Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories by: Nana...
A search for treasure reveals the toxic consequences of modern life in this thrilling adventure set against the backdrop of the world’s largest e-waste dump. Theo lives and works in Agbogbloshie in Ghana, a vast dumping ground for the...
Set against the background of corrupt government and voracious oil companies, Cooper’s Promise is the story of Sergeant Cooper Chance, army deserter and sharpshooter, who’s ended up adrift in a West African country. He wants nothing more than to...
When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew, she meets her extravagant family for the first time, a new and inspiring love interest, and discovers parts of herself she didn’t know...
Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people–but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each...
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