The Mercy Step
by Marcia Hutchinson
Named one of the Best New Novelists of 2025 by e Observer
Taking us back in time to 1960s Bradford, e Mercy Step follows
theprecociousMercy,ayoungchildfacingaworldthatisfartoo bigforhersmallbody.MercyliveswithherWindrushgeneration parents; shecraves her mother's attention, which shemustshare with the Churchandhermanysiblings,whiletryingtoavoidthe stsandtemperof her father. Mercy struggles to nd her place in the world, surrounded by awed adults and a family she feels like an outsider in, her only joys her loyaldollDollyandtheescapismshe ndsinbooks.ButMercyisnothing if not resilient, and she takes up the ght to escape her traumatic upbringing,allwhilemaintainingherhumour,styleandverve.Arawand tenderstoryoffamily,isolationandgrowth.
Imaginativeandanimated,yetpiercinginalltherightplaces’–Observer
heartbreaking and beautiful and funny at the same time. – Diana Anyakwo
Genre: Fiction
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1913175740
PublicationDate: 22ndJuly2025
Price: £16.99
PageCount: 288
RightsHeld: Commonwealth(excluding Canada)
About the Author
Marcia Hutchinson was born to Windrush generation Jamaican parents in the UK in 1962. She was the rst p u p i l f r o m h e r comprehensive school to go to Oxford, where she gained an MA in Law She was awarded an MBE in 2011 for services to Cultural Diversity. She is now a full-time writer and an activememberoftheBlackWriters'Guild.Sheisthecoauthor with Kate Griffin (under the pseudonym Lila Cain) of the historical ction novel e Blackbirds of St Giles, which was published by (Simon and Schuster in 2025).
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A Pair of Wings
by Carole Hopson
An airline captain cras a riveting, adventurous novel inspired
bytheremarkabletruelifeofpioneeraviatrix BessieColeman, a Black woman who learned to y at the dawn of aviation and found freedom in the air e daughter of a woman born into slavery, BessieanswersthecalloftheGreatMigration,movingtoChicago,where she wins the backing of two wealthy, powerful Black men--Robert Abbott, creator and publisherof the Chicago Defender, and Jesse Binga, thefounderofChicago's rstBlackbank.Whileshe ndsnoprejudicein theair,Bessiewrestleswithotherchallengesontheground.Aplanecrash nearly kills her, her brothers seem to be crumbling under the weight of Jim Crow, and, while grappling with tough truths about Binga, Bessie begins to wonder if the freedom she nds in the sky means she must otherwise ysolo
Anexciting,inspiringworkof ction. LeighHaber,OprahDaily –
For anyone seeking adventure, this novel of Bessie's life will li you up, engergise, and inspire you. Eileen Collins, author of rough the –GlassCeilingtotheStars
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175801
PublicationDate: 24thJune2025
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 416
RightsHeld: Commonwealth(excluding Canada)
AbouttheAuthor
Carole Hopson is a captain on the Boeing 737 for United Airlines, based in Newark, New Jersey. Aer a twentyyearcareerasajournalist and executive for iconic brands like the National Football League, Foot Locker, and L'Oréal, Carole followed her dream to become a pilot. A century aer B
insurmountable obstacles, Black women in the U.S. account for less than one percent of all professional pi
accomplishments, Carole founded the Jet Black Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to sending one hundred Black women to ight school by theyear2035.
The World Was In Our Hands by Chitra Nagarajan
Amoving,oenprovocative,andultimatelyvitalcollectionof
rst-hand accounts of people living through the Boko Haram con ict. From abducted girls to brash soldiers, and fromcommunityleaderstosimple shermen,thiscollectionprovides aninsightintotherealitiesofthoselivingthroughthecon ict,making thisanessentialculturalarchive.eWorldWasinOurHandscovers themesofpatriarchy,theeconomy,climatechange,andcorruption,to paint a picture that is much broader than what has been captured throughnewscoverage.
Genre: Non- ction
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1913175566
PublicationDate: 22ndApril 2025
Price: £16.99
PageCount: 338
RightsHeld: World
ON TABOO: AN ANTHOLOGY OF ESSAYS
by African Women edited by Ellah Wakatama and Momtaza Mehri
On Taboo: An Anthology of Essays by African Women, edited by
Momtaza Mehri and Ellah Wakatama, is a bold and compelling collection of 11 essays that brings together powerful voices to confront how the concept of taboo shapes diverse cultures across the continent. rough eloquent and candid prose, the essays explore subjects oenkept in the shadows, suchasAIDS, menstruation, mental health, grief, sexuality, and patriarchy. Each essay offers a powerful exploration of the intersections between personal experiences, theory, and cultural norms, creating a mosaic that is at once intimate and universal. e collection navigates themes of identity, history and the unspoken boundaries imposed by tradition, pushing against the limits of whispers and respectable conversation,tocreateaspace
Genre: CreativeNon- ction
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1913175849
PublicationDate: 30thSeptember2025
Price: £16.99
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Henrietta Lacks: The Mother of Modern Medicine
by Dawne Allete
Illustrated by Leah Jacob-Gordon
Henrietta Lacks: e Mother of Modern Medicine introduces young readers to the remarkable story of
story of Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman whose cancer cells revolutionised medical science. is book charts Henrietta's life, from her upbringing in Virginia through to the births of her ve children, before she passed away aged31 from cervical cancer Henrietta's cells lived on, taking from her tumour while she was undergoing surgery without her knowledge, leading to the discovery of the rst 'immortal cellline',andgivingHenriettathename'themotherofmodernmedicine'.
Genre: Children's Non- ction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175276
Publication Date: 19th August 2025
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 80
Rights Held: World
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Follow up to A Fun ABC
Hassan and Hassana Share Everything
by Elnathan John
Illustrated by Chinyere Okoroafor
HassanandHassanaaretwins,andthey'repractically
identical. Even though one is a boy and the other a girl, ever since they were babies people have had troubletellingthemapart.Fortheir8thbirthday,Hassangetsa bike and Hassana gets drums. Hassan's friends tell him that girlscan'tridebikes,leavinghimwithanimportantdecisionto make.WillhedecidetoshareorwillheletHassanafeelleout? A beautiful story about sharing, kindness and standing up for whatisright.
AvailableinHausaandEnglish
Genre: Children'sPictureBook
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175405
Publication Date: 14th October 2025
Price: £7.99
PageCount: 32
RightsHeld: World
JA BOUNCY 123 by Sade Fadipe
Illustrated by Shedrach Ayalomeh
oin Adanah, Tifemi and Toby Tortoise's 123 adventure. Set in
Nigeria, the children chase tyres around the village, clambering overrocks,encounteringtarantulasandmore.But,"Tothe elds andback!"warnsGrandma.
Writtenin a fun bouncy style children will learn more than justhow tocountonthisoutdooradventure.
Also, watch out for the butter ies, lily pads, and the three sleeping mice.
Genre: Children's Picture Book
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175825
Publication Date: September 2025
Price: £7.99
PageCount: 32
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Men Don't Cry
by Faîza Guéne. Translated by Sarah Ardizzone
Winner of the 2022 Scott Moncrieff Prize
Shortlisted for the 2022 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
Men Don't Cry invites us into the home of Mourad Chennoun in Nice,
where his father spends his days xing things in the backyard, his mother bemoans the lossof her natal village in Algeria, and the name Douniaistaboo
WhenMourad'sfatherhasastroke,heisforcedtoriseabovehisfearofbecomingan overweightbachelor,tied downtohomebyhismother'scooking,andtakestepsto bridgethegulfbetweenhisfamilyandestrangedsister
is quest takes him to the Paris suburbs where he starts his teaching career, and fallsintotheworldofundocumentedAlgeriantoyboysanddiscoversthatDouania hasbecomeastaunchfeminist,aspiringpoliticianand erceassimilationist.
Can Mourad adapt to his new, fast-paced Parisian life and uphold his family's values?Apoignantcoming-of-agestoryfromthewidely-acclaimedauthorof Kiffe KiffeTomorrow
Genre: LiteraryFiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115694
th Publication Date: 27 July 2021
Price: £11.99
PageCount: 205
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Why Do You Dance When You Walk by Abdourahman A. Waberi, translated by Nicole and David Ball
Winner of the 2021 English PEN Translates Award
One morning in Paris on the way to kindergarten, a little girl asks her
father “Papa, why do you dance when you walk?” e question is innocent and serious. Why does her father limp, why can't he ride a bicycle or a scooter? Her father feels compelled to answer, to bring back the memoriesofhischildhoodinDjiboutiandtellherwhathappenedtohisleg.Itwas a place of sunlight and dust and sickness, a sickness that made him different, unique. ey called him a skin int and a runt, but he was the smartest kid in his school.
WaberirememberstheshiingdesertofDjibouti,theRedSea,theshantyroofsof the houses in his neighborhood, an immense loneliness and some unforgettable characters: Papa-la-Tige who sold baubles to tourists, his tough, silent mother Zahra who trembled, and his grandmother nicknamed Cochise. He tells of the moment when his life changed forever and the ensuing struggle that made him a man,amanwhoknowsthevalueofpoetry,silenceandfreedom,amanwhoisstill dancing.
Genre: LiteraryFiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175320
PublicationDate: 28thNovember2022
Price: £12.99
Count:
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Like Water Like Sea by Olumide Popoola
An immersive novel of self-discovery, resilience, and the unifying power of love.It follows the life of Nia, a queer, bi/pansexual naturopath in London, as herlifeunfoldsacrossthreepivotalmoments,spanningfromher28thyearto alife-alteringrealisationattheageof50.Attheheartofthisgrippingnarrative liesNia'sprofoundencounterwithgrief.
A decade aer the devastating loss of her sister, who tragically succumbed to suicide while battling with cyclothymia—a similar mental illness that her motherbattleswith—Nia'sworldisforevertransformed.Asshegrappleswith the pain of her sister's passing, Nia embarks on a poignant self-exploration, revealing grief asthe ultimatemanifestation of love,forever shaping our very being.
Genre: Fiction
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1913175627
PublicationDate: 28thMay2024
Price: £16.99
PageCount: 225
RightsHeld: Commonwealth
Avenues By Train by Farai Mudzingwa
Shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2024
Jedzaisadown-and-outelectricianwhomovestoHarareinthehopesof
escaping the darkness and superstitions of his small town, Miner's Dri. But living in the restless atmosphere of the Avenues with its mysteriouspoolsofwaterrisingundermusasatrees,heistormentedbythe disappearanceofhissisterandtheirearlyencounterswithancestralspirits, the shapeshiing power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. To move forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past. AvenuesbyTrainisabrashandcon dentdebutbyanexcitingnewvoice.
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1913175504
PublicationDate: 26thSept2023
Price: £14.99
Genre: LiteraryFiction PageCount: 272
RightsHeld: World "Mudzingwa writes with insight, a cool head, and a refreshing appetite for innovation.”–BrianChikwava,authorofHarareNorth
An Unusual Grief by Yewande Omotoso
Longlisted for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize
Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Prize
Shortlisted for the 2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards
Howdoyougettoknowyourdaughterwhensheisdead?
This is the question which takes a mother on a journey of self-
discovery.WhenherdaughterYinkadies,Mojisolais nallyforced tostoprunningawayfromthedifficultiesintheirrelationship,and also come to terms with Yinka the woman. Mojisola's grief leads her on a journey of self-discovery, as she moves into her daughter's apartment and begins to unearth the life Yinka had built for herself there, away from her family.
rough stepping into Yinka's shoes, Mojisola comes to a better understanding not only of her estranged daughter, but also herself, as she learns tocarve a placefor herselfin the worldbeyondthe labelsof wife and mother. A bold and un inching tale of one women's unconventional approachtolifeandloss.
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175139
PublicationDate: 22ndFebruary2022
Price: £11.99
PageCount: 240
RightsHeld: Commonwealth
Unbury Our Dead with Song by Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ
Unbury our Dead With Song is a novel about four talented
Ethiopianmusicians–eDiva,eCorporal,theTalibanMan and Miriam, who are competing to see who can sing the best Tizita(popularlyreferredtoasEthiopianblues).Takingplaceinanillegal boxinghallinNairobi,Kenya,thecompetitioniscoveredbyaUSeducated Kenyan journalist, John andi Manfredi, who writes for a popular tabloid, e National Inquisitor. He follows the musicians back to Ethiopia in order to learn more about the Tizita and their lives. As he learns more about the Tizita and the multiple meanings of beauty, he uncovers that behind each of the musicians, there are layered lives and secrets. Ultimately, the novel is a love letter to African music, beauty and imagination.
Genre: LiteraryFiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115984
PublicationDate: 29thJune2021
Price: £11.99
PageCount: 249
RightsHeld: World
SIn the Palace of Flowers
by Victoria Princewill
exandfriendship,ambitionandpoliticalintrigue,secretsandbetrayalwillsetthe
fateoftwoslaves—JamīlaandAbimelech—inthisground-breakingdebutnovel.
Inspiredbytheonlyexisting rst-personnarrativeofanAbyssinianslaveinIran,Jamīla Habashī,InthePalaceofFlowersrecreatestheopulentPersianroyalcourtoftheQajarsat the end of the nineteenth century is is a precarious time of growing public dissent, foreigninterferencefromtheRussiansandBritish,andtheproblemofanagingrulerand hisunsuitableheir.
Tornawayfromtheirfamilies,Jamila,aconcubine,andAbimelech,aeunuch,nowserve atthewhimsoftheroyalfamily,onlytooawareoftheirowninsigni canceintheeyesof their masters. Abimelech and Jamila's quest to take control over their lives and nd meaning leads to them navigating the dangerous politics of the royal court, and to the radicalsthatliebeyonditswalls.
Richlytexturedandelegantlywritten,atitsheartInePalaceofFlowersisanovelabout thefearofbeingforgotten.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115755
th Publication Date: 25 February 2021
Price: £11.99
PageCount: 313
Rights Held: World
AWinner of the 2020 Aidoo-Snyder Prize Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2020
vividandvisceralexcursionintothemarginsofsocietyfrom
apowerfulnewliteraryvoice.Aeralongandbrutalstintin jail for his activism, Prof returns to society a broken man. Tormentedbymemoriesofhispast,hechoosesdarknessandisolation. One day Desire, a young undergraduate student and orphan, knocks onhisdoor.HerentryintoProf'slifeawakeslong-repressedemotions and longing in him which he struggles to tame. A Small Silence is an intimate and evocative exploration of Nigeria's political history, the alienating effects of trauma and the restorative power of the dark and silence.
“Utterlyhypnotic.”–eGuardian
“An intriguing... intimate debut.” – Leila Aboulela, author of Bird Summons
“Moving andshock- lled.” – GilesFoden,authorof eLastKing of Scotland
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115908
PublicationDate: 2019
Price: £11.99
PageCount: 246
RightsHeld: World
LITERARY FICTION
AManWhoIsNotAManrecountsthepersonaltraumaofayoungXhosa initiate aer a rite-of-passage circumcision goes wrong. With frankness and courage, this powerful novel details the pain and lifelong shame this protagonistexperiencesasaresultnotonlyofthephysicaltrauma,butthe social ostracism from being labeled 'a failed man.' He decodes the mysteriesofthislong-standingculturaltraditionandcallstoaccountthe elders for the disintegrating support systems that allow such tragic outcomes. But it is also through this life-changing experience that the protagonistisforcedto ndhisstrengthandhumanityandreassesswhat itreallymeanstobeaman.
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175023
PublicationDate: 12thJanuary2021
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 177
RightsHeld: World,excludingSouthAfrica
WINNER BETTY TRASK AWARD 2017
SHORTLISTED – NLNG PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2016
SHORTLISTED – REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE 2016
LONGLISTED – ETISALAT PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2016
is novel explores life, love, friendship, loss and the effects of extremist politicsandreligiononeverydaylifeinNorthernNigeria.
Dantala lives in Bayan Layi, Nigeria and studies in a Su Quranic school.
By chance he meets gang leader Banda, a nominal Muslim. Dantala is thrust into a world with uid rules and casual violence. In the aermath of presidential elections he runs away and ends up living in a Sala mosque. Slowly and through the hurdles of adolescence, he embraces Sala sm as preached by his new benefactor, Sheikh Jamal. Dantala falls in love with Sheikh'sdaughter,Aisha,andtriestocourtherwithintheacceptablelimitsofa conservative setting. All the while, Sheikh struggles to deal with growing jihadistextremismwithinhisownranks.
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115021
Publication Date: 2016
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 263
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WINNER OF THE NLNG NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
An affair between 55-year-old widow Binta Zubairu and 25-year-old
weeddealerRezawasboundtoprovokecondemnationinconservative Northern Nigeria. Brought together in unusual circumstances, Binta and Reza faced a need they could only satisfy in each other Binta – previously reconciledwithGod–nowyearnsforintimacyaerthesexualrepressionof her marriage, the pain of losing her rst son and the privations of widowhood.Meanwhile, Reza's heart lies empty and waiting to be lled due to the absence of a mother e situation comes to a head when Binta's wealthysonconfrontsReza,withdisastrousconsequences.isstoryoflove andlonging–setagainstundercurrentsofpoliticalviolence–unfurlsgently, revealinglayersofemotionthatdefyage,classandreligion.
Genre: LiteraryFiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115007
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £11.99
PageCount: 320
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BestmatesKarl and Abu are both 17 and live near Kings Cross.It's 2011
and racial tensions are set to explode across London. Abu is infatuated with gorgeous classmateNalini but dares not speak toher. Meanwhile, Karlisthetargetofthelocal'wannabe'thugsjustforbeingdifferent.
WhenKarl ndsout hisfather lives in Nigeria, hedecides that Port Harcourt is the bestplacetoescape the soundandfury of London, andconnect with a Dad he'sneverknown.
Rejected on arrival, Karl befriends Nakale, an activist who wants to expose the ecocideintheNigerDeltatotheworld.Increasinglydistantfromhappeningsin London, Karl falls headlong for Nakale's feisty cousin, Janoma. Meanwhile, the murder of Mark Duggan triggers a full-scale riot in London. Abu nds himself caughtupinitsmidst,leadingtoatragedythatforcesKarltoracebackhome.
When We Speak of Nothing launches a powerful new talent. e stream of consciousness prose, peppered with contemporary slang, captures what it means to be young, black and queer in London. If grime music were a novel, it wouldbethis.
Genre: LiteraryFiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115458
PublicationDate: 2017
Price: £11.99
PageCount: 256
RightsHeld: Word
Over 3 million copies sold
In the early sixties, Tayo Ajayi sails to England from Nigeria to take up a
scholarship at Oxford University. ere he discovers a whole generation highonvisionsofanewandbetterworld.HemeetsVanessaRichardson,the beautiful daughterofaformercolonialofficer eirstory,whichspansfour decades, is a bittersweet tale of a brave but doomed affair and the universal desiretofalltruly,madlyanddeeplyinlove.
A lyrical and moving story of unful lled love fraught with the weight of history, race and geography and intertwined with questions of belonging, aging, faith and family secrets. In Dependence explores the complexities of contemporary Africa, its Diaspora and its interdependence with the rest of theworld.
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115823
PublicationDate: 2019
Price: £7.99
PageCount: 288
RightsHeld: World
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016
Dr Morayo Da Silva, a cosmopolitan Nigerian woman, lives in San
Francisco. On the cusp of seventy- ve, she has a zest for life and makes the most of it through road trips in her vintage Porsche, chatting to strangers, andreminiscingaboutcharactersfromherfavouritenovels.enshehasafall and her independence crumbles. Without the support of family, she relies on friendsandchanceencounterstohelpkeephersanity.AsMorayorecountsher story, moving seamlessly between past and present, we meet Dawud, a charming Palestinian shopkeeper, Sage, a feisty, homeless Grateful Dead devotee, and Antonio, the poet whom Morayo desired more than her ambassadorhusband.
A subtle story about ageing, friendship and loss, this is also a nuanced studyof theeroticyearningsofanolderwoman.
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 978-1911115045
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 126 Format:
RightsSold: World
GRAPHIC NOVEL
by Elnathan John (author) and Alaba Onajin (illustrator)
OOby Sylvia O li (author) and Birgit Weyhe (illustrator)
Winner of a Rudolph Dirks Award 2018
Shortlisted for the Max & Moritz Award 2018
liviaEvezi'schildhoodisahappyone;herdaysarespentlisteningtohighlife
records and poring over colourful postcards from Germany When she leaves her hometown of Warri behind to live out her Enid Blyton fantasies in a boarding school in Lagos, instead of adventure and lacrosse, she is met with punishments,endlesschoresandhazingrituals.
Olivia's restlessness takes her to Germany, her mother's homeland, where she is thrownintoahiddenworldofworkersandmigrants;aworldofconstantvigilance, whereapieceofpapercanholdthekeytosurvival.Olivia ndsthatsheisdestined toalwaysbeanoutsider–toowhiteforNigeriaandtooblackforGermany–andso mustlearntode neherselfandherplaceintheworldbeyondthelabelsthathave beengiventoher:exotic,foreign,oyinbo.
GermanCalendar,NoDecemberisacandidandre ectivecomingofagetaleabout learning to navigate the world, with the help of good music, good books, good friends,andatouchofcourage.
Genre: GraphicNovel
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1911115618
PublicationDate: 2018
Price: £15.99
PageCount: 192
RightsHeld: World(English)
n the noisy Ajayi Crowther Street in Lagos, neighbours
gather to gossip, discuss noise complaints, and faithfully headtochurcheachSunday Butbeneaththesurfaceliesahidden world of clandestine love affairs, hidden pregnancy, spiritual quackeryandhypocrisy,thatthreatenstodestroythecommunity fromwithin.OnAjayiCrowtherStreetpeelsbackthecurtainson the lives of Reverend Akpoborie and his family, to reveal a tumultuousworldfullofsecretsandlies.
Genre: GraphicNovel
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1911115908
PublicationDate: 2019
Price: £15.99
PageCount: 233
RightsHeld: World
Wild Imperfections: An Anthology of Womanist Poets
Edited by Natalia Molebatsi
“ismulti-generational,cross-culturalanthology[…]isinfusedwithmultipleperspectives,aesthetics,preoccupationsandsensibilities. ItoffersupabroadsenseofcommunitybetweenBlackwomenwriterswhoareconsciouslyinterrogatingwhatitmeanstobehumanfrom ouruniqueperspectives.” BernadineEvaristo
Featuringthe workofBlackwomenpoetsfromBotswanatoBrazil,inthis collection,weencounterancestorswho madelove,justforthe
sakeoflove,andwomenwhodiewitheachorgasmwhileattemptingtomarktheextentoftheirownhumanities.
is is for the nuns, the singers, the clowns, the diviners and the conjurers who reject the constant attempt to clean up history e wildly imperfectwomenofslickbraids,shinyskinandsucculentlips,buildingnewhomesfromcloudsforfuturelegions.Herecongregatethewomen, womxn and womyn who do not believe in tough love that disguises hurt just to prove a point. ey dance with the dead with exquisite feet, cheekboneshigh,re ectingtheirmothers'smiles.
Because no one claps for martyrs, these dirty/pretty women learn to walk cities like they own them, choosing the battles of their hearts. If this collection teaches anything, it is that love is always messy, that our sacrament requires wet wipes and that we are just esh and bone honing practice.
Contributorsinclude iconic poets suchasNikki Giovanni,DianaFerrus,Miriam Alves,JackieKay, NourbeSe Phillip, Cheryl Clarke,Lebogang Mashile,StaceyannChin,OlumidePopoola,MakhosazanaXaba,KolekaPutuma,Sa aElhillo,GabebaBaderoon,WarsanShire,LadanOsman, AnniDomingo,ElizandraSouza,andJumokeVerissimo
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 978-1913175252
PublicationDate: 25thJanuary2022
Price: £14.95
PageCount: 192
RightsHeld: World
Tby Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
he magical tales in e Whispering Trees capture the essence of life, death and coincidence in
Northern Nigeria. Myth and reality intertwine in stories featuring cat-eyed English witches, politicalagitators,newly-weddedwidows,andthetormentedwhirlwind,Kyakkyawa.etwomedicine men of Mazade battle against their egos, an epidemic and an enigmatic witch. And who is Okhiwo, whosearrivalisheraldedbyapairoflittlewhitebutter ies?
Genre: LiteraryFiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115861
PublicationDate: 22ndNovember2020
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 167
RightsHeld: World RightSold: France
AtimelycollectionofinterconnectedstoriesabouttheexperiencesofNigerian
migrants making their way in Belgium, centred around Prosperous and her husband Agu, and the various visitors who gather at their apartment each week. ese ten tales explore their struggles and triumphs, from unhappy marriages (of convenience or otherwise), and the pain of homesickness and loneliness,todealing with religiousfervour andexorcism.Award-winning author Chika Unigwe writes with humour and acute observation, providing a layered and very human portrayal of the realities of migrantlife.
Genre: LiteraryFiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115540
PublicationDate: 3rdSeptember2019
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 124
RightsHeld: World
The rstbookinthenewCassavaShortsseriesoffersanun inchinglookatlifeandlustinLagos.is
memorableshortstorycollectionisfull ofcolourful charactersinvolvedinaffectingdramas:ayoung manwhocan'tgettheimageofhisnaked,beautifulmotheroutofhismind;amiddle-agedhousewifewho ndsloveagainbuthasanimpossibledecisiontomake;achildsopoorhehastohawkonionsonChristmas day-andmanyothers.
“Beginning with deliberate brevity and ending on a note of lush lyricism, these fascinating vignettes of Lagoslifeshowcaseanarrayofperipateticcharacterswhoarehopelesslystuckintheirdilemmas.”
Se Atta, author of Everything Good Will Come
Genre: LiteraryFiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115847
PublicationDate: 30thApril2019
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 157
RightsHeld: World
TLumbung Stories edited by harriet c. brown
“We are beings-in-common.”
equioinMexico,auzolaninBasqueCountry,lumbunginIndonesia,
ubuntu in South Africa, mutirão in Brazil – all terms used around the world to describe the concept of collective work. Bringing together 8 publishing houses and 7 writers, each writing in a different language, Lumbung Stories is a true product of communal action. From speculative essays and experimental texts to intimate stories that portray collective work as something every day and habitual, each writer presents theiruniquetakeonwhata “lumbungstory”is.
Blurring the lines between realism and ction, the past and the future, this uniqueandpowerfulcollectionbrimswithlifeandisavitalreminderofthe tiesthatuniteusall.
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175542
PublicationDate: 16thDecember2022
Price: £12.99
PageCount: 256
RightsHeld: World
A Mind to Silence and Other Stories
Edited by Anwuli Ojogwu and Okey Ndibe
Includes the 2021 and 2022 shortlisted AKO Caine Prize stories as well as stories from the Caine Prize workshop
Awomanwhocarriesherfateandthatofhercommunityinherhairisbeguiled
by the deceptive designs of Europeans out to colonise her most prized possession.Aman ndshappinessinthereincarnationofalostlove.Ayoung womanrisksherlifeforfreedomthroughtheculturalpracticeofahumanloanscheme.
Talesofsacri ce,love,freedom,self-discoveryandloss llthepagesofthislarger-thanlife tapestry of stories from across Africa and its diaspora. Forged in a diversity of tempers and forms, these stories range from the epistolary to the experimental, from mysteries, noirs and political thrillers to speculative ction and futurism, and much more. In prose that moves from visual and lyrical to gritty and visceral, these writers explore fate, memory, the fragility of love and the duplicitous nature of human interactions.
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175528
PublicationDate: 9thAugust2023
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 336
Rights Held: World
(An Amaka Thriller Series)
by Leye Adenle
“Spectacular-Adenleiscrime ction'sbestnewvoiceforyears.” LeeChild
Theself-appointedsaviourofLagos'sexworkers,Amakamayhavebittenoff more than she can chew this time as she nds herself embroiled in a politicalscandal.Whenaplanecrashkillsthestategubernatorialcandidate,the partypicksareplacementwhoisassuredofwinningtheelection:ChiefOjo But AmakaknowstheskeletonsthatlurkinChiefOjo's closet,includingwhattook place at the Harem, the secret sex club on the outskirts of Lagos that he frequents. Amaka is the only person standing between Chief Ojo and election victory,andhesendshiredgunsMalikandShehuaerher.Caughtinagameof survival,againstabackdropofcorruption,violence,sexandsleaze,Amakamust ndawaytooutwitherbloodthirstyadversaries.
In this compelling sequel to the award-winning Easy Motion Tourist, Leye AdenlepullsbackthecurtainontheseedyunderbellyofLagosonceagaininthis grittyandwidely-acclaimedthriller
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115632
PublicationDate: 2018
Price: £8.99
PageCount: 336
RightsHeld: World
(An Amaka Thriller Series)
by Leye Adenle
Guy Collins, a British hack in Lagos, ends up stumbling into the murky
underworldofthecity HemeetsAmaka,asassyguardianangelofLagos working girls who wants to expose the dark underbelly of Nigerian organ trafficking. With Easy Motion Tourist's astonishing cast, Tarantino has landed in Lagos. is pageturning crime novel pulses with the rhythm of Nigeria's mega-city,reeksofitsopendrainsandsparkleslikethechampagnequaffedin itsupmarketdistricts.
“It's shocking, it's funny, it's a vaulting jackal of a book that rips out your throat…andyourheart.isbookroils,rages,androars.LeyeAdenlehasmy voteforcrownprinceofcrimewritersintheUK.”
James Ellroy
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115069
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £8.99
PageCount: 326
RightsHeld: World RightsSold: French,Spanish,English(India)
The Score (A Vee Johnson Mystery)
Veeandherever-faithfulsidekick,ChlöeBishop,havebeenbanishedfrom
thenewsroomtoreviewasleepytouristlodge.eyhavejustcheckedin when the rst body is discovered hanging from a tree, with Vee's purple silk scarfusedasanoose.Suicide…orstrangulation?Veediscoversastrangeworld of conferences and corruption, dog-walking and drug addiction, all whilst jugglingthetwomeninherlovelife.
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115397
Publication Date: 2019
Price: £8.99
PageCount: 336
Rights Held: World English (excluding South Africa)
VThe Lazarus Effect (A Vee Johnson Mystery)
oinjama Johnson's life is a mess. She's an investigative journalist who's beenseeingthings:ateenagegirlinaredhatthatgoeshand-in-handwith the debilitating episodes she is loath to call 'panic attacks'. Until she spots a photoof the girl from herhallucinations at a local hospital. Vee embarkson an investigation with her oddball assistant Chloe, delving into the secrets of the fractured Fourie and Paulsen families. A gripping new addition to the African crimegenre.
“A wonderful debut brimming with intelligence, wit and real heart Enormouslyentertaining.”
Deon Meyer
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115083
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £8.99
PageCount: 358
RightsHeld: WorldEnglish(excludingSouthAfrica)
RightsSold: Italian
Soni Dike is a Lagos big boy; a criminal turned grandee, with a beautiful
wife, a sea-side mansion and a questionable fortune. en one day he disappears and his Jag is found in a ditch, music blaring from the speakers. When his younger brother, Abel, a small-town teacher, discovers that his brotherismissing,hetakesthe rstplanetoLagos.Heisrapidlysuckedintothe unforgiving Lagos maelstrom where he has to navigate encounters with a motleycastofcommoncriminals,dealwithpolicemenintentongettingapiece ofthepie,andcontendwithhisgrowingattractiontohisbrother'swife.
“eCarnivorousCitytakesthereaderonaDickensiantourofLagos,bringing thecitytolifelikenootherbookIhaveread.”
e
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115243
Publication Date: 2016
Price: £8.99
Rights Held: World PageCount: 241
Helon Habila, author of Waiting for an Angel and
Chibok Girls
Lagos Noir
Edited by Chris Abani
An uncompromising anthology of noir stories set in the tumultuous metropolis, Lagos, written by some of the most versatile and fascinating Nigerian authors working today Fans of the darker side of literature will revelinthesetalesfromNigeria'slargestcity
In his superb introduction, editor Chris Abani guides the reader through thedark,criminalandriotoushistoryofLagos.Withanintimateknowledge ofthecity,eachwritertakesusthroughthemurkyunderbellyofwaterways and alleyways, freeways and spaghetti bridges to reveal the unbridled darknesspulsatingthroughthenervecentreofthismegacitybythelagoon.
Featuring corrupt cops, luxurious mansions and a trail of bodies, this carefully curated collection shines a light on the darkest sides of Lagos. FromAbani'swittyandsuperbhomagetoSherlockHolmes,'KillerApe', to Chika Unigwe's 'Heaven's Gate', where a taxi driver's newfound riches disappear as quickly as it arrives, these compelling and sometimes surprisinginterpretationsofthenoirgenremakeLagosNoiramustread.
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115731
PublicationDate: 2018
Price: £10.99
PageCount: 217
RightsHeld: UK&Commonwealth
Accra Noir
Edited by Nana-Ama Danquah
Accra is the perfect setting for noir ction. e telling of suchtales—ones
involving or suggesting death, with a protagonist who is awed or devious,drivenbyeitheraself-servingmotiveoroneofthesevendeadly sins—iswovenintothefabricofthecity'severydaylife
Accraismorethanjustacapitalcity ItisamicrocosmofGhana.Itisavirtualmap ofthenation'ssoul,acomplexgeographicaldisplayofitsindigenouspresence,the colonial imposition, declarations of freedom, followed by coups d'état, decades of dictatorship,andthen, nally,asteadymarchforwardintoapromisingfuture
MuchlikeAccra,thesestoriesarenotalwayswhattheyseem.econtributorswho pennedthemknowtoowellhowtospinastoryintoaweb Itisanhonouranda pleasuretosharethemandalltheyrevealaboutAccra,acityofallegories,oneofthe mostdynamicanddiverseplacesintheworld.
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175191
PublicationDate: 20thApril2021
Price: £9.99
RightsHeld: UK&Commonwealth
Addis Ababa Noir
Edited by Maaza Mengiste
WNairobi Noir
Edited by Peter Kimani
Nairobi Noir brings together some of Kenya's most exciting and acclaimed writers,in this celebration of noir writing, played out on the streetsofNairobi.
“Although the range of issues explored in Nairobi Noir is as diverse as its contributors, it all gestures toward a common theme. In this concrete jungle,thehuntersandherdersliveon.Asdothehunted...”
— Peter Kimani, introduction
Featuring brand new stories from: Ngũgĩ wa iong'o, Stanley Gazemba, Ngumi Kibera, Peter Kimani, Winfred Kiunga, Kinyanjui Kombani, Caroline Mose, Kevin Mwachiro, Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ, Faith Oneya, Makena Onjerika, Troy Onyango, J.E. Sibi-Okumu, and Rasna Warah.
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175009
PublicationDate: 4thFebruary2020
Price: £10.99
RightsHeld: UK&Commonwealth
hat markslife in AddisAbaba are the starklydifferent realities coexistingin
one place. It's a growing city taking shape beneath the fraught weight of history,myth,andmemory Itisaheadymix.Itcanalsobedisorienting,and itisinthisspacethatthestoriesofAddisAbabaNoirreside
esearenotgentlestories.eycrossintoforbiddenterritoriesandtraversethedamaged terrain of the human heart. e characters in these pages are complicated, worthy of our judgmentasmuchasthey somehowmanagetoeludeit.ewritershaveeachdiscovered theirownwaystogetustoleaninwhileforcingustogritourteethaswedrawcloser
Despitethe varied anddistinctvoicesinthese pages,nosinglebookcancontainall ofthe wonderful, intriguing, vexing complexities of Addis Ababa. But what you will read are stories bysomeofEthiopia's mosttalentedwriterslivinginthe countryandabroad.Each of them considers the many ways that myth and truth and a country's dark edges come togethertocreatesomethingwhollyoriginal—andunsettling.
Brand-new stories by: Maaza Mengiste,Adam Reta, MahtemShiferraw, Linda Yohannes, Sulaiman Addonia, Meron Hadero, Mikael Awake, Lelissa Girma, Rebecca Fisseha, Solomon Hailemariam, Girma T Fantaye, Teferi Nigussie Tafa, Hannah Giorgis, and BewketuSeyoum.
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175214
Publication Date: 4th August 2020
Price: £9.99
Rights Held: UK and Commonwealth
On Ladies and Handbags
by Mylo Freeman
FromfeaturinginAncientEgyptianhieroglyphstoshow-stealingappearancesonSexandtheCity(“It'snotabag,
it's a baguette!”) – the humble handbag has well and truly earned its place as a fashion must-have. Marrying fashion and functionality, it has been used to make a statement, to house love letters, and even carry a dog or two!
In On Ladies and Handbags, awarding winning author and illustrator Mylo Freeman explores this everyday accessory through the fascinating stories of 50 iconic ladies throughout history and their relationships with their bags. Accompanied by beautiful illustrations, it features a diverse range of women from fashion designers like Vivienne Westwood and Palesa Mokubung, to activists like Josephine Baker and Laverne Cox, musical icons like Rihanna and GraceJones,andpioneerslikejournalist-explorerNellieBlyandAnnaMayWong,Hollywood's rstChineseAmerican star
Anessentialreadforloversoffashion,history,andwomen'sstories.
Genre: Non- ction
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1913175665
PublicationDate: 18thJune2024
Price: £18.99
PageCount: 116
RightsHeld: World
Love Offers No Safety
edited by Olumide F Makanjuola & Jude Dibia
Gathering rst-handaccounts,LoveOffersNoSafetytellsthestories
of queer men in Nigeria, in their own words. is powerful anthologydocumentstheireverydaylives,includingstoriesoflove, heartbreak,tenderness,andstruggle,andshowsthatthereisnooneuniversal queer experience. From nding love and facing heartbreak, to the power of community, and the struggles faced. Love Offers No Safety also serves as an exploration of what it is to be a man – how societal pressures foster toxic masculinity, and the barriers this creates for learning to understand one another
CompaniontoSheCalledMeWoman:Nigeria'sQueerWomenSpeak
Genre: Non-Fiction
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1913175481
Publication Date: 20th June 2023
Price: £16.99
PageCount: 129
Rights Held: World
Edited by Chitra Nagarajan, Azeenarh Mohammed & Rafeeat Aliyu
She Called Me Woman is a collection of rst-hand accounts by a community
telling their stories on their own terms. In this absorbing and groundbreakingcollection,25narrativesarebroughttogethertopaintapictureofwhat it really means to be a queer Nigerian. Covering tales of rst love and boarding school curiosity, as well as the (sometimes fraught) relationship between sexuality and spirituality, She Called Me Woman challenges stereotypes with thesesnapshotsintoqueerNigerianlife.
“e editorsof this collection succeed in bringing LGBTQ Nigerian women out oftheshadows.” Publisher'sWeekly
“isisabold,braveandbrilliantbook. ” Jackie Kay (MBE), author of Trumpet and e Adoption of Papers
“esetruestories,thesewomenspeakingintheirownwords,oftheirownlives, are radical, vital, and timely […] they are beautifully told, the pain and honesty andhopeandjoyintheseaccountsisstronglikeasong. ”
Stella Duffy, author of e Hidden Room
Genre: Non- ction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115595
PublicationDate: 2018
Price: £12.99
PageCount: 368
RightsHeld: World
Female Fear Factory: Unravelling Patriarchy's Cultures of Violence
by Pumla Dineo Gqola
Patriarchy does not respect national boundaries. It is unabashedly promiscuous in its in uences and tethers. Yet, it does use
nationalismveryproductively.
Anemptystreetatnight.Acrowdedbus.Alecturehall.Allsitesoffemalefear,instilledinwomenandthosewhohavebeenconstructed female,fromanearlyage.
Drawing on examples from around the world – from Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa to Saudi Arabia, the Americas and Europe, Gqola tracestheconstructionandmachinationsofthefemalefearfactorybyexposingitslies,myths,andseductions.Sheshowshowseemingly disparate effects, like driving bans, street harassment, and coercive professors, are the product of the ever-turning machinery of the femalefearfactory,anditsuseoffearasatoolofpatriarchalsubjugationandpunishment.
Female Fear Factory: Unravelling Patriarchy's Cultures of Violence is a sobering account of patriarchal violence in the world, and a hopefulvisionfortheworkofunapologeticfeministimaginativestrategiesacrosstheglobe.
Genre: Non-Fiction
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1913175153
PublicationDate: 19thAugust2022
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 182
RightsHeld: WorldexcludingSouthernAfrica
Formation: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation
by Fola Fagbule and Feyi Fawehinmi
FormationtrackstheunlikelyseriesofeventsandcharactersthatledtothecreationofthemodernNigeriannation:from1804when
the rst Jihadists began their attack on a collection of independent nations to 1914 when the current shape of Nigeria was completedas a British colony through amalgamation. Formation challenges the orthodox understanding of Nigeria's past as merelya productofcolonialinterference,revealinganincrediblycomplicatedportraitofanationwithatangledhistory,whereslavery,violence andinstabilitywasandremainsaprimaryorganisingprincipleforelitecompetitionandpoliticalnegotiations.
In uential gures loom large over the narrative including: Usman dan Fodio, the revolutionary Islamic reformer and founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Efunroye Tinubu, the prominent slave-trader and political gure, Fredrick Lugard, British colonial administrator, Nana Asma'u, revered poet and teacher, Samuel Ajayi-Crowther, Yoruba linguist and rst Nigerian Anglican Bishop, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, political campaigner, suffragist and mother to Fela Kuti, maverick British statesman and industrialist, Joseph Chamberlain, alongside other well-known and many less familiar names. Formation uses colourful character sketchesand rst-hand reportingtoshowhowlocaleventsandcharactersareintertwinedwithglobaloccurrencesovertheperiod.
Coming on the 60th anniversary of the end of formal colonial rule in Nigeria, Formation arrives at a critical time when the world is reawakening to the struggles of Black people re-ignited by the police killing of George Floyd and the activism around Black Lives Matter is book grounds these struggles, guiding readers into the 19th century events of Africa's most populous country where through slavery and colonialism, the terms of trade were calculated in human currency, creating an environment of deep-seated mistrust,animosityandauniversallymorbidandhardtodislodgepoliticaleconomy.
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1913175092
th PublicationDate: 19 January2021
Price: £15.99
RightsHeld: World
“WhileJohnisanadvocateofcollectiveresponsibility,heaimshis ercestbarbsat thoseinpositionsofpower,deliveringajoyousmassacreofsacredcows.”
Kieron Monks, CNN
An affecting, unrestrained and satirical guide to the Nigerians you will meet
at home and abroad, or on your way to hell and to heaven. is is a searing lookathowpowerisabused,negotiatedandperformedinprivateandinpublic;in politics, business, religious institutions and in homes. Beyond poking fun at the holders of power, it is a summons, a provocation and a call for introspection amongalllevelsofsociety
Genre: Non- ction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115960
PublicationDate: 2019
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 148
RightsHeld: World
Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize
Auniqueblendoftravelogue,musingsandpoetry,AStranger'sPosedraws
the reader into a world of encounters haunted by the absence of home, estrangement from a lover and family tragedies. e author's recollections of fragments of his journeys to African cities offer a compelling and very personal meditation on the meaning of home and the generosity of strangers to a lone traveller Alongside accounts of the author's own travels are other narrativesaboutmovement,intimacy,thepoweroflanguageandtranslation.
Includes39photographsbyacclaimedAfricanphotographers.
“Dreamofaperfectbook,aballadwithallthelyricsremembered.esleeper wakesfromdreams.atbookisinyourhands.”
Teju Cole, author of Every Day is for the ief and Open City
“Astunninghybridofabook.” VanityFair
“A brilliant travelogue… Emmanuel Iduma expands what writing about the continent can be by paying extraordinary attention to the ebbs and ows of humanconnection.” eAtlantic
Genre: Non- ction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115496
PublicationDate: 2018
Price: £10.99
PageCount: 216
RightsHeld: World
RightsSold: Italian
Winner of the John Avery Award,
André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards.
Shortlisted for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.
Longthroat Memoirs presents a sumptuous menu of essays about
Nigerian food, lovingly presented by the nation's top epicurean writer As well as a mouth-watering appraisal of the cultural politics and erotics of Nigeriancuisine,itisalsoaseriesofloveletterstotheNigerianpalate.
“…amazingwittywritingaboutNigeriancookingandidentity.”
Genre: Non- ction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115267
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £12.99
PageCount: 357
RightsHeld: World Ruby Tandoh, baker, columnist and author of Flavour
Making Futures: Young Entrepreneurs in a Dynamic Africa
This collection tells the story of an emerging digital Africa,
through the eyes of Africa's most promising young entrepreneurs.Chartingthestoriesof24entrepreneursworkingin different industries across the continent, Making Futures: Young Entrepreneurs in a Dynamic Africa showcases the young women and men who are taking charge of their destinies and building business enterprises and innovative non-pro ts to radically changetheirlivesandthelivesoftheircommunities.
Genre: Non- ction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115885
Publication Date: 2019
Price: £16.99
PageCount: 304
Rights Held: World
Safe House: Explorations in Creative Nonfiction
In a collection of creative essays that ranges from travel writing and
memoirtoreportage,EllahWakatamaAllfreybringstogethersome ofthemosttalentedwritersofcreativenon ctionfromacrossAfrica.
A Ghanaian explores the increasing in uence of China across the region;aKenyanstudentactivistwritesofexile inKampala; aLiberian scientistsharesherdiaryoftheEbolacrisis;aNigerianwritertravelsto the north to meet a community at risk; a Kenyan travels to Senegal to interviewagayrightsactivistandaSouthAfricanwriterrecountsatale offamilydiscordandmurderinaremoteseasidetown.
is anthology contains a range of unforgettable stories by authors fromacrossAfricaandpresentspersonalviewsofcontemporaryissues inanaccessibleandthought-provokingmanner
Genre: Non- ction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115168
PublicationDate: 18thMay2016
Price: £12.99
RightsHeld: World
As West Africa's oldestform of popular music, Highlife was the soundtrack
oftheindependenceeraanditsin uencestillresonateswidelytoday
Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of the pioneering artistes of West Africa's vibrant music scene from the 1920s onwards It is packed full of inside information from interviews with stars including E.T Mensah, Kofo Ghanaba, Bobby Benson and Ignace De Souza, revealing priceless behind-the-scene momentssuchasLouisArmstronggivingEddieOkontaatrumpetwithagolden mouthpiece aer seeing him perform. Together with an illuminating account of Highlife'sinstruments,rhythmsandin uences,HighlifeGiantscomprehensively chartsthedevelopmentofthisrichandvariedpopularmusic,whichhascometo in uencecontemporaryWestAfricanmusicsuchasAfrobeatandhiplife.
Highlife remains crucial in generating social commentary and protest, and contributing to the consolidation of a pan-African musical identity is book willenthralreaderswishingtodelveintotherichmusicalhistoryofWestAfrica.
Genre: Non- ction
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1911115298
Publication Date: 2016
Price: £12.99
PageCount: 334
Rights Held: World
AFlying up the Mountain by Elizabeth-Irene Baitie Sequel to Crossing the Stream
to and his friends Dzifa and Leslie have been selected to visit
Nnoma, the bird sanctuary that Ato's father helped build beforehedied.Atoisconvincedthathisfatherhidsomething valuable on the island, meant only for him. When the trio arrives at Nnoma with other children from across West Africa, they are split into teams and given missions to help broaden their knowledge of nature. ewinnerswillbecomeAsafo—ambassadorsofNnomaanddefenders of the Earth. But then the adults running Nnoma start behaving erratically andAtosuspects foul play Whenthe trio uncoversa sinister plot to exploit the sanctuary, Ato and his friends mustwork together to protectit—andhisfather'slegacy
Genre: MiddleGrade
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175702
PublicationDate: 16thJuly2024
Price: £9.99
RightsHeld: UK and Commonwealth (excluding Ghana andCanada)
Crossing the Stream by Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Atoandhisfriendsenteraschoolcompetitionhopingtowina
trip to Nnoma, a bird sanctuary Ato's father helped build before his death. When he's not working on the project, he spends his weekends with his estranged grandmother, although the local gossip about her scares him. When his project at the community gardens is threatened, Ato learns to overcome his fears and sets out to bring the secrets of his community to light, as well as setting a path to healing family wounds. Set in Ghana, this heart-warming coming-ofagetaleispackedwithadventurefromitscaptivatingcharacters.
Genre: MiddleGradeFiction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175467
PublicationDate: 27thJuly2023
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 216
RightsHeld: UKandCommonwealth(excluding
GhanaandCanada)
IWinner of the 2018 Lodestar, the World Science Fiction
Society Award for the Best Young Adult Book
n this sequel to What Sunny Saw in the Flames, from award-winning author
Nnedi Okorafor, an encounter with a lake monster sets Sunny Nwazue on a thrillingpath.Shemustlearntomasterhermagicpowers,whileuncoveringthe mysteries of the shadowy town of Osisi. is is a compelling tale combining culture,fantasy,historyandmagic.
“NnediOkorafor'simaginationisstunning.” eNewYorkTimes
“Mythology,fantasy,science ction,history,andmagicblendintoacompelling talethatwillholdreadersspellbound.”
Chicago Review of Books
Genre: YoungAdult
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115571
PublicationDate: 2018
Price: £7.99
RightsHeld: UK&Commonwealth
“esheerjoy of something like the 'Sunny' series isthe feeling that I simplyhave not read this before, and that is so rare... It's fantasy, yet it comes from a cultural placethatisn'tthestuffwe'vealreadyseen1,000timesbefore.”
“ere's more imagination on a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumesofordinaryfantasyepics.”
Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning author of A Wizard of Earthsea
“Ifyou'retiringofknights,dragonsandMerlin-typewizardsandareinterestedin exploringafreshanddifferentworldofmagic,try What Sunny Saw in theFlames. It'sjam-packedwithmythologicalwonders.”
Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series
Twelve-year-oldSunnyNwazuedoesn't tanywhere.Sheisalbino,andshehas
a special gi: she can see into the future. But when she meets Orlu, her classmate,shebecomespartofanexcitingnewrealmofstrangecreaturesanddark secrets – a world where your worst defect is actually your greatest asset. Now, Sunny and Orlu, with their friends Chichi and Sasha, must help track down a criminalwhohasbeenkidnappingandmaimingchildrenalloverthecity
Genre: YoungAdult
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115106
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £7.99
RightsHeld: UK&Commonwealth
Neil Gaiman
Nolitye lives in a shack with her mother embi in Phola, a dusty
townshiponthe edgeofJohannesburg. Sheisgoodatmathsandlikes collecting stones, which she places in a bucket under her bed. She also has unusual powers: she can communicate with dogs. Nolitye has two close friends,Bheki,whoisoverweight,andthebespectacled FourEyes,whojoin with her to resist the bullying from Rotten Nellie and her gang of Spoilers.
Oneday,Nolitye ndsaspecial stonethathasthepowertomakepeoplefeel happy and laugh. Her mission from now on is to gather together the other piecesofthestoneandreunitethem,tostopdarknessfromtakingcontrolof herworld.
“Duiker has created a vibrant cityscape populated by living, breathing, multifacetedhumanbeings...[insertspace]Simplyput,it'sahome.”
New York Times
“With strong elements of magical realism, the novel is both charming and whimsicalwithseveralheart-thumpingmomentsthatmakeitdifficulttoput down.”
Kirkus Reviews
Genre: YoungAdult
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115434
PublicationDate: 2017
Price: £7.99
PageCount: 210
RightsHeld: WorldEnglish
The Secret of the Purple Lake is a collection of ve interlinked stories
that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to Norway and ailand.Asaminorcharacterfromonestoryassumesamajorroleinthe next, we meet a fascinating cast, including Imoro the magic elephant, the Walrus Prince, and the Wild Princesses of Rousay e protagonist of the opening tale, e Fisherman's Daughter, has to retrieve her dead father's bones from the bottom of the sea, in order to bring harmony back to her seaside village. In ful lling her task, she must evade the clutches of e Fish-manofthePurpleLake.eFish-man,amonstrouscreaturewiththe body of a man and the head of a sh, was once a beautiful boy from the Sahel,andhashisownstoryabouthowhebecametheFish-man.
Genre: YoungAdult
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115311
PublicationDate: 2017
Price: £7.99
RightsHeld: World
Obioma Plays Football by Chika Unigwe
Illustrated by Chinyere Okoroafor
8-year-oldObiomaisafootballstar Sheusesaspecialstick
toscoregoalsandneverlosesaraceinherwheelchair!But when she moves to a new city, she has to go to a new schoolwhere shehasnofriends, andeveryonecalls her“the girl withthewheelchair” Obiomamissesplayingfootballmostofall, untilonedayagirlnamedAyanaaskshertorace.Oncetheystart playingfootball,everyonejoinsinandObioma ndsanewteam toplaywith!
AvailableinIgboandEnglish
Genre: PictureBook
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175368
PublicationDate: 23rdMay2023
Price: £8.99
PageCount: 48
RightsHeld: World
Grandma and the Moon's Hidden Secret
by Jumoke Verissimo
Illustrated by Chinyere Okoroafor
Àdùké lives with her grandparents in Ibadan and Grandma is her
favourite person in the world. She loves when Grandma sings to her, and gives her treats from her stall. But one day, Àdùké comes home from school and can't nd Grandma anywhere! Àdùké doesn't understand whyGrandmacan'tcomeback,butthenherauntYímikátellsherasecret.Can shereallyseeGrandmaifshesquintsupatthemoon?
Àdùkẹ ń gbé pe lú àwọn òbí òbí rẹ ní ìlú Ìbàdàn, Ìyá Àgbà ló sì fẹràn jùlọ lágbàáyé.fẹrànjùlọlágbàáyé.
ÓfẹrànkíÌyáÀgbàmáakọrinfúnàtibíwónsemáańfunníkókórólátiinúìsọ wọn.
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AvailableinYorubaandEnglish
Genre: PictureBook
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781913175351
PublicationDate: 11thOctober2022
Price: £7.99
PageCount: 48
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Smile with African Style
by Mylo Freeman
IBirds
of West
Africa by Virginia W. Dike
Illustrated by Robin Gowen
Achild's guide to West African birds with the aim of
introducingchildrentosome
of the many fascinating birds that they may not be familiar with. It explains the basic features of birds and key things to note in observing them and is accompanied by beautiful paintings by illustrator Robin Gowen of 25 birds representing the major species intheregion.
Genre: Children'sNon- ction
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175436
PublicationDate: 13thJune2023
Price: £7.99
PageCount: 36
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t's a special day in Macy's classroom as all the children come in dressed up in their most stylish African clothing! Zahra's Ethiopian dress is covered in beads, while Malika's Namibian out tisburstingwithcolours.Andwhoishidingbehindthatelephant maskfromCameroon?
No two out ts are the same, in this beautiful and varied parade of clothingfromacrossAfrica!
esecondbookintheMacy’sWorldseries!
Relatedbooks:Hair,it'saFamilyAffair(ISBN:9781911115670)
MyloFreemangrewupineHagueandlivesinAmsterdam.Shehas beenafull-timewriter-illustratorsince1993andhaspublishedover50 picturebooks.HerdebutbookPotty!wasawardedtheKiekBookPrize andhasbeentranslatedintomanylanguages.
Genre: Picture Book
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175177
Publication Date: 11 August 2021
Price: £6.99
RightsHeld: World
CHILDREN’S BOOKS (THE PRINCESS ARABELLA SERIES)
“Using bright colors and brilliant prints, Freeman encourages young readers to bethemselves.”
– Kirkus Reviews
Adelightful addition to the popular 'Princess Arabella' series
Princess Arabella and her friends embark upon their rst day at Princess School. ey nd themselves taking some very unusual lessons – and when they are allowed to bring their pets to school, fun and gamesensue!
Anengagingandentertainingpicturebookforchildrenaged3+.
Genre: PictureBook
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115410
PublicationDate: 2017
Price: £6.99
“A joyful, multi-ethnic tale in the Princess Arabella series, with vibrant illustrations.”
– BookTrust
Anew title in the popular 'Princess Arabella' series. It is almost Granny's birthday and Princess Arabella and her friends set out to bake the most DELICIOUS and most GIGANTIC cake in the entire world. But who will be the winner – Princess Arabella, Prince Mimoen, PrincessSophieorPrincessLing?
Adelightfulpicturebookforchildrenaged3+
Genre: Picture Book
ISBN: 978-1911115427
Publication Date: 2017
Price: £6.99
Format: Paperback PageCount: 32
CHILDREN’S BOOKS (THE PRINCESS ARABELLA SERIES)
“Arabella'sadventuresoffersomethingfreshandentertainingtoanyone
lookingforprincessstorieswithadifference.”
- e Alligator's Mouth children's bookshop, Richmond, Surrey
Princess Arabella thinks her room is boring. So she decides she's
going to do something about that – all by herself.She mixes up somepaintsandinnotimeatallherroomlooksfabulous.
e latest book about the popular little Princess Arabella, with fun informationaboutmixingcolours.
Genre: PictureBook
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-9785078350
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £6.99
PageCount: 32
“A delightful story with gorgeously fresh, bright and 'smudgy' illustrations,completewithnellyphantendpages!” Letterbox Library
It’s Princess Arabella’s birthday. She wants a very special present. But will she get what she wants? A happy story about birthdays!
Genre: Picture Book
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-9785078343
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £6.99
PageCount: 28
CHILDREN’S BOOKS (THE PRINCESS ARABELLA SERIES)
“Vibrant illustrations burst from every page, making this a fun book to sharewithyoungchildren,particularlythosewhoareanticipatinganew arrivalinthefamily.”
– BookTrust
The newest title in the popular Princess Arabella series! Princess
Arabella can't wait to have a younger sibling to play with. But what would be most fun – a brother or a sister? Sisters seem great… until she meets Prince Mimoun's sister. A brother then? Princess Ling's brothers seem like too much trouble! What do Mum and Dad haveinstoreforPrincessArabella?
Genre: PictureBook
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115717
PublicationDate: 2019
Price: £6.99
PageCount: 32
Princess Arabella and her friends go to the museum. ere are
works of different artists exhibited: some are big and others are small.Insomeworks,youcanloseyourselfandothersmakeyousmile. en the children want to go home. Why? Because they want to make theirownworkofart!
Featuring a host of contemporary artists including Kehinde Wiley, YayoiKusama,GraysonPerryandmanymore.
Genre: PictureBook
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1913175054
PublicationDate: 7thApril2020
Price: £6.99
RightsHeld: World PageCount: 32
Acharming novelty picture book that will entertain even the
youngestreaders.Tryandmatcheachcrownwithaprincess –andthenseewhoappearsonthe nalpage!
Aninteractivebook,including apsandamirror
Genre: PictureBook
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-1911115380
PublicationDate: 2017
Price: £9.99
PageCount: 28
RightsHeld: WorldEnglish
Hair, It’s a Family
Acelebration of black hair, through the vibrant and varied
hairstyles found in a single family With Mylo Freeman’s trademarkcolourfulillustrations,thisentertainingbookwillshow youngblackchildrenthejoysthatcanbefoundthroughtheirhair, andremindotherchildrenofthemanydifferenttypesofhairthat canbefoundintheworldaroundthem.
“A ne mirror book for kids with textured hair that has endless possibilities.”
Kirkus Reviews
“Freeman continues to depict authentic black families, which are sadlyunder-representedinpicturebooks,withvibrantillustration andsomesimpletextaboutelementsofeverydaylife.”
Genre: PictureBook
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2018
Price: £6.99
PageCount: 28
RightsHeld: World ISBN: 978-1911115670
Join Adanah on an alphabetical adventure as she goes to visit her
grandfather in Modokeke. Every letter, from A to Z, is featured in this African alphabet book, including a camera to take pictures, an eagle spied abovethetrees,apumpforfetchingwater,andstoriestoldbyAuntieSumbo Written in a bouncing rhyming style, children will learn while having fun as theyjoinAdanahonherschoolbreak.
“A fun, positive portrayal of everyday life in a Nigerian village, which effectivelyintroducesthealphabettoyoungchildren.”
BookTrust
Genre: PictureBook
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115151
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £6.99
PageCount: 32
RightsHeld: World
MayowaandtheMasqueradestellsthestoryofMayowa’svisitto
hisrelativesinIlisanwherehelearnstolovetheoutdoorsand comes to understand important lessons about his people’s customs.
isstoryisabright,light-heartedreadandtheboldillustrationswill engagechildrenandtheirparents.
Genre: PictureBook
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115144
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £6.99
PageCount: 32
RightsHeld: World
A Taste of Love
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. But this delectable romance
has Toby, manager of the Bar-Rage, winning over feisty mum and successful baker Adoowithhisdeliciouspizza,suavegoodlooksandhiscalm, con dentdemeanour.Soon, AdooandTobyareenjoyingspontaneousdates.AdooloveshowTobytreatsherson,andis thrilled to nd a man her son approves of. Will Toby and Adoo commit or will they only haveATasteofLove?
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115199
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £5.99
PageCount: 170
RightsHeld: World
TIhings are changing at Lagos rm City Finance. But for Ada Okafor, a bright and
dedicated trainee, the only change worth noticing is the dashing, new British-trained assistantMD,TonyOkoli.Ambitiousanddetermined,AdaignoresherfeelingsforTonyand focuses on juggling her work in accounts with studying. But the two are drawn together and theyembarkonasecretandpassionateaffair eirloveistrulytestedasthey ghttopersuade themselvesandtheworldthatlove,intheend,trumpssocialstatus.
“ere’sde nitelyaneed fordiverseanddifferentlovestories –andCassavaRepublic’ssetof entertainingtalesisaverygoodstart.”
e Sunday Times
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115205
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £5.99
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by Amina ula
t'sChristmasandSindihasbeeninvitedtoherfriend'sstunningnewapartmentfordinner.
She nds herself in the elevator with a handsome man in a dashing blue suit. eir impromptu kiss under the mistletoe ignites unanticipated desire. But Sindi is focused on rebuildingherlifeaeramessybreak-up Edwardisthelastthingsheneeds.Orsoshethinks.
AsteamyromancesetinthebeautifulcityofCapeTown.
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115236
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £5.99
Mira is ambitious and creative but she's stuck as a PA to the ruthless editor of fashion
magazine Black Sparkle. A string of disastrous dates threatens to put her off men forever. And then she crashes into the Mercedes of tiger-eyed Dominic. Mira's luck changes whenshe'spromotedtoassistanteditor,butDominicisthephotographerforher rstedition incharge.Sparks yasthecreativeenergyoftwotalentedindividualsfuelsaheadymixoffear anddesire.
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115229
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £5.99
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KambithinksthesereneObuduMountainResortistheperfectplaceto nishherpoetry
collectionandhealherbrokenheart.ButalongcomesBeba,thegorgeousmanfromher pastwho reignitesthesparkbetween them.CanKambiresistBeba'scharmsandkeep upthe pretenceofbeinghisfake anceetohelphiminhisquestto ndhismother?Orwill aphony engagementbethekeyforKambitobeginFindingLoveAgain?
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115212
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £5.99
PageCount: 170
RightsHeld: World
Pby Oyindamola
Affinnih
hoenixAdvertisingAgencystarTisheislookingforwardtoher rrstdatewith sharply-
dressedAdnan.Sheisshockedwhenshediscoversthatheisatailor Shevowsthatthere willbenoseconddate ever Butoncetheyshareagoodnightkiss,everythingchanges.ey embark on a whirlwind romance as she struggles to reconcile her disapproval for Adnan's profession with herburning desire for him. Will Tishegive Adnan a chance?Findout in this racyromance.
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1911115182
PublicationDate: 2016
Price: £5.99
PageCount: 174
RightsHeld: World
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