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Amadi's snowman
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Katia Novet Saint-Lot |
As a young Igbo man, Amadi does not understand why his mother insists he learn to read, since he already knows his numbers and will be a businessman one day, but an older boy teaches him the value of… |
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Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
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Christie Watson |
'Everything changed after Mama found Father lying on top of another woman.' Blessing and her brother Ezikiel adore their larger-than-life father, their glamorous mother and their comfortable life in … |
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Measuring time
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Helon Habila |
Twin brothers growing up in the tiny Nigerian village of Keti, where their lives are dominated by their controlling father, Mamo and LaMamo are separated when LaMamo escapes to pursue his dream of be… |
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An African affair
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Nina Darnton |
After the assassination of a prominent Nigerian politician, New York journalist Lindsay Cameron moves to Lagos to follow a trail of corruption, drug smuggling, and murder. What begins with the most c… |
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A Different Sun
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Elaine Neil Orr |
When Emma Davis reads the words of Isaiah 6:8 in her room at a Georgia women's college, she understands her true calling: to become a missionary. It is a leap of faith that sweeps her away to Africa … |
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Bikes for rent!
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Isaac Olaleye |
Lateef, a poor young boy living in a village in western Nigeria, works hard so he can rent a bicycle and ride with the other boys. |
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Freshwater
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Akwaeke Emezi |
Both a recounting of trauma and its impacts, as well as a retelling of a Nigerian fable. The main character's multiple experiences of trauma are retold and the author unflinchingly explores how they … |
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Akata warrior
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Nnedi Okorafor,Carla Bataller Estruch,Yetide Badaki |
A year ago, Sunny Nwazue, an American-born girl Nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret Leopard Society. As she began to develop her magical powers, Sunny learned that she had been chosen to lead… |
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My sister, the serial killer
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Oyinkan Braithwaite |
"Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. "Femi makes three, you k… |
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Born on a Tuesday
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Elnathan John |
In the far reaches of northwestern Nigeria, Dantala lives among a gang of street boys that are paid by the Small Party to cause trouble during the election. When their attempt to burn down the opposi… |
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Blackass
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A. Igoni Barrett |
"Furo Wariboko wakes on the morning of a job interview to discover he's turned into a white man: red hair, green eyes, pale skin. In this condition he plunges into the bustle of Lagos to make his for… |
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Night Dancer
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Chika Unigwe |
"Mma has just buried her mother, and now she is alone. She has been left everything. But she's also inherited her mother's bad name. A bold, brash woman, the only thing her mother refused to discuss … |
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Streetwise
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Chris Freeman |
"Ex-cop Joseph Soyinka made many enemies fighting corruption but refused to be intimidated - until his wife was killed and his life destroyed. Now he lives with his young son in the anonymous safety … |
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Sauna, secret agent
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Dan Fulani |
A Nigerian boy finds his life in danger when he tries to help a prosperous trader track down the persons responsible for sabotaging his horse racing and tin mining businesses. |
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The quiet evening
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Thacher Hurd |
As night falls, everyone and everything quiets down. |
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The brave African huntress
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Amos Tutuola |
After 18-year-old Adebisi inherits her father's hunting profession, she searches for her four brothers who vanished in the Jungle of the Pygmies before she was born. |
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The Thing Around Your Neck
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as "one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years" (Baltimore Sun… |
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Waiting for an angel
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Helon Habila |
WAITING FOR AN ANGEL marks the debut of one of Africa's most promising new writers.Lomba is a young journalist living under military regime in Lagos, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Hi… |
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The Viceroy of Ouidah
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Bruce Chatwin |
In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed … |
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The African Trilogy (Things Fall Apart / No Longer at Ease / Arrow of God)
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Chinua Achebe |
Contains:
- [Things Fall Apart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL891793W)
- No Longer at Ease
- Arrow of God |
OL891766W |