Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969. On a hot January evening that he will remember for decades, Elias Cole first catches sight of Saffia Kamara, the wife of a charismatic colleague. He is transfixed. Thirty years later, lying in the capital’s...
Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife and their father gambles away their home, and the siblings are thrust into the...
Bold, moving, entertaining and controversial, this is the great novel of 1960s Lagos life – with one of the most unforgettable heroines in literature. Jagua Nana, no longer young but still irresistible, lives a life of hedonism in Lagos:...
THE PLAN: * Smuggle diamonds from Liberia to Morocco * Make the trip in three days * Don’t get caught * Don’t kill each other * Don’t have sex with each other * Don’t fall for each other *...
In Sundown at Dawn, Dougba Senfenui Jr. of the native Kpelle acquires an education against overwhelming odds. Wishing to use his education to help his people, he ends his life in jail due to the prevailing corruption, jealousy, and...
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