Cultural Region/West Africa
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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
$20.99 Add to cartSOON TO BE A NETFLIX SERIES
Award-winning author Lola Shoneyin delivers an irresistible and entertaining story of marriage, family, power, and heartache set in modern-day Nigeria in her debut novel.
Wh
- Author: Shoneyin, Lola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0063072327
- Language: English
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The Passport of Mallam Ilia
$14.99 Add to cartThe Passport of Mallam Ilia is a love story tinged with a vengeance mission. On his quest to avenge the death of his wife, Zarah, the hero, Mallam Ilia, misses out on his entire youth.
- Author: Ekwensi, Cyprian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 82
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1960611003
- Language: English
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God’s Children Are Little Broken Things
$20.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE
WINNER OF THE REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE
WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE SPOTLIGHT AWARD
WINNER OF THE 2023 O. HENRY PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION
KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST
LAMBDA LIT- Author: Ifeakandu, Arinze
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1734590718
- Language: English
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A History of the Yoruba People
$39.95 Add to cartA History of the Yoruba People is a comprehensive exploration of the founding and growth of one of the most influential groups in Africa. With a population of nearly 40 million spread across Western A
- Author: Akintoye, Stephen Adebanji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 514
- Publish Date: August 01 2021
- ISBN10: 2359260065
- Language: English
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Someday, Maybe
$18.99 Add to cartA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK – A BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB PICK – A LIBRARYREADS PICK
“If you are someone who gravitates toward emotional gut punch reads, allow me to introduce you to this specta… [more below]
- Author: Nwabineli, Onyi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1525809822
- Language: English
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Everything Good Will Come
$17.95 Add to cartA powerful story about two friends negotiating the politics of their nation, Sefi Atta’s coming-of-age narrative is written with lyrical wisdom and brilliant insight.
With insight and a lyrical wisdo- Author: Atta, Sefi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1623711045
- Language: English
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Children of the Quicksands
$18.99 Add to cartA richly imagined magical adventure set in West Africa by a prize-winning new voice in children’s writing, Children of the Quicksands introduces readers to Yoruba myths and legends while showcasing t
- Author: Traoré, Efua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1338781928
- Language: English
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Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Caldecott Honor Book)
$22.99 Read moreA 1973 Caldecott Honor Book.
Anansi the Spider is one of the great folk heroes of the world. He is a rogue, a mischief maker, and a wise, lovable creature who triumphs over larger foes. In this tradit- Author: McDermott, Gerald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 15 1972
- ISBN10: 080500310X
- Language: English
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Akissi: Tales of Mischief: Akissi Book 1
$14.99 Add to cart“utterly unputdownable”–The New York Times
A Kirkus Best Book of 2018, Akissi: Tales of Mischief brings together the first volume of the hilarious and heartfelt Akissi comics by Marguerite Abouet, th- Author: Abouet, Marguerite
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 191117147X
- Language: English
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Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable
$21.99 Add to cartIn this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain E. Asher pays tribute to her mother’s strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy.
Awaiting the return of
- Author: Asher, Zain E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0063048841
- Language: English
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The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
$20.99 Add to cart“Exciting. . . part adventure story, part wildlife tale”–The Boston Globe
Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing t- Author: Owens, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0395680905
- Language: English
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Enslaved: The Sunken History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
$19.95 Read moreA riveting and illuminating exploration of the transatlantic slave trade by an intrepid team of divers seeking to reclaim the stories of their ancestors.
“For me, Enslaved is an attempt to give a voic- Author: Kingsley, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364587
- Language: English
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The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth
$0.00 Read moreThe story in this book is widely known among the weavers in Ghana and dates back to the mid-seventeenth century during the time of King Oti Akenten. Today, kente cloth is worn all over the world, but … [more below]
- Author: Musgrove, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1627200606
- Language: English
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No Longer at Ease
$17.00 Add to cart“A magical writer–one of the greatest of the twentieth century.” –Margaret Atwood
“African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” –Toni Morrison
A classic stor- Author: Achebe, Chinua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 16 1994
- ISBN10: 0385474555
- Language: English
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Someday, Maybe: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
$27.99 Read moreA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK – A BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB PICK – A LIBRARYREADS PICK
“If you are someone who gravitates toward emotional gut punch reads, allow me to introduce you to this specta… [more below]
- Author: Nwabineli, Onyi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1525899805
- Language: English
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Women’s Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle
$5.00 Add to cart“There is no true social revolution without the liberation of women,” explains the leader of the 1983-87 revolution in Burkina Faso. Workers and peasants in that West African country established a pop… [more below]
- Author: Sankara, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: January 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0873489888
- Language: English
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The Middle Daughter
$26.95 Read moreA lush, powerful tale of family and sisterhood from award-winning author Chika Unigwe, perfect for fans of Bernardine Evaristo and Tayari Jones
Udodi’s death was the beginning of the raging storm but- Author: Unigwe, Chika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1950539466
- Language: English
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Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories
$26.00 Add to cartThe anti-rom-com debut collection that took Nigeria by storm, featuring twelve “bewitching and revelatory“ (The New York Times) and “ridiculously entertaining“ (Booklist starred review) stories about
- Author: Kuku, Damilare
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063316366
- Language: English
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Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
$19.00 Add to cartIn Lose Your Mother, Saidiya Hartman traces the history of the Atlantic slave trade by recounting a journey she took along a slave route in Ghana. Following the trail of captives from the hinterland t
- Author: Hartman, Saidiya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0374531153
- Language: English
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Illegal
$14.99 Add to cartA powerfully moving, award-winning graphic novel that explores the current plight of undocumented immigrants from New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer and the team behind the Artemis Fowl gra
- Author: Colfer, Eoin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 7, 2018
- ISBN10: 1492665827
- Language: English
