Faceless
By: Amma Darko
3.79
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
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1. We Should All Be Feminists
By: None , Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.40
Format: 65 pages, Kindle Edition
What does “feminism” mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a… read more
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- africa
"I am just as human as the man."-None, We Should All Be Feminists
"I often wear clothes that men don’t like or don’t “understand."-None, We Should All Be Feminists
"Both men and women will say: “I did it for peace in my marriage."-None, We Should All Be Feminists
"It is one thing to know something intellectually and quite another to feel it emotionally"-None, We Should All Be Feminists
2. Wife of the Gods (Darko Dawson #1)
By: Kwei Quartey
3.78
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
Introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson: dedicated family man, rebel in the office, ace in the… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- ghana
3. Second Class Citizen
By: Buchi Emecheta
4.09
Format: 174 pages, Paperback
A poignant story of a resourceful Nigerian woman who overcomes strict tribal domination of women an… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- african literature
"She had gambled with marriage, just like most people, but she had gambled unluckily and had lost."-Buchi Emecheta, Second Class Citizen
"Adah could not stop thinking about her discovery that the whites were just as fallible as everyone else. There were bad whites and good whites, just as there were bad blacks and good blacks! Why then…"-Buchi Emecheta, Second Class Citizen
"She, who only a few months previously would have accepted nothing but the best, had by now been conditioned to expect inferior things. She was now learning to suspect anything beautiful and pure. Tho…"-Buchi Emecheta, Second Class Citizen
4. On the Road
By: Jack Kerouac
3.61
Format: 307 pages, Paperback
A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more
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- novels
- fiction
"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
5. Purple Hibiscus
By: None
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They … read more
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- africa
- fiction
- african literature
6. Changes: A Love Story
By: Ama Ata Aidoo , None , Tuzyaline Jita Allan
3.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
Esi decides to divorce after enduring yet another morning's marital rape. Though her friends and fa… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- ghana
- african literature
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- africa
- novels
- fiction
- african literature
8. 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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- africa
- fiction
- african literature
9. She Stoops to Conquer
By: Oliver Goldsmith
3.91
Format: 20 pages,
This comic masterpiece mocked the simple morality of sentimental comedies. Subtitled The Mistakes o… read more
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- fiction
10. No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2)
By: Chinua Achebe
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil servi… read more
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11. The Thing Around Your Neck
By: None
3.85
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, the stories in The Thing Around Yo… read more
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12. Native Son
By: Richard Wright
3.46
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or pet… read more
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13. No Sweetness Here and Other Stories
By: Ama Ata Aidoo , None
4.17
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In this collection, Ama Aita Aidoo explores postcolonial life in Ghana with her characteristic hone… read more
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14. 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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15. The Fishermen
By: Chigozie Obioma
3.78
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
In a Nigerian town in the mid 1990's, four brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of vio… read more
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16. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
By: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
4.12
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to Y… read more
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17. Othello
By: William Shakespeare
4.48
Format: None pages,
In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (betwee… read more
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18. Half of a Yellow Sun
By: None
3.73
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence o… read more
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19. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
By: Ayi Kwei Armah
3.71
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A railway freight clerk in Ghana attempts to hold out against the pressures that impel him toward c… read more
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20. Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem
By: Laurie Notaro
3.97
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
A laugh-out-loud spin on the realities, perks, opportunities, and inevitable courses of midlife. L… read more
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21. Clap When You Land
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.24
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times … read more
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- fiction
"Who knew death must be so damn polite?"-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
"All these lies that we've all swallowed, they're probably rotting in our stomachs."-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
"A queen offers her hand to be kissed, & can form it into a fist while smiling the whole damn time."-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
"I have my fingerprints all over you. & I don't need the world to see them to know that they're there."-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
22. 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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- africa
- fiction
- african literature
23. Ace of Spades
By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
4.16
Format: 470 pages, Paperback
An incendiary and utterly compelling thriller with a shocking twist that delves deep into the heart… read more
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- fiction
"Home, lately, has been the highlight of my day."-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades
"People love to reward conventionally attractive people."-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades
"But I know dreams are dangerous; they give me too much false hope."-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades
"Money can only get you so far; you need power and influence to go with it."-Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Ace of Spades
24. The Mechanics of Yenagoa
By: Michael Afenfia
3.84
Format: 305 pages, Paperback
Ebinimi, star mechanic of Kalakala Street, is a man with a hapless knack for getting in and out of … read more
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- africa
- novels
- fiction
- african literature
25. God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories
By: Arinze Ifeakandu
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria, God’s Children Are Little Broke… read more
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- fiction
- african literature
26. Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
By: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
4.26
Format: 336 pages, ebook
On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls. Some managed to escape. Many are still missing. … read more
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- fiction
27. Ties That Tether
By: Jane Igharo
3.78
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
When a Nigerian woman falls for a man she knows will break her mother’s heart, she must choose betw… read more
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- africa
- fiction
28. Nigerian Men Will Stain Your White
By: Alexandria Humphrey
3.39
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
The novella revolves around the life of Efua Johnson, a woman of Ghanaian descent living in Lagos w… read more
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29. Ghostroots: Stories
By: 'Pemi Aguda
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom… read more
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- fiction
- african literature
30. Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow
By: Damilare Kuku
3.68
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Humor and poignance mix in this powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties,… read more
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- fiction
- african literature
31. Faceless
By: Amma Darko
3.79
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
Street life in the slums of Accra is realistically portrayed in this socially-commited, subtle nove… read more
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- africa
- african literature
- fiction
- ghana
- novels
