rsquo;s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.
Losing The Plot
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 DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2023'A highly enigmatic, affectionate and robustly written portrayal of a mother-son relationship . . . very relatable' Diana EvansDriven by a deep-seated desire to understand his mother's life before he was born, Derek Owusu offers a powerful imagining of her journey. As she moves from Ghana to the UK and navigates parenthood in a strange and often lonely environment, the effects of her displacement are felt across generations.Told through the eyes of both mother and son, Losing the Plot is at once emotionally raw and playful as Owusu experiments with form to piece together the immigrant experience and explore how the stories we share and tell ourselves are just as vital as the ones we don't.
Losing The Plot
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Tall Tales
A collection of fourteen short stories that touch the heart and the ribs....
Tall Tales is a collection of short stories. The stories cover a diverse spectrum of experiences with emphasis on dark humor and exaggerations.
The first three stories(Query, Jekyll and Hyde and Monthly performance review)are based on the experiences of a single character, a bank worker named Bright as he carries out his daily duties.
Electric pole details the harrowing experience of a gentleman named Ben as he goes to work one morning only to discover that he couldn't pay for his transport fare. This story highlights the bizarre ways life is lived and lost in contemporary Nigeria.
Chronic hunger is about the irony of life through the eyes of a starving 13 year old.
New Money paints a picture of a dysfunctional society that blindly lusts after wealth regardless of its source.
Child Abuse details a typical day in the life of a house girl but with a twist in the end.
Sanitation day is a satire of sorts. People have become one with filth with disastrous consequences.
In The dream, the protagonist has a vivid dream about an eccentric spinster and her mango tree.
Just a little robbery is about three boys who decide to rob a mall, only for one of them to encounter unwanted consequences.
In The lift, Crystal enters a car ride that rapidly becomes a life and death struggle
When John's car broke down in an unknown terrain, the sight of one lonely house was more than welcome. However,he soon discovers that all is not as it seems in the Half way house.
Mabel's Weight problems are detailed to show that everything bad can get worse.
Farewell Party is set in the far future, when perfection is everything and flaws are not allowed.
Tall Tales
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A Walk In The Night
In the title story, in a Cape Town shantytown called District Six in the 1960s, Michael Adonis has lost his job at a metal sheet factory after an argument with a white supervisor. Illuminating the toxic effects of poverty, police brutality, and violence, the book paints a stark and unforgettable portrait of Adonis's emotional and physical destruction in apartheid South Africa. These works reveal the plight of non-whites in apartheid South Africa, laying bare the lives of the poor and the outcasts who filled the ghettoes and shantytowns. Of French and Malagasy stock, involved in South African politics from an early age, Alex La Guma was arrested for treason with 155 others in 1956 and finally acquitted in 1960. During the State of Emergency following the Sharpeville massacre he was detained for five months. Continuing to write, he endured house arrest and solitary confinement. La Guma left South Africa as a refugee in 1966 and lived in exile in London and Havana. He died in 1986. A Walk in the Night and Other Stories reveals La Guma as one of the most important African writers of his time.
A Walk In The Night
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The Blessed Girl
'The most exciting new heroine I've read in a very long time' KATIE FFORDETHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 SOUTH AFRICAN SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY AWARDSYoung, beautiful and ambitious, Bontle Tau has Johannesburg wrapped around her finger. Her generous admirers are falling over themselves to pay for her Mercedes, her penthouse, and her Instagrammable holidays. It's her duty to look fabulous & ndash; after all, people didn't sacrifice their lives in the freedom struggle for black women to wear the same cheap T-shirts they wore during apartheid.Bontle's come a long way, and it hasn't been easy. Her shrink keeps wanted to talk about a past she's put firmly behind her. And what she doesn't think about can't hurt her, can it?Blessed adj. [pronounced bles-id]The state of being blessed, often referring to a person, usually female, who lives a luxurious lifestyle funded by an older, often married partner, in return for sexual favours.
The Blessed Girl
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With Love Miss Americanah
With Love, Miss Americanah the Young Adult contemporary romance debut from Jane Igharo sees a teenager move from Nigeria to America and navigate her senior year with the help of classic teen movies and a new crush, all while working through grief and the rigid expectations of her mother.17 year old Enore Adesuwa doesn & rsquo;t dive into things, she walks in carefully. So when she, her mother, and her sister move from Nigeria to America shortly after her father & rsquo;s death, she wants to be extremely prepared before attending an American high school. Her cousin, Adrian, doesn & rsquo;t have time to explain the ins and outs to her but, luckily, he recommends the perfect research tool: teen movies.Still dealing with grief but armed with a set of rules of survival gathered from these movies (including the crucial rule of keeping a low profile), Enore is ready for her senior year. But when she meets Davi Santiago, it may be much harder than she thought to keep to her rules. Because not only is he super thoughtful (and okay, very good looking), he constantly encourages her to share her incredible singing talent. Enore prefers the background but it just might be time for her to take center stage, even in spite of her mother & rsquo;s strict expectations.Maybe it would be easier to follow all the rules, the ones Enore set for herself and the ones her mom imposes, but as every teen movie has taught her, a coming of age is nothing without a little rebellion. And with help from her crush, her sister, and some new friends who don & rsquo;t quite fit the roles she expects them to play, Enore & rsquo;s senior year might indeed be cinematic.
With Love Miss Americanah
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The Prodigal Daughter
& ldquo;A page-turner. & rdquo; The Washington PostHER FUTURE IS AMBITION.With a will of steel, Polish immigrant Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel & rsquo;s daughter. She shares with her father a love of America, his ideals, and his dream for the future. But she wants more: to be the first female president.HIS FUTURE IS WEALTH.Golden boy Richard Kane was born into a life of luxury. The scion of a banking magnate he is successful, handsome, and determined to carve his own path in the world with the woman he loves.BUT THEIR PAST HOLDS A SECRET & hellip;With Florentyna & rsquo;s ultimate goal only a heartbeat away, both are about to discover the shattering price of power as a titanic battle of betrayal and deception reaches out from the past a blood feud between two generations that threatens to destroy everything Florentyna and Richard have fought to achieve. & ldquo;Archer is a master entertainer. & rdquo;Time
The Prodigal Daughter
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Washington Black: A Novel
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR & bull; MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST & bull; & ldquo;A gripping historical narrative exploring both the bounds of slavery and what it means to be truly free. & rdquo; & mdash;Vanity FairEleven-year-old George Washington Black & mdash;or Wash & mdash;a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master & rsquo;s brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning, and where two people, separated by an impossible divide, can begin to see each other as human. But when a man is killed and a bounty is placed on Wash & rsquo;s head, they must abandon everything and flee together. Over the course of their travels, what brings Wash and Christopher together will tear them apart, propelling Wash ever farther across the globe in search of his true self. Spanning the Caribbean to the frozen Far North, London to Morocco, Washington Black is a story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, and of a world destroyed and made whole again.
Washington Black: A Novel
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Lagos Noir
West Africa enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of Nigeria & rsquo;s best-known authors.Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.Brand-new stories by: Chris Abani, Nnedi Okorafor, E.C. Osondu, Jude Dibia, Chika Unigwe, A. Igoni Barrett, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Adebola Rayo, Onyinye Ihezukwu, Uche Okonkwo, Wale Lawal, & lsquo;Pemi Aguda, and Leye Adenle.From & ldquo;What They Did that Night & rdquo; by contributor Jude Dibia:Everything from then on seemed to happen fast, just like life in Lagos & mdash;the real Lagos, not the make-believe utopia of these island estates, where rich people & rsquo;s children rode fancy bicycles, played basketball, and had nannies and gatemen. Complete darkness came swiftly. Lagos nights could be unforgiving.From & ldquo;Just Ignore and Try to Endure & rdquo; by contributor A. Igoni Barrett:For anyone can see that Lagos is a city of rats & mdash;they far outnumber the twenty million human inhabitants. They live in our homes, feed better than we do on our waste, and adapt more quickly to the poisons and anthropogenic microbes wiping us off the earth. Even today no map of Lagos would be complete without a rat & rsquo;s-eye view of the garbage landfills and trash-choked canals, the mechanic workshops bursting with metallic skeletons dusted in rust, the polluted subsoil devoid of plant root networks, the crumbling foundations of concrete constructions, the underground labyrinth of household septic tanks leaking sludge into the groundwater. The rotting underbelly of the city we built for the rats.
Lagos Noir
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The Road To The Country - A Novel
& ldquo;A sweeping, heart-racing, mystical novel about a university student in Lagos trying to save his brother, and himself, amid the chaos of Nigeria & rsquo;s civil war & mdash;a story of love, friendship, and personal triumph by the two-time Booker Prize finalist and & ldquo;the heir to Chinua Achebe & rdquo; (New York Times) & ldquo;A wondrous novel. & rdquo; & mdash;Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang All Stars, finalist for the National Book Award & ldquo;Chigozie Obioma is that rare thing: an original. His world is a mix of the real and the folkloric, and his writing sounds like no one else & rsquo;s. & rdquo; & mdash;The Wall Street JournalThe first images of the vision are grainy & mdash;like something seen through wet glass. But slowly it clears, and there appears the figure of a man.Set in Nigeria in the late 1960s, The Road to the Country is the epic story of a shy, bookish student haunted by long-held guilt who must go to war to free himself. When his younger brother disappears as the country explodes in civil war, Kunle must set out on an impossible rescue mission. Kunle & rsquo;s search for his brother becomes a journey of atonement that will see him conscripted into the breakaway Biafran army and forced to fight a war he hardly understands, all while navigating the prophecies of a local Seer, he who marks Kunle as an abami eda & mdash;one who will die and return to life.The story of a young man seeking redemption in a country on fire, Chigozie Obioma & rsquo;s novel is an odyssey of brotherhood, love, and unimaginable courage set during one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of Africa. Intertwining myth and realism into a thrilling, inspired, and emotionally powerful novel, The Road to the Country is the masterpiece of Chigozie Obioma, a writer Salman Rushdie calls & ldquo;a major voice & rdquo; in literature.
Edge Of Here: Stories From Near To Now - ‘perfect For Black Mirror Fans'
Enter a world very close to our own...One in which technology can allow you to explore an alternate love-life with a stranger.A world where you can experience the emotions of another person through a chip implanted in your brain.And one where you can view snippets of a distant relative's life with a little help from your DNA.But remember: these experiences will not be without consequences . . .In this stunning debut collection, Kelechi Okafor combines the ancient and the ultramodern to explore tales of contemporary Black womanhood, asking questions about the way we live now and offering a glimpse into our near future. Uplifting, thought-provoking, sometimes chilling, these are tales rooted in the recognisable, but not limited by the boundaries of our current reality-where truth can meet imagination and spirituality in unexpected ways.Allow yourself to be taken on a journey into worlds that are blazing with possibility, through stories that will lead you right up to the Edge of Here . . .
The Nigerwife: A Novel
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK & ldquo;The perfect beach read & hellip;catapults you into a world that most of us have never seen before & mdash;and will have you glued to every page. & rdquo; & mdash;HuffPost & ldquo;White Lotus meets Big Little Lies & rdquo; (Good Morning America) in this riveting domestic drama about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, and her estranged auntie who will stop at nothing to find her.Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a hand & shy;some husband, a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a troubled family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives & mdash;a com & shy;munity of foreign women married to Nigerian men.But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns up nothing but dead ends, her auntie Claudine decides to take matters into her own hands. Armed with only a cell phone and a plane ticket to Nigeria, she digs into her niece & rsquo;s life and uncov & shy;ers a hidden side filled with dark secrets, isolation, and even violence. But the more she discovers about Nicole, the more Claudine & rsquo;s own buried history threatens to come to light.An inventively told and keenly observant debut novel, The Nigerwife offers a razor-sharp look at the bonds of family, the echoing consequences of secrets, and whether we can ever truly outrun our past.
The Nigerwife: A Novel
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Of Love And Other Demons
On her twelfth birthday, Sierva Maria & ndash; the only child of a decaying noble family in an eighteenth-century South American seaport & ndash; is bitten by a rabid dog. Believed to be possessed, she is brought to a convent for observation. And into her cell stumbles Father Cayetano Delaura, who has already dreamed about a girl with hair trailing after her like a bridal train. As he tends to her with holy water and sacramental oils, Delaura feels something shocking begin to occur. He has fallen in love & ndash; and it is not long until Sierva Maria joins him in his fevered misery. Unsettling and indelible, Of Love and Other Demons is an evocative, majestic tale of the most universal experiences known to woman and man.
Of Love And Other Demons
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Waiting For An Angel - A Novel
"Habila's fictionalization...reveals the true casualties of oppression better than any news or history." Library Journal
Lomba is a young journalist living under military rule in Lagos, Nigeria, the most dangerous city in the world. His mind is full of soul music and girls and the lyric novel he is writing. But his roommate is brutally attacked by soldiers; his first love is forced to marry a wealthy old man; and his neighbors on Poverty Street are planning a demonstration that is bound to incite riot and arrests. Lomba can no longer bury his head in the sand.Helon Habila's vivid, exciting, and heart-wrenching debut opens a window onto a world in some ways familiar with its sensuously depicted streets, student life, and vibrant local characters yet ruled by one of the world's most corrupt and oppressive regimes, a scandal that ultimately drives Lomba to take a risk in the name of something greater than himself. Habila captures the energy, sensitivity, despair, and stubborn hope of a new African generation with a combination of gritty realism and poetic beauty. Winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing 2001. Reading group guide included.
Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad Paperback
& lsquo;Nearly All the Men in Lagos are Mad & rsquo; is a collection of twelve short stories featuring characters with unique voices and stories that represent the diverse class, gender and ethnic melting pot that is Lagos.
There & rsquo;s a story of a young lady who tries to find her oyibo soulmate on the streets of Lagos; another of a pastor & rsquo;s wife who defends her husband from an allegation of adultery; a wife takes a knife to her husband & rsquo;s penis; a night of lust between a rising musician and his Instagram baddie takes an unexpected turn.
From Ikorodu to Yaba, Ilupeju to Victoria Island, the book underscores with wit, humour, wisdom and sensitivity, the perils of trying to find lasting love and companionship in Africa & rsquo;s most notorious city that will prove universal and illuminating. & ldquo;Witty and utterly enjoyable! At the heart of every story is a juicy scandal waiting to unfold. This is definitely the best of Lagos situationships in three hundred pages. & rdquo;
Publisher & rlm; : & lrm; Masobe Books (October 25, 2021)Language & rlm; : & lrm; EnglishPaperback & rlm; : & lrm; 254 pagesISBN-10 & rlm; : & lrm; 9789907192ISBN-13 & rlm; : & lrm; 978-9789907199Dimensions & rlm; : & lrm; 5.25 x 0.64 x 8 inches
The Wind Knows My Name
NATIONAL BESTSELLER & bull; & ldquo;The lives of a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Europe and a mother and daughter fleeing twenty-first-century El Salvador intersect in this ambitious, intricate novel about war and immigration & rdquo; (People), from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea and Violeta & ldquo;Allende & rsquo;s storytelling walks a lyrical romanticism on roads imposed by social and political turmoil. & rdquo; & mdash;NPRVienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht & mdash;the night his family loses everything. As her child & rsquo;s safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel & rsquo;s mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin.Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita D & iacute;az and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Dur & aacute;n, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita & rsquo;s mother.Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers & mdash;and never stop dreaming.
The Wind Knows My Name
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How To Stop Time
& ldquo;A quirky romcom dusted with philosophical observations & hellip;.A delightfully witty & hellip;poignant novel. & rdquo; & mdash;The Washington Post & ldquo;She smiled a soft, troubled smile and I felt the whole world slipping away, and I wanted to slip with it, to go wherever she was going & hellip; I had existed whole years without her, but that was all it had been. An existence. A book with no words. & rdquo;Tom Hazard has just moved back to London, his old home, to settle down and become a high school history teacher. And on his first day at school, he meets a captivating French teacher at his school who seems fascinated by him. But Tom has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history--performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life.Unfortunately for Tom, the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: Never fall in love. As painful memories of his past and the erratic behavior of the Society's watchful leader threaten to derail his new life and romance, the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him. Tom will have to decide once and for all whether to remain stuck in the past, or finally begin living in the present.How to Stop Time tells a love story across the ages & mdash;and for the ages & mdash;about a man lost in time, the woman who could save him, and the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live. It is a bighearted, wildly original novel about losing and finding yourself, the inevitability of change, and how with enough time to learn, we just might find happiness. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
How To Stop Time
₦ 23,760.00
₦ 24,000.00
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Good Intentions: A Novel
"Absorbing, compelling, and beautifully written. Its ending brought me close to tears." Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The FlatshareFor fans of The Big Sick and Nick Hornby a magnetic debut novel about a young man who has hidden a romance from his parents, unable to choose between familial obligation and the future he truly wants.If love really is a choice, how do you decide where your loyalties lie?It & rsquo;s the countdown to the New Year, and Nur is steeling himself to tell his parents that he & rsquo;s seeing someone. A young British Pakistani man, Nur has spent years omitting details about his personal life to maintain his image as the golden child. And it & rsquo;s come at a cost.Once, Nur was a restless college student, struggling to fit in. At a party, he meets Yasmina, a beautiful and self-possessed aspiring journalist. They start a conversation first awkward, then absorbing. And as their relationship develops, so too does Nur & rsquo;s self destruction. He falls deeper into traps of his own making, attempting to please both Yasmina and his family until he must finally reveal the truth: Yasmina is Black, and he loves her.Deftly transporting readers between that first night and the years beyond, Kasim Ali's Good Intentions exposes with unblinking authenticity the complexities of immigrant families and racial prejudice. It is a crackling, wryly clever depiction of standing on the precipice of adulthood, piecing together who it is you & rsquo;re meant to be.
Good Intentions: A Novel
₦ 21,780.00
₦ 22,000.00
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Maitama Linen: The Scandalous Lives Of Abuja Elites
Kemi, a mechanic, walks right into the seemingly lifeless body of Aisha Bashir as she opens her workshop on a rainy November morning. With a gunshot wound to the head and at the brink of death, Aisha lays still as she recounts all the salient moments that led her there. From meeting Zeebaby to her emancipation as the 'new girl', she would never have thought she would be holding on to her dear life on the floor of a mechanic & rsquo;s workshop.
While Aisha grapples with life, a whole world of chaos has befallen the once sleepy hills of Maitama. Like Beverly Hills, Maitama is the playground of the rich and powerful. Nestled on the hills of Nigeria & rsquo;s capital, Abuja, she knows many secrets and could tell many tales of the scandalous elite who call her home.
Salma, a Maitama trophy wife with a secret, inexplicably finds herself at the centre of an international drug ring after meeting a dashing young Turk - Altin. Her husband Tanko Danlami, a prominent businessman with a secret life of his own would set in motion a series of events which intersects their lives in dangerous and exciting ways.
Maitama Linen tells a story that unravels and then entangles the lives of numerous characters, and while these stories are unique to these characters, there is a common scandalous thread unifying them all. At its core, the book exposes the hypocrisies that typically underly the deeply held cultural, ethnic and religious norms and values upheld by the masses but often decimated by the elite.
- Ohimai Oyeleke ( Editor & Friend of Author)
Homegoing
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER & bull; WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE & bull; WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION & bull; Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery.One of Oprah & rsquo;s Best Books of the Year, Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi & rsquo;s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery & rsquo;s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed & mdash;and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
Homegoing
₦ 18,810.00
₦ 19,000.00
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Daughters Who Walk This Path
SPIRITED AND INTELLIGENT, MORAYO grows up surrounded by school friends and family in busy, modern-day Ibadan. An adoring little sister, their traditional parents, and a host of aunties and cousins make Morayo & rsquo;s home their own. So there & rsquo;s nothing unusual about her charming but troubled cousin Bros T moving in with the family. At first Morayo and her sister are delighted, but in her innocence, nothing prepares Morayo for the shameful secret Bros T forces upon her.Thrust into a web of oppressive silence woven by the adults around her, Morayo must learn to protect herself and her sister from a legacy of silence shared by the women in her family. Only her Aunt Morenike provides Morayo with a safe home and a sense of female community that sustains her as she develops into a young woman in bustling, politically charged, often violent Nigeria.
Daughters Who Walk This Path
₦ 24,750.00
₦ 25,000.00
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In Such Tremendous Heat
The Read with Jenna Today Book Club Pick'I couldn't put it down' Alice Clark-Platts'Slick, agile, and utterly engrossing' Taiye SelasiBasking in Singapore's non-stop sunshine, low tax rate and crocodile Birkins on every other arm, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian are living the dream - until their carefully constructed lives are upended by a handsome and mysterious new arrival . . .Dara, a workaholic lawyer, is on the brink of partnership at her firm when Lani, a new hire from Geneva, is assigned to work on what should have been her career-making case.Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker, is in the midst of a painful family breakdown. An instant attraction to Lani, despite her lovely boyfriend, jeopardizes her last shred of stability.Lillian, a piano-prodigy-turned-housewife, is desperately trying to remain in Singapore after her marriage comes to a messy end. A chance encounter with Lani-a man who is inexplicably, impossibly, the spitting image of her late father-triggers a grief she's spent a lifetime suppressing.Forced to confront the ghosts of their pasts, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian soon learn that unfinished history can follow you anywhere - even to Singapore
In Such Tremendous Heat
₦ 25,740.00
₦ 26,000.00
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The Lagos Wife
& lsquo;The story is juicy, the detail about Lagos life is rich - I gobbled it all up & rsquo; PANDORA SYKES, Books and Bits
'I was hooked right through to the shocking end' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'An excellent read' GUARDIAN'Big Little Lies meets The White Lotus' GOOD MORNING AMERICA'Beautifully written, immersive, thought-provoking' MARIAN KEYES'A gripping mystery, a portrait of an exhilarating but perilous city and a nuanced examination of clashing cultures' FINANCIAL TIMES'Obsessed' KERRY WASHINGTON'A shimmering success' DIANA EVANSTHE PERFECT WIFE. THE PERFECT MURDER.Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of Lagos and a glamorous group of friends. She left London and a troubled family past behind to become part of a community of expat wives.But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns up nothing but dead ends, her aunt Claudine flies to Nigeria to take matters into her own hands. As she digs into her niece's life, she uncovers a hidden truth. But the more she finds out about Nicole, the more Claudine's own buried history threatens to come to light.
The Lagos Wife
₦ 23,760.00
₦ 24,000.00
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Gasp: The Aftermath Of War
A trio of teenage girls, Imabong Nyang, Tonye Femeiya and Ivie Udi, are casualties of the Warri Crisis of 1997.All three were close friends and classmates who lived in the same neighbourhood at Lower Erejuwa in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.Calamity struck when the crisis heightened in 1997, which took a toll on their families, with each of them losing a blood relative in the most disheartening way.They reconnect twenty-two years later, in the most awkward circumstances, each nursing the scar from the wounds the crisis inflicted on them.The story begins with the scene of Mr Femeiya & rsquo;s butcher in the presence of his only child; Tonye Femeiya at the school of the trio where he went to rescue them, the subsequent separation that occurred as a result of the killings of members of each of their families and then cascades down to Imabong Nyang, now 37, who woke up to a nightmare that recaptured her past during the crisis. That same day she reconnects with Tonye Femeiya at the hospital where she works as a neurosurgeon, and days later, she reconnects with Ivie Udi in another situation.The writing captures the trio & rsquo;s life journey from their teenage days to their present day. It shows their love lives, career and family life, detailing how each casualty was able to navigate the difficult hurdles of life while nursing the wound they each sustained from the 1997 crisis.The story tends to portray that the damages occasioned by war/violence impacts negatively on its victims and decades after its end, these victims still battle with the demons the war gifted to them.
Gasp: The Aftermath Of War
₦ 19,799.00
₦ 19,999.00
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Now You See Us: A Novel
Crazy Rich Asians meets The Help!From Reese & rsquo;s Book Club veteran Balli Kaur Jaswal comes a wildly entertaining and sharply observed story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore & rsquo;s elite, and band together to solve a murder mystery involving one of their own.
& ldquo;Tender and heartfelt, Now You See us also manages to be laugh-out-loud funny. An uplifting story of courage and hope that will keep you enthralled until the very last page. & rdquo; & mdash;Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee
"A truly irresistible read. Intricately plotted, propulsive, and provocative, NOW YOU SEE US showcases an author at the peak of her talents."--Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit
Corazon, Donita, and Angel are Filipina domestic workers & mdash;part of the wave of women sent to Singapore to be cleaners, maids, and caregivers.
Corazon: A veteran domestic worker, Cora had retired back to the Philippines for good, but she has returned to Singapore under mysterious circumstances. Now she & rsquo;s keeping a secret from her wealthy employer, who is planning an extravagant wedding for her socialite daughter.
Donita: Barely out of her teens, this is Donita & rsquo;s first time in Singapore, and she & rsquo;s had the bad luck to be hired by the notoriously fussy Mrs. Fann. Brazen and exuberant, Donita & rsquo;s thrown herself into a love affair with an Indian migrant worker.
Angel: Working as an in-home caregiver for an elderly employer, Angel is feeling blue after a recent breakup with the woman she loves. She & rsquo;s alarmed when her employer & rsquo;s son suddenly brings in a new nurse who may be a valuable ally...or meant to replace her.
Then an explosive news story shatters Singapore & rsquo;s famous tranquility & mdash;and sends a chill down the spine of every domestic worker. Flordeliza Martinez, a Filipina maid, has been arrested for murdering her female employer. The three women don & rsquo;t know the accused well, but she could be any of them; every worker knows stories of women who were scapegoated or even executed for crimes they didn & rsquo;t commit.
Shocked into action, Donita, Corazon, and Angel will use their considerable moxie and insight to piece together the mystery of what really happened on the day Flordeliza & rsquo;s employer was murdered. After all, no one knows the secrets of Singapore & rsquo;s families like the women who work in their homes & hellip;
Now You See Us: A Novel
₦ 20,790.00
₦ 21,000.00
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Saro
On a visit to the coast of Marina, Lagos, Siwoolu and his young family are lured by a traitor to a grand merchant ship where they are captured by slaveholders masquerading as traders. On the way to the new world, they are rescued by abolitionists on a British naval ship and sent to Freetown, a haven for freed slaves.They settle in their new home, grow their family, and become successful merchants, trading goods between Freetown and Eko. Dotunu, Siwoolu & rsquo;s wife, falls in love with another man and is caught in a love triangle. But their lives are upended again when they hear that the kingdom has selected the traitor as king. Siwoolu, content with his new life, yet fearful of a curse that lurks in the shadows, refuses to return, but Dotunu is determined to keep the traitor from the throne. She turns to their son, Osolu, who is running from his own demons, to seize the throne that is rightfully theirs.Saro is a multigenerational tale of betrayal and restitution, love and war, inspired by true events that will take the reader from the rocky terrain of Abeokuta and the burgeoning city of Lagos to the lion mountains of Freetown and Hastings of Sierra Leone from the 183os to the 1850s.
Saro
₦ 13,860.00
₦ 14,000.00
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A House For Alice - From The Women's Prize Shortlisted Author Of Ordinary People
'Heart and humour in abundance . . . Full of sex, love, loss and pool parties' The TimesAfter fifty years in London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land of her birth. Her children are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their father's death, the imagined stability of the family begins to fray.Meanwhile youngest daughter Melissa has never let go of a love she lost, and Michael in return, now married to Nicole, is haunted by the failed perfection of the past. As Alice's final decision draws closer, all that is hidden between them rises to the surface . . .Set against the shadows of a city and a country in turmoil, Diana Evans's ordinary people confront fundamental questions. How should we raise our children? How to do right by our parents? And how, in the midst of everything, can we satisfy ourselves?*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023*'A gorgeous novel from one of our most outstanding writers' Bernardine Evaristo'Diana Evans is fast proving herself a novelist to rank alongside Anne Tyler' Daily Mail'A warm but devastating narrative... Like any Evans novel, it is unputdownable'Harper's Bazaar
Sands Of The Sahel: A Novel
Sands of the Sahel blends 16th century history and fiction to tell an intriguing tale of the Borno Empire during the Sayfawa dynasty of the Mais, at a time when its economic and political dominance in Central Sudan was threatened by the rise of the Kwararafa nation from the Gongola Valley.Amidst an assassination attempt on the Mai and increasing threats from the Kwararafa nation, the Queen Mother tries to protect her son, while Kwararafa forms an alliance to break Borno & rsquo;s hegemony. Princess Laila struggles between her desire to love Abba and respect Borno & rsquo;s cultural prejudices.Will the Empire survive the onslaught?
Sands Of The Sahel: A Novel
₦ 25,740.00
₦ 26,000.00
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Here Comes The Sun: A Novel
A New York Times Notable Book of the YearWinner of the LAMBDA Literary Award for Lesbian FictionNamed a Best Book of 2016 by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Bustle, San Francisco Chronicle, The Root, BookRiot, Kirkus Reviews, NYLON, Amazon, WBUR's "On Point", the Barnes & Noble Review, and Amazon (Fiction & Literature)Finalist for the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award and the Center for Fiction's First Novel PrizeSelected for the Grand Prix Litteraire of the Association of Caribbean WritersLonglisted for the ALA Over the Rainbow AwardLonglisted for the Dublin Literary Award
In this radiant, highly anticipated debut, a cast of unforgettable women battle for independence while a maelstrom of change threatens their Jamaican village.
Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis- Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. Taught as a girl to trade her sexuality for survival, Margot is ruthlessly determined to shield Thandi from the same fate. When plans for a new hotel threaten their village, Margot sees not only an opportunity for her own financial independence but also perhaps a chance to admit a shocking secret: her forbidden love for another woman. As they face the impending destruction of their community, each woman fighting to balance the burdens she shoulders with the freedom she craves must confront long-hidden scars. From a much-heralded new writer, Here Comes the Sun offers a dramatic glimpse into a vibrant, passionate world most outsiders see simply as paradise.
Here Comes The Sun: A Novel
₦ 19,799.00
₦ 19,999.00
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Welcome To The Hyunam-dong Bookshop: A Novel
The Korean smash hit available for the first time in English, a slice-of-life novel for readers of Matt Haig's The Midnight Library and Gabrielle Zevin's The Storied Life of AJ Fikry.Yeongju is burned out. With her high- & shy;flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, she knows she should feel successful, but all she feels is drained. Yet an abandoned dream nags at her, and in a leap of faith, she leaves her old life behind. Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeongju moves to a small residential neighborhood outside the city, where she opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop.For the first few months, all Yeongju does is cry, deterring visitors. But the long hours in the shop give her time to mull over what makes a good bookseller and store, and as she starts to read hungrily, host author events, and develop her own bookselling philosophy, she begins to ease into her new setting. Surrounded by friends, writers, and the books that connect them all, she finds her new story as the Hyunam-dong Bookshop transforms into an inviting space for lost souls to rest, heal, and remember that it's never too late to scrap the plot and start again.
Paradise: By The Winner Of The Nobel Prize In Literature 2021
From the Nobel Prize winner, a coming-of-age story that illuminates the harshness and beauty of an Africa on the brink of colonization"[Gurnah & rsquo;s novels] recoil from stereotypical descriptions and open our gaze to a culturally diversified East Africa unfamiliar to many in other parts of the world." & mdash;Nobel Committee for Literature at the Swedish AcademyShortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award, Paradise was characterized by the Nobel Prize committee as Abdulrazak Gurnah & rsquo;s & ldquo;breakthrough & rdquo; work. It is at once the chronicle of an African boy & rsquo;s coming-of-age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism.
Sold by his father in repayment of a debt, twelve-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into complexities of pre-colonial urban East Africa. Through Yusuf & rsquo;s eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and the universal trials of adolescence. The result is what Publishers Weekly calls a & ldquo;vibrant & rdquo; and & ldquo;powerful & rdquo; work that & ldquo;evokes the Edenic natural beauty of a continent on the verge of full-scale imperialist takeover. & rdquo;
Butter Honey Pig Bread
Finalist, Lambda Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award, and Amazon Canada First Novel Award; Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller PrizeSpanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her twin daughters, Kehinde and Taiye. Kambirinachi believes that she is an Ogbanje, or an Abiku, a non-human spirit that plagues a family with misfortune by being born and then dying in childhood to cause a human mother misery. She has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family but lives in fear of the consequences of her decision.Kambirinachi and her two daughters become estranged from one another because of a trauma that Kehinde experiences in childhood, which leads her to move away and cut off all contact. She ultimately finds her path as an artist and seeks to raise a family of her own, despite her fear that she won & rsquo;t be a good mother. Meanwhile, Taiye is plagued by guilt for what her sister suffered and also runs away, attempting to fill the void of that lost relationship with casual flings with women. She eventually discovers a way out of her stifling loneliness through a passion for food and cooking.But now, after more than a decade of living apart, Taiye and Kehinde have returned home to Lagos. It is here that the three women must face each other and address the wounds of the past if they are to reconcile and move forward.For readers of African diasporic authors such as Teju Cole and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Butter Honey Pig Bread is a story of choices and their consequences, of motherhood, of the malleable line between the spirit and the mind, of finding new homes and mending old ones, of voracious appetites, of queer love, of friendship, faith, and above all, family.
Butter Honey Pig Bread
₦ 29,700.00
₦ 30,000.00
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When The Sky Is Ready - The Stars Will Appear By E.c Osondu
& ldquo;When The Sky Is Ready The Stars Will Appear & rdquo; is really a story about a journey. The ambition of the unnamed narrator is jolted awake when Bros, a mysterious drifter, returns from Rome to his home town, Gulu Station, with enough gifts and wealth to (even) refurbish his father & rsquo;s house and animate the air in Gulu Station. By delivering Bros & rsquo;s Love notes to his Love interest, Miss Koi Koi, a class teacher, he inevitably gets acquainted with Bros. Few days before his departure to Rome, Bros gifts him a map with which he could use to illegally navigate his way to Rome, promising to give him a warm welcome whenever he arrives. Excited about the whole prospect of travelling to Rome and returning to Gulu Station with just as much wealth as Bros & rsquo;s, he tells his mother, Nene, about it.
The Teller Of Secrets: A Novel
& ldquo;Bisi Adjapon writes with incredible vividness and clarity. Her similes and attention to all of the senses are really extraordinary. & rdquo; & mdash;Dave Eggers, author of The Monk of Mokha
& ldquo;Melding blistering humor with razor-sharp insight, The Teller of Secrets heralds a marvel of a writer, one capable of deftly balancing questions of sexuality, politics, and feminism in a novel that is a pure joy to read. & rdquo; & mdash;Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King, Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize
In this stunning debut novel & mdash;a tale of self-discovery and feminist awakening & mdash;a feisty Nigerian-Ghanaian girl growing up amid the political upheaval of late 1960s postcolonial Ghana begins to question the hypocrisy of her patriarchal society, and the restrictions and unrealistic expectations placed on women.
Young Esi Agyekum is the unofficial & ldquo;secret keeper & rdquo; of her family, as tight-lipped about her father's adultery as she is about her half-sisters & rsquo; sex lives. But after she is humiliated and punished for her own sexual exploration, Esi begins to question why women's secrets and men's secrets bear different consequences. It is the beginning of a journey of discovery that will lead her to unexpected places.
As she navigates her burgeoning womanhood, Esi tries to reconcile her own ideals and dreams with her family & rsquo;s complicated past and troubled present, as well as society & rsquo;s many double standards that limit her and other women. Against a fraught political climate, Esi fights to carve out her own identity, and learns to manifest her power in surprising and inspiring ways.
Funny, fresh, and fiercely original, The Teller of Secrets marks the American debut of one of West Africa's most exciting literary talents.
Born On A Tuesday - A Novel
From two-time Caine Prize finalist Elnathan John, a dynamic young voice from Nigeria, Born on a Tuesday is a stirring, starkly rendered first novel about a young boy struggling to find his place in a society that is fracturing along religious and political lines.In far northwestern Nigeria, Dantala lives among a gang of street boys who sleep under a kuka tree. During the election, the boys are paid by the Small Party to cause trouble. When their attempt to burn down the opposition & rsquo;s local headquarters ends in disaster, Dantala must run for his life, leaving his best friend behind. He makes his way to a mosque that provides him with food, shelter, and guidance. With his quick aptitude and modest nature, Dantala becomes a favored apprentice to the mosque & rsquo;s sheikh. Before long, he is faced with a terrible conflict of loyalties, as one of the sheikh & rsquo;s closest advisors begins to raise his own radical movement. When bloodshed erupts in the city around him, Dantala must decide what kind of Muslim & mdash;and what kind of man & mdash;he wants to be. Told in Dantala & rsquo;s na & iuml;ve, searching voice, this astonishing debut explores the ways in which young men are seduced by religious fundamentalism and violence.
Born On A Tuesday - A Novel
₦ 20,790.00
₦ 21,000.00
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Voice Of America: Stories
& ldquo;E.C. Osondu is a man with a clear head and a great ear, writing from crucial places. & rdquo; & mdash;Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom and The Corrections
& ldquo;With observant wonder and subtle humor, [Osondu] portrays & hellip;our unique capacity for hope and hopelessness rolled together. & rdquo; & mdash;Mary Gaitskill, author of Bad Behavior and Veronica
This collection of vivid, compulsively readable stories marks the debut of Nigerian author E.C. Osondu, winner of the 2009 Caine Prize for African Writing. In the tradition of Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee, and Chinua Achebe (all patrons of the Caine Prize), Osondu & rsquo;s stories are wise, soul-stirring, and deeply compelling. In electrifying prose, he articulate the struggles of Nigerian immigrants in America, and refugees, villagers, and ex-patriots in Africa. Voice of America marks the beginning for a brave and remarkable new voice in African Literature.
Voice Of America: Stories
₦ 19,701.00
₦ 19,900.00
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The Sun Is Also A Star
The #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist from the bestselling author of Everything, Everything will have you falling in love with Natasha and Daniel as they fall in love with each other.Natasha: I & rsquo;m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I & rsquo;m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won & rsquo;t be my story.Daniel: I & rsquo;ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents & rsquo; high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store & mdash;for both of us.The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true? ***"Beautifully crafted."--People Magazine"A book that is very much about the many factors that affect falling in love, as much as it is about the very act itself . . . fans of Yoon & rsquo;s first novel, Everything Everything, will find much to love & mdash;if not, more & mdash;in what is easily an even stronger follow up." & mdash;Entertainment Weekly"Transcends the limits of YA as a human story about falling in love and seeking out our futures." & mdash;POPSUGAR.com
The Sun Is Also A Star
₦ 21,780.00
₦ 22,000.00
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Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow
From the bestselling author of Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad, and 'queen of the banging book title' comes a powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgemental aunties, and Brazilian butt lifts.Fresh out of university, 20-year-old T & eacute;m & igrave; has a clear plan for her future: she is going to surgically enlarge her backside like all the other Nigerian women, move from Ile-Ife to Lagos, and meet a man who will love her senseless. When she finally finds the courage to tell her mother, older sister, and aunties, at the funeral of her beloved father, her announcement causes an uproar - because in Nigerian families, none of your business is private. Not even if it & rsquo;s about your bumbum.But as each of the other women try to cure T & eacute;m & igrave; of what they consider to be insanity, the long-buried secrets that bind and separate them are spilled in the process. In the end, it seems like T & eacute;m & igrave; might be the sanest one sha & hellip;In Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow, Damilare Kuku brings her signature humour, boldness, and compassion to each member of this loveable but exasperating family, whose lives reveal the ways in which a woman & rsquo;s physical appearance can dictate her life and relationships and showing just how sharp the double-edged sword of beauty can be.Praise for Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow:'Damilare Kuku, queen of the banging book title, knows how complicated it is to be a Nigerian woman. This book explores themes weightier than any BBL but never preaches. Kuku made me giggle and gasp. I loved it' Nikki May, author of Wahala and This Motherless Land'In her latest work Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow, Kuku paints a vibrant intergenerational portrait of the female condition in Nigeria... Funny, fierce, and heartfelt!' Chioma Okereke, author of Bitter Leaf & Water Baby & lsquo;Both tender and hilarious, Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow addresses the impossible decisions that women in patriarchal societies have to make. Damilare Kuku is an enthralling storyteller, handling the boisterous harmony of this multigenerational cast of female characters with compassion and flair & rsquo; Jendella Benson, author of Hope & Glory
Children Of Blood And Bone
Instant New York Times BestsellerTIME Top 100 Fantasy Books of All TimeTIME Best YA Books of All TimeTIME 100: Most Influential People of 2020New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2018TIME Top 10 Best YA and Children's Books of 2018NPR's Book Concierge 2018 Great Reads ListBuzzfeed's 24 Best YA Books of 2018Bustle's Top 25 Best Young Adults Books of 20182018 Kirkus Prize FinalistYALSA William C. Morris YA Debut Award FinalistPaste Magazine & rsquo;s 30 Best YA Novels of 2018Newsweek & rsquo;s 61 Best Books from 2018Boston Globe & rsquo;s Best Children's Books of 2018Publishers Weekly Best YA Books of 2018School Library Journal Best Books of 20182019 YALSA Teen's Top Ten List
With five starred reviews, Tomi Adeyemi & rsquo;s West African-inspired fantasy debut, and instant #1 New York Times Bestseller, conjures a world of magic and danger, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir.
They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Z & eacute;lie Adebola remembers when the soil of Or & iuml;sha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Z & eacute;lie & rsquo;s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.
But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Z & eacute;lie without a mother and her people without hope.
Now Z & eacute;lie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Z & eacute;lie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.
Danger lurks in Or & iuml;sha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Z & eacute;lie herself as she struggles to control her powers and her growing feelings for an enemy.
Praise for Children of Blood and Bone
"A phenomenon." Entertainment Weekly
& ldquo;The epic I & rsquo;ve been waiting for. & rdquo; New York Times-bestselling author Marie Lu
& ldquo;You will be changed. You will be ready to rise up and reclaim your own magic! & rdquo; New York Times bestselling author Dhonielle Clayton
& ldquo;The next big thing in literature and film. & rdquo; Ebony
& ldquo;One of the biggest young adult fiction debut book deals of the year. & rdquo; Teen Vogue
This title has Common Core connections.
#1 New York Times bestseller, March 14, 2018
Children Of Blood And Bone
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Leave My Bones In Saskatoon
Seen through the eyes of Owoicho, a television presenter seeking a better life for himself and his family, Leave My Bones in Saskatoon spans two cultures and continents. It is honest, heartfelt and enlightening. The story begins with good news from Owoicho. He cannot wait to tell his family that their permanent residency application to Canada was successful. But while he was in Abuja, happy about this breakthrough, somewhere in the outskirts of Makurdi, a dark and troubling event threatens to torpedoe all the plans he and his wife, Ene had of moving their family to Saskatoon. We also meet Ochanya, the teenage daughter of Owoicho who has to deal with the twin shock of losing close family and the unavoidable transition from girl to adolescence that pitches her against the people that love and care for her the most. With everything Owoicho and Ochanya have to deal with, do they still make it out to Canada as planned and whose bones are in Saskatoon?
Leave My Bones In Saskatoon
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River Spirit
The spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela about an embattled young woman & rsquo;s coming of age during the Mahdist War in 19 century Sudan.
Leila Aboulela, hailed as & ldquo;a versatile prose stylist & rdquo; (New York Times) has also been praised by J.M. Coetzee, Ali Smith, and Ben Okri, among others, for her rich and nuanced novels depicting Islamic spiritual and political life. Her new novel is an enchanting narrative of the years leading up to the British conquest of Sudan in 1898, and a deeply human look at the tensions between Britain and Sudan, Christianity and Islam, colonizer and colonized. In River Spirit, Aboulela gives us the unforgettable story of a people who & mdash;against the odds and for a brief time & mdash;gained independence from foreign rule through their willpower, subterfuge, and sacrifice.
When Akuany and her brother Bol are orphaned in a village raid in South Sudan, they & rsquo;re taken in by a young merchant Yaseen who promises to care for them, a vow that tethers him to Akuany through their adulthood. As a revolutionary leader rises to power - the self-proclaimed Mahdi, prophesied redeemer of Islam - Sudan begins to slip from the grasp of Ottoman rule, and everyone must choose a side. A scholar of the Qur & rsquo;an, Yaseen feels beholden to stand against this false Mahdi, even as his choice splinters his family. Meanwhile, Akuany moves through her young adulthood and across the country alone, sold and traded from house to house, with Yaseen as her inconsistent lifeline. Everything each of them is striving for - love, freedom, safety & ndash; is all on the line in the fight for Sudan.
Through the voices of seven men and women whose fates grow inextricably linked, Aboulela & rsquo;s latest novel illuminates a fraught and bloody reckoning with thehistory of a people caught in the crosshairs of imperialism. River Spirit is a powerful tale of corruption, coming of age, and unshakeable devotion & ndash; to a cause, to one & rsquo;s faith, and to the people who become family.
River Spirit
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Travellers By Helon Habila
'Once I started reading Travellers, I couldn't stop. With power and control, it plunges the reader into a maze of lives that crisscross between Africa and Europe. Refugees and not only refugees hungering for the north, pushing their way through the barriers of waves, human failings and unrealistic dreams.The novel has all the weight of art with the sting of breaking news. I loved it. It is Habila at his best' Leila Aboulela
Poignant and beautifully sculpted, a novel about exile, identity and the many kinds of travellers moving through our modern world - from the Caine Prize-winning author of Oil on Water and Waiting for an Angel
Modern Europe is a melting pot of migrating souls: among them a Nigerian American couple on a prestigious arts fellowship, a transgender film student seeking the freedom of authenticity, a Libyan doctor who lost his wife and child in the waters of the Mediterranean, and a Somalian shopkeeper trying to save his young daughter from forced marriage. And, though the divide between the self-chosen exiles and those who are forced to leave home may feel solid, in reality such boundaries are endlessly shifting and frighteningly soluble.
Moving from a Berlin nightclub to a Sicilian refugee camp to the London apartment of a Malawian poet, Helon Habila evokes a rich mosaic of migrant experiences. And through his characters' interconnecting fates, he traces the extraordinary pilgrimages we all might make in pursuit of home.
Travellers By Helon Habila
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The Covenant Of Water
OPRAH & rsquo;S BOOK CLUB PICK & bull; INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & bull; SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret
& ldquo;One of the best books I & rsquo;ve read in my entire life. It & rsquo;s epic. It & rsquo;s transportive . . . It was unputdownable! & rdquo; Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com
The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years.
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India & rsquo;s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning & mdash;and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala & rsquo;s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl & mdash;and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi & mdash;will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants.
A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.
The Covenant Of Water
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The Book Of Healing: Selected Poetry And Prose
From bestselling author, speaker, and educator Najwa Zebian comes a collectible treasury of her most beloved poetry and prose. Selected by the author and organized by topic, the pieces in this collection address themes such as letting go, understanding self-worth, and stepping into your own power.Perfect for readers looking to overcome pain, heal from trauma, and rebuild a strong sense of self, The Book of Healing contains Najwa & rsquo;s favorite pieces from her three bestselling books Mind Platter, The Nectar of Pain, and Sparks of Phoenix.Beautifully packaged with foil stamping and a ribbon marker, this gift-worthy selection of poems gets straight to the heart of Najwa & rsquo;s message. A keepsake or a broad introduction, The Book of Healing is a worthy companion for anyone looking to cultivate emotional resilience.
Edge Of Here By Kelechi Okafor
Enter a world very close to our own...One in which technology can allow you to explore an alternate love-life with a stranger.A world where you can experience the emotions of another person through a chip implanted in your brain.And one where you can view snippets of a distant relative's life with a little help from your DNA.But remember: these experiences will not be without consequences . . .In this stunning debut collection, Kelechi Okafor combines the ancient and the ultramodern to explore tales of contemporary Black womanhood, asking questions about the way we live now and offering a glimpse into our near future. Uplifting, thought-provoking, sometimes chilling, these are tales rooted in the recognisable, but not limited by the boundaries of our current reality-where truth can meet imagination and spirituality in unexpected ways.Allow yourself to be taken on a journey into worlds that are blazing with possibility, through stories that will lead you right up to the Edge of Here .
The Attic Child: A Novel
A hauntingly powerful and emotionally charged novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity and belonging.Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret.
Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn & rsquo;t bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As the years pass, he desperately clings on to memories of his family in Africa, even as he struggles to remember his mother & rsquo;s face, and sometimes his real name . . .
1974: Lowra, a young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege whose fortunes have now changed, finds herself trapped in the same attic. Searching for a ray of light in the darkness of the attic, Lowra finds under the floorboards an old-fashioned pen, a porcelain doll, a beaded necklace, and a message carved on the wall, written in an unidentifiable language. Providing comfort for her when all hope is lost, these clues will lead her to uncover the secrets of the attic.
The Attic Child: A Novel
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The God Of Good Looks: A Novel
A modern-day Bridget Jones & rsquo;s Diary, this entertaining, warm, and humorous debut novel from award-winning writer Breanne Mc Ivor follows a young Trinidadian woman finding her voice and a new kind of happy ending.
Bianca Bridge has always dreamt of becoming a writer. But Trinidadian society can be unforgiving, and having an affair with a married government official is a sure-fire way to ruin your prospects. So when Obadiah Cortland, a notoriously tyrannical entrepreneur in the island & rsquo;s beauty scene, offers her a job, Bianca accepts, realizing that working on his magazine is the closest to her dreams she & rsquo;ll get.
As Bianca begins to embrace her power and creative voice, she starts to suspect Obadiah is not the elite tyrant he seems. She & rsquo;s right. Born in one of the poorest parts of Trinidad, Obadiah has clawed partway up society & rsquo;s ladder and built his company around his meticulously crafted persona. Now, he & rsquo;s not about to let anyone, especially Bianca, see past his fa & ccedil;ade.
When Bianca & rsquo;s ex-lover threatens everything she & rsquo;s rebuilt, jeopardizing all she & rsquo;s come to love about her new life, she & rsquo;s surprised to find support from the most unlikely ally and, finally, draws the strength to fight back like her mother taught her.
Sharp-witted and fiercely fun, The God of Good Looks alternates between Bianca & rsquo;s diary entries and Obadiah & rsquo;s first-person narrative to portray modern Trinidad & rsquo;s rigid class barriers and the fraught impact of beauty commodification in a patriarchal society. Boisterous, moving, and full of meaty, universally relatable questions, Mc Ivor & rsquo;s sparkling debut is an open-hearted, awakening tale about prejudice and pride, the masks we wear, and what we can become if we dare to take them off.
Of This Our Country - Essays From Some Of Nigeria's Greatest Writers
To define Nigeria is to tell a half truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa & rsquo;s most populous nation through words or images.
Yet here, through personal essays from twenty-four of its writers, a more accurate picture comes into view: one that details the realities and contradictions of patriotism, juxtaposes inherited tradition with the diasporic experience, and explores the power of storytelling and its intrinsic link to Nigeria & rsquo;s history.
Powerful, lyrical and entirely unforgettable, OF THIS OUR COUNTRY weaves together a living portrait of Nigeria, one that is as beautiful as it is complex.
With essays from: Nels Abbey, Ayoobami Adebayo, Yomi Adegoke, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Oyinkan Akande, Ike Anya, Sefi Atta, Bolu Babalola, J K Chukwu, Abi Dare, Inua EllamsChikodili Emelumadu, Caleb Femi, Helon Habila, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Anietie Isong, Okey Ndibe, Chigozie Obioma, Irenosen Okojie, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, Lola Shoneyin, Umar Turaki, Chika Unigwe and Hafsa Zayyan.
& lsquo;So many of these essays put into words things I feel in the fibre of my gut but haven & rsquo;t quite worked out the language for & rsquo; Jendella Benson, author of Hope and Glory
& lsquo;The read I never thought I needed & hellip; moving, funny at times, insightful and so relatable & rsquo; Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, author of Yinka Where is Your Huzband?
Yellowface - A Novel
An instant New York Times bestseller!
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences & hellip; Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn & rsquo;t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R.F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel.
Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena & rsquo;s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.
So when June witnesses Athena & rsquo;s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena & rsquo;s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.
So what if June edits Athena & rsquo;s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn & rsquo;t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That & rsquo;s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.
But June can & rsquo;t get away from Athena & rsquo;s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June & rsquo;s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang & rsquo;s novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable
Yellowface - A Novel
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The Last Gift Of The Master Artists - A Novel
The moment before the world changed and innocence was lost & ndash; Ben Okri's breathtaking novel about life in the time immediately before the arrival of the Atlantic slavers restores the full vibrancy of a lost history to his Nigerian homeland.
Two lovers meet for the first time. One is the son of a king, struggling to find his place in the world, the other is the gifted daughter of a master craftsman from a famous but secretive tribe. The young people meet accidentally, just for a moment, by the river. They vow to meet again. When the girl fails to show up at the arranged time, the prince begins a search for her that takes him into the heart of the secretive tribe, and gives his own enemies the chance they have been hoping for to destroy him.
Mysterious ships are glimpsed, like ghosts, on the horizon, hidden in bays, glanced between trees in the forest. A white wind begins to blow through the world. And with it, things begin to disappear, songs, stories, sculptures, and finally people.
This book was previously published as Starbook in 2008. It has been substantially rewritten. The first reception of the book did not reference the slavery aspects or saw them as allegorical. This re-publishing is a chance to put that right in the light of contemporary acknowledgement of historical and current injustices.
Reviews for Ben Okri:'Ben Okri is that rare thing, a literary and social visionary, a writer for whom all three & ndash; literature, culture and vision & ndash; are profoundly interwoven' Ali Smith'Where fiction's master of enchantments stares down a real horror, and without blinking or flinching, produces a work of beauty, grace and uncommon power' Marlon James
The Fugitives
The Kamanga Kings, a Khartoum jazz band of yesteryear, is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime when a surprise letter arrives inviting them to perform in Washington, D.C. The only problem is . . . the band no longer exists.Rushdy is a disaffected secondary school teacher and the son of an original Kamanga King. Determined to see a life beyond his own home, he sets out to revive the band. Aided by his unreliable best friend, all too soon an unlikely group are on their way, knowing the eyes of their country are on them.As the group moves from the familiarity of Khartoum to the chaos of Donald Trump's America, Jamal Mahjoub weaves a gently humorous and ultimately universal tale of music, belonging and love.
The Fugitives
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Odufa: A Lover's Tale
Othuke took me on an emotional roller- coaster ride. For a debut novel, Mr. Othuke Ominiabohs out did himself and I & rsquo;m sure that in no time, he will be one of the greatest African writers of our generation - Kylie Namuga, UGANDABook DescriptionWhen Anthony Mukoro, a struggling writer and a budding poet, discovers he cannot father a child due to health issues, his whole world comes crashing. Blinded by pain and desperation, he plunges into the reckless life of a pleasure seeking libertine. But everything changes when he meets and falls head over heels in love with Odufa, a beautiful, young undergraduate with a past. Their coming together is fraught with obstacles and challenges that pits them against traditions and stereotyped beliefs. But nothing can keep them apart as they both get entangled in a love affair so intense and powerful it quickly begins to spiral out of control.About The AuthorOthuke Ominiabohs is a writer, poet and dramatist who currently lives in the southern part of Nigeria. He was short listed for the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in 2014. Odufa is his debut novel.
Odufa: A Lover's Tale
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Travelers - A Novel
A startlingly imaginative exploration of the African diaspora in Europe, by one of our most acclaimed international writers.
Award-winning author Helon Habila has been described as "a courageous tale teller with an uncompromising vision & hellip;a major talent" (Rawi Hage). His new novel Travelers is a life changing encounter with those who have been uprooted by war or aspiration, fear or hope.
A Nigerian graduate student who has made his home in America knows what it means to strike out for new shores. When his wife proposes that he accompany her to Berlin, where she has been awarded a prestigious arts fellowship, he has his reservations: & ldquo;I knew every departure is a death, every return a rebirth. Most changes happen unplanned, and they always leave a scar. & rdquo;
In Berlin, Habila & rsquo;s central character finds himself thrown into contact with a community of African immigrants and refugees whose lives previously seemed distant from his own, but to which he is increasingly drawn. The walls between his privileged, secure existence and the stories of these other Africans on the move soon crumble, and his sense of identity begins to dissolve as he finds that he can no longer separate himself from others & rsquo; horrors, or from Africa.
A lean, expansive, heart-rending exploration of loss and of connection, Travelers inscribes unforgettable signposts both unsettling and luminous marking the universal journey in pursuit of love and home.
Travelers - A Novel
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