16 Best african literature books like Becoming Nigerian: A Guide by Elnathan John

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Becoming Nigerian: A Guide

By: Elnathan John

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide, Elnathan John provides an affecting, unrestrained and satirical gu…

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1. Season of Crimson Blossoms

By: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

3.92

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

An affair between 55-year-old widow Binta Zubairu and 25-year-old weed dealer Reza was bound to pro… read more

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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2. Tomorrow Died Yesterday

By: Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Format: 172 pages,

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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3. 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
  • nigeria
  • african literature

4. 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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5. 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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6. A Spell of Good Things

By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ayobami Adebayo, the celebrated author of Stay With Me unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria a… read more

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • african literature
"Time was unforgiving, it didn’t stop, not even to give people a chance to scrape themselves off the floor if they’d been shattered."

-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

"He stared back at her, unconcerned. She had always marvelled at his calm assurance that everything good in his life would either remain the same or get better. He took good fortune for granted. As th…"

-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

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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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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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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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  • africa
  • nigeria
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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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  • africa
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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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  • africa
  • humor
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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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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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • african literature
"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

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12. Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right

By: Ukamaka Olisakwe

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Ogadinma Or, Everything Will be All Right tells the story of the naïve and trusting teenager Ogadin… read more

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13. 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
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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14. The Middle Daughter

By: Chika Unigwe

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A lush, powerful tale of family and sisterhood from award-winning author Chika Unigwe, perfect for … read more

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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15. A Good Name

By: Yejide Kilanko

4.00

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Twelve years in America and Eziafa Okereke has nothing to show for it. Desperate to re-write his st… read more

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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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16. The Marriage Class

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.02

Format: None pages, None

One Class. Ten Couples. Ten Decisions. Abi and Raymond are engaged to be married and have starte… read more

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  • african literature
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17. The Baby is Mine

By: Oyinkan Braithwaite

3.24

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

When his girlfriend throws him out during the pandemic, Bambi has to go to his Uncle's house in loc… read more

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  • africa
  • nigeria
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18. An Orchestra of Minorities

By: Chigozie Obioma

3.68

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit o… read more

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"Mais il ignorait encore que rien, jamais, n’appartient pleinement à personne."

-Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities

"For the truth remains that more can also be more, and that less is often inevitably less."

-Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities

"Esprits protecteurs de l’humanité, avons-nous vraiment réfléchi aux puissances que déploie la passion chez l’humain ? Avons-nous examiné pourquoi un homme peut traverser un champ de flammes pour atte…"

-Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities

"The daily life of lovers often begins to share resemblances, so that, in time, each day becomes indistinguishable from the one that came before it. The lovers carry each other's words in their hearts…"

-Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities

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19. 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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20. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book Five (Ginika)

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.11

Format: 274 pages, None

After being dumped by her longtime love, Muyiwa, Ginika rebounds with Dike who, though charming, ch… read more

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21. The One! - Ginika's Bridesmaids Prequel

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.30

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Erinkan has met her soulmate, the man who ticks every single box she has. Handsome, smart and wealt… read more

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22. 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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  • africa
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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23. Broken. Not a halal love story

By: Fatima Bala

4.19

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In this heartwrenching new novel from Award-winning author and poet, Fatima Bala, a connection send… read more

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"Broken into fragments, Heartbeats - counted, limited. Yet, I’d give all the beats I have left to hear my name escape your lips again. Ours is a togetherness that honors the beauty of our solitude."

-Fatima Bala, Broken. Not a halal love story

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24. 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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  • africa
  • humor
  • nigeria
  • african literature
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25. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book Three (Ife)

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.17

Format: None pages, None

Beautiful, alluring and a lover of the good life, Ife has always used men to get what she wants. Sh… read more

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26. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book Two (Isioma)

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

3.77

Format: 328 pages, None

Isioma is left heartbroken when an encounter with the debonair Karibi Graham-Hart turns out to be a… read more

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27. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book One (Ara)

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.10

Format: 347 pages, None

Ara is left heartbroken when her childhood sweetheart, Oye, leaves her for another woman. But she i… read more

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28. Becoming Nigerian: A Guide

By: Elnathan John

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide, Elnathan John provides an affecting, unrestrained and satirical gu… read more

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  • nigeria
  • politics
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • african literature
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29. Ginika's Bridesmaids: Book Four (Ozioma)

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.07

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Loud and gregarious, Ozioma has always been the life of the party. But just as passionately as she … read more

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30. Adanna

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.13

Format: 621 pages, Kindle Edition

Adanna, the haunting beauty married off to a man three times her senior. After enduring two decades… read more

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31. The Marriage Class - a Novel

By: Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi

4.26

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

One Class. Ten Couples. Ten Decisions.Abi and Raymond are engaged to be married and have started ma… read more

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Season of Crimson Blossoms

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Tomorrow Died Yesterday

Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

4.25

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A Spell of Good Things

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

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Daughters Who Walk This Path

Yejide Kilanko

4.00

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Chimeka Garricks

3.87

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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin

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