THURSDAYS
By: Jackson Biko
3.99
Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition
Vina Wira band. On the drums is a guy who also writes code. The lead singer is a gifted songstress …
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By: Gabrielle Union
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
A powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means… read more
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"Your world is only as small as you make it."-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine
"My humaness doesn't insulate me from racism or sexism."-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine
"If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself"-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine
"An empress does not concern herself with the antics of fools"-Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine
2. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
By: Lola Shoneyin
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
African-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with The Secret Lives of Babi Segi's Wives,… read more
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3. The Zahir
By: Margaret Jull Costa , Paulo Coelho
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
The narrator of The Zahiris a bestselling novelist who lives in Paris and enjoys all the privileges… read more
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4. We Need New Names
By: NoViolet Bulawayo
4.50
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
An exciting literary debut: the unflinching and powerful story of a young girl's journey out of Zim… read more
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5. Stay with Me
By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Yejide and Akin have been married since they met and fell in love at university. Though many expect… read more
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6. Dance of the Jakaranda
By: Peter Kimani
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
"This funny, perceptive and ambitious work of historical fiction by a Kenyan poet and novelist expl… read more
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7. Tomorrow I Become a Woman
By: Aiwanose Odafen
4.24
Format: None pages, Audiobook
What can I do?’ she asked. You can fight, I thought, you can fight for your daughters. But then aga… read more
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8. Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
By: Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Meet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good … read more
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9. His Only Wife
By: Peace Adzo Medie
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” Afi Tekple is a young seamstres… read more
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10. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
By: Damilare Kuku
4.03
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of short stories, structured as case-studies, and a form of love letter in solidarity … read more
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11. A Broken People's Playlist
By: Chimeka Garricks
4.33
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A Broken People’s Playlist is a collection of short stories with underlying themes so beautifully w… read more
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"They will ask me when I first knew I was in love with you. I will sign and say I don't know. It happened in fragments, piece by piece, separate moments over the years. Moments - that's how I remember…"-Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist
12. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
By: Deesha Philyaw
4.17
Format: 179 pages, Paperback
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls da… read more
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"Careful you go looking for something, you just might find it."-Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
"The Bible is the inerrant word of God,' Eula whispers, as defiantly as a whisper can be. 'And you only believe that because of how another group of men interpret the first group of men. People say yo…"-Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
"You chide yourself for walking too far ahead, for regressing into 80s song lyrics territory so soon. But then he says, "The supermassive black hole at the center of the milky way recently sparked 75 …"-Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
13. The Havoc of Choice
By: Wanjiru Koinange
4.31
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
2007, Kenya Long held captive by her father’s shadow of corruption, Kavata has spent her life su… read more
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14. Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
By: Bolu Babalola
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, l… read more
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"What matters most is that you feel like you are at your fullest."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"I didn't like doing things I wasn't good at, but it turned out I loved learning how to love with him."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"Psy was smiling. It was warm and soft, and to Eros it looked like the perfect place to lie in and just be."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"Thank you for letting me love you. Thank you for loving me back. Thank you for staying, I know it was hard sometimes. I hope you now live free."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
15. The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing
By: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
3.98
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
A conversation starter like Three Women but centering the experiences of women of color: a melliflu… read more
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"I spent years avoiding sex with guys because I didn’t want anyone to gossip about me. I wish I had realized sooner that no matter what I did guys would claim to have fucked me every which way under t…"-Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing
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4.15
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In her twelfth year, Kirabo, a young Ugandan girl, confronts a piercing question that has haunted h… read more
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"Remember, be a good person, not a good girl. Good girls suffer a lot in this life."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
"Explore it, love it, find out what it is capable of before you hand it over to a man."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
"Stories are critical, Kirabo. The minute we fall silent, someone will fill the silence for us."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
"Children do absolutely nothing on their arrival that warrants presents every year. If anything, they should give presents to their mothers, who come close to death."-Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water
17. Confessions of Nairobi Women
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18. Confessions of Nairobi Women Book Two
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19. Confessions of Nairobi Men
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4.34
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20. The House of Rust
By: Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The first Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize winner, a story of a girl’s fantastical sea voyage t… read more
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21. THURSDAYS
By: Jackson Biko
3.99
Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition
Vina Wira band. On the drums is a guy who also writes code. The lead singer is a gifted songstress … read more
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- fiction
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