Nigeria

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption.Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who...

*Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards* 'An astonishing debut, rich in both heartbreak and humour' Jendella Benson, author of Hope & Glory Stunningly honest and bursting with wit, Someday Maybe is the story of grief and resilience that you...

'A scorching portrayal of a woman's life . . . the female, feminist counterpart to Things Fall Apart' Bernardine Evaristo'God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody's appendage? ... when will I be...

LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023: the Observer, Guardian, Financial Times, Stylist, the Express and Oprah DailyAyobami Adebayo, the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Stay With...

'Sad, sonorous, occasionally hilarious, an extraordinary first novel' Washington Post'Striking . . . brings sexism and classism into equal focus' The Paris ReviewAdah is a single mother of five, living in a dank, crumbling housing estate for 'problem...

*Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards* 'An astonishing debut, rich in both heartbreak and humour' Jendella Benson, author of Hope & Glory Stunningly honest and bursting with wit, Someday Maybe is the story of grief and resilience that you...

"A dozen interlinked, music-oriented stories set in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where Garricks was raised... Each songlike story feels like a breakout hit encapsulating the brokenness and the beauty in life’s soundtrack."—Booklist, starred review“Beautifully...

Udodi's death was the beginning of the raging storm but at that moment we thought that the worst had already happened, and that life would treat us with more kindness.When Nani is only seventeen, she loses her beloved sister and father. Misunderstood by...

'One of the most beautiful and profound novels I've read in ages' Washington Post 'A magical take on Africa before the arrival of the Atlantic slave ships' Independent 'Takes on the great riddles of existence' New York Times By a riverbank in...

** AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST AND BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR 2023 ** ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023: DEBUT FICTION ** 'A voice unlike any other' OBSERVER 'I fell in love immediately' MAX PORTER 'A writer of imagination and flair'...

Pioneering author Flora Nwapa paints the stirring tale of a young wife attempting to carve out her own independence against the traditional beliefs of Igbo society. Ever since she was young, Efuru has been famed for her beauty, intelligence, and noble...

From one of Nigeria's finest contemporary literary talents comes Elnathan John's highly awaited debut novel. Told through the irresistible voice of a young boy, Dantala, Born on a Tuesday is a masterful and haunting coming-of-age story set against the...

The moment before the world changed and innocence was lost - Ben Okri's breathtaking novel about life in the time immediately before the arrival of the Atlantic slavers restores the full vibrancy of a lost history to his Nigerian homeland. Two lovers...

Hope and circumstance define a young woman's life in this heartbreaking tale of lost innocence, set in politically volatile 1990s Nigeria, from an exciting and fresh voice in global literature. For as long as she can remember, Patience Adewale, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623718442Author Sefi AttaFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc

Yoruba Proverbs is the most comprehensive collection to date of more than five thousand Yoruban proverbs that showcase Yoruba oral tradition. Following Oyekan Owomoyela's introduction, which provides a framework and description of Yoruba cultural...

Incidents at the Shrine is the first collection of stories by the author of 1991 Booker Prize-winning novel, The Famished Road. Whether the subject is a child's eye view of the Nigerian Civil War, Lagos and the spirit world or dispossession in a decaying...

** AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST AND BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR 2023 ** ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023: DEBUT FICTION ** 'A voice unlike any other' OBSERVER 'I fell in love immediately' MAX PORTER 'A writer of imagination and flair'...

Of Wives, Talismans and the Dead is a collection of short stories by influential author, I.N.C. Aniebo. Written originally in the 1960s, these tales explore superstition, Westernisation, and the rising tensions of an unequal society in post-independent...

Madika dreams of recreating a once beautiful lake. Faced with a world strangled by an oppressive and corrupt government, she struggles to trace the clues from the past to begin the healing process. However, her research unearths long-buried secrets. ...

Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka’s debut novel tells the story of a group of friends facing political corruption and cultural uncertainty in post-independence Nigeria. Friends since high school, Egbo, Bandele, Sagoe, Sekoni and Kola have returned to Lagos...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646221905Author Uchenna AwokeFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint CatapultPublisher CatapultWeight(grams) 527g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682356371Author Inyang E EkwoFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Strategic Book PublishingPublisher Strategic Book PublishingWeight(grams) 526g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959030386Author Uche OkonkwoFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639501335Author O O KandisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 524Imprint Writers ApexPublisher Writers ApexWeight(grams) 762g

** AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST AND BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR 2023 ** ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023: DEBUT FICTION ** ‘A voice unlike any other’ OBSERVER ‘I fell in love immediately’ MAX PORTER ‘A writer of imagination and flair’ ECONOMIST...

The Concubine, Elechi Amadi's most celebrated work of fiction, paints a picture of pre-colonial life in rural Eastern Nigeria and explores the boundary between myth and reality. Ihuoma is a woman of great beauty and dignity, beloved in a village that...

Karen King-Aribisala brilliantly transposes Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to modern-day Nigeria in this magnificent tale of forty very different travellers thrown together on a bus journey from Lagos to the new capital, Abuja. Carefully selected by their...

Karen King-Aribisala brilliantly transposes Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to modern-day Nigeria in this magnificent tale of forty very different travellers thrown together on a bus journey from Lagos to the new capital, Abuja. Carefully selected by their...