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Copy of The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon
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Adam Shatz
“In the era of Black Lives Matter, Frantz Fanon’s shadow looms larger than ever. He was the intellectual activist of the postcolonial era, and his writings about race, revolution…
Cover of The Famished Road
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Ben Okri
“As his parents struggle to put food on the table, Azaro, a little boy living in the ghetto of an African city during British colonial rule, battles the evil spirits who are…
Cover of Waiting for the Waters to Rise
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Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox
“Babakar is a doctor living alone, with only the memories of his childhood in Mali. In his dreams, he receives visits from his blue-eyed mother and his ex-lover Azelia, both now…
Cover of The Death of Vivek Oji
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Akwaeke Emezi
“Southeastern Nigeria. Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienting blackouts, moments of disconnection between self and…
Cover of As I Stood Dead Before the World: Creative Writing from Luzira Prison
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Danson Kahyana, Bob G. Kisiki, Beatrice Lamwaka
A collection of poignant writings from inmates of Luzira prison in Uganda. This book was born from a creative writing project run by Uganda Pen. Striving to develop powers of…
Cover of 100 Days
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Juliane Okot Bitek
“For 100 days, Juliane Okot Bitek recorded the lingering nightmare of the Rwandan genocide in a poem–each poem recalling the senseless loss of life and of innocence. Okot Bitek…
Cover of the Reactive
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Masande Ntshanga
“Lindanathi and his friends—Cecelia and Ruan—make their living working low-paying jobs and selling anti-retroviral drugs (during the period in South Africa before ARVs became…
Cover of Kaveena
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Boubacar Boris Diop, Bhakti Shringarpure, Sara Hanaburgh
“This dark and suspenseful novel tells the story of a fictitious West African country caught in the grip of civil war. The dispassionate and deadpan narrator, Asante Kroma, is a…
Cover of The Face: Cartography of the Void
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“Acclaimed Nigerian-born author and poet Chris Abani has given us a profound and gorgeously wrought short memoir that navigates the stories written upon his own face. Beginning…
Cover of Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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Trevor Noah
“Noah’s path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a Black Xhosa mother, at the time…