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• His Only Wife

  Medie, Peace Adzo

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  Fiction. Medie was born in Liberia and raised in Ghana.

• Call and Response

  Stories

  Moeng, Gothataone

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  Short Stories. Moeng was born in Serowe, Botswana.

• Aya

  Life in Yop City

  Abouet, Marguerite, 1971-

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  Graphic Novel. Abouet was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

• Homegoing

  A novel

  Gyasi, Yaa

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  Fiction. Gyasi was born in Mampong, Ghana.

• Born a Crime

  Stories From a South African Childhood

  Noah, Trevor, 1984-

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  Memoir. Noah was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.

• The Old Drift

  A Novel

  Serpell, Namwali

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  Speculative history. Serpell was born in Lusaka, Zambia.

• The Middle Daughter

  Unigwe, Chika

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  Fiction. Unigwe was born in Enugu, Nigeria.

• A Dance for the Dead

  Onoh, Nuzo,

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  Horror. Onoh was born in Enugu, Nigeria.

• House Woman

  Nworah, Adorah

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  Thriller. Nworah was born in South-East Nigeria.

• Shubeik Lubeik

  Muḥammad, Dīnā,

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  Graphic Novel. Mohamed was born in Egypt.

• Ghost Season

  A Novel

  Abbas, Fatin

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  Fiction. Abbas was born in Khartoum, Sudan.

• Black and Female

  Essays

  Dangarembga, Tsitsi,

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  Essay Collection. Dangarembga was born in Mutoko, Zimbabwe.

• What Napoleon Could Not Do

  A Novel

  Nnuro, DK

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  Fiction. Nnuro was born in Ghana.

• Windmaker. Volume One

  Okupe, Roye,

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  Graphic Novel. Okupe was born in Lagos, Nigeria.

• Behold the Dreamers

  A Novel

  Mbue, Imbolo

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  Fiction. Mbue was born in Limbe, Cameroon.

• My Sister, the Serial Killer

  A Novel

  Braithwaite, Oyinkan

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  Thriller. Braithwaite was born in Lagos, Nigeria.

• Out of Darkness, Shining Light

  A Novel

  Gappah, Petina

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  Historical Fiction. Gappah was born in Copperbelt Province, Zambia.

• Under the Udala Trees

  Okparanta, Chinelo

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  Literary Fiction. Okparanta was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

• The Moor's Account

  A Novel

  Lalami, Laila

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  Historical Fiction. Lalami was born in Rabat, Morocco.

• Rosewater

  Thompson, Tade

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  Science Fiction. Thompson grew up in Nigeria.