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How to Make a Space Masquerade artfully blends speculative fiction with Igbo cosmology, seamlessly merging the earthly realm with a dystopian world. It explores the complexities of the human spirit and the intersection of the two worlds. A girl facing erasure for carrying a...

Binyavanga Wainaina was a seminal author and creative force, remembered as one of the greatest chroniclers of contemporary African life. This groundbreaking collection brings together, for the first time, Binyavanga’s pioneering writing on the African continent, including many of his most critically acclaimed pieces,...

It was 1996 in Nigeria; the year of the Atlanta Olympic gold, the year of political assassinations and the democratic struggle. It was also the year a little boy’s childhood took a dramatic turn when he lost his hearing and was immediately initiated into...

Two men wage war over custody of a long-lost medicinal formula, a formula reputed to prolong life. This battle will lead to a split in their community that slave traders and colonialists will exploit.

After a childhood in the backwaters of a Nigerian fishing town, up-and-comer Senami Mausi is proud of the man he has become. His sprawling compound is his castle and the beautiful Fadaka, daughter of the wealthy Silva family, is his queen. Thanks to the...

Two boys venture into a nearby forest, to hunt for bats and cook their prey over an open fire. Within a month, they are dead, bodies ravaged by an insidious disease... . In a series of moving snapshots, Véronique Tadjo illustrates the terrible extent...

In this instructive and far-reaching book, Dr Evans E. Woherem explores the technological antecedents of Africa or the extent to which Africa was a pioneer in technology in the world. The author presents the reasons Africa missed the boats of the previous industrial revolutions...

“When we gathered in Aburi, Ghana, in August 2024 for the inaugural CANEX Book Factory Creative Writing Workshop, we had a clear purpose: to give emerging African prose writers from the continent and the diaspora a protected space for craft, discipline, and growth. This...

Juba and the Fireball is about a little boy’s struggle with anger. Yejide Kilanko breaks down a difficult emotion that many children struggle with, and which their parents do not understand. –Ugo Anidi, author, Half Hour Hara series.

Ayisha Osori, writer, lawyer and advocate for social justice, ran for the People’s Democratic Party’s ticket to the House of Representatives in 2015 and lost. This is her story.

Love on the Dotted Line is a romance and family drama that tells the story of an unlikely pair. Ada Okeke, a newly widowed mother, needs to provide for her sons but has nothing to her name. Wande Badejo, a.k.a. “The Beast”, has conquered...

Ṣemilore “Ṣemi” Coker, a brilliant product developer, is having a rough day, made worse by an infuriating encounter with Toluwalashe “Lashe” Williams, a privileged entrepreneur. Their paths cross again that evening at a Lagos bar, and despite initial sparks of irritation, a deeper connection...

FEMI OTEDOLA is one of Africa’s greatest philanthropists. The self-made entrepreneur and Forbes-rated billionaire dreamt of his first business before he was ten years old and made his first billion by the age of 41. Part business book, part memoir, this book charts Otedola’s...

Chino’s mama wears a sleeping scarf at night, to keep her hair all soft and nice. One day, when Mama is leaving for work, she lets Chino play with the scarf – and so begins a magical day of imagination and adventure! Running with...

Ten-year-old Mayowa has always thought that her Grandpa Edward, who dyes his beard emerald green and jumps on books in private, is rather eccentric. Until one day she jumps on a book for herself – and uncovers a huge family secret. Mayowa is a...

Moonbeam is a stirring collection of stories that reflect the intricate realities of our world, told through the eyes of some of Nigeria’s finest culture journalists. Stepping beyond the bounds of their everyday routine as journalists, these writers draw deeply from their creative wells...

My Life and Times: A Memoir tells the story of how a young man from the small village of Idua in Akwa Ibom rose to become the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).