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Sefi Atta
Four women grapple with social circumstances out of their control in this novella and short stories collection written by an award-winning Nigerian author.
Perceptive and satirical, Indigene highlights revealing moments…
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A collection of family-drama plays by novelist and playwright Sefi Atta –
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A rich, fearless novel from the winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.
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In the 1980s in Lagos, the government’s war against indiscipline and austerity measures are in full swing. A succession of unfortunate events leads Tolani, a bank secretary, to be persuaded…
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Prizewinning author of Everything Good Will Come, Sefi Atta, recasts the international espionage tale by bringing the intrigue and politics of family life to the fore.
A new novel from Wole Soyinka prize-winning author of Everything Good Will Come.
A powerful story about two friends negotiating the politics of their nation, Sefi Atta's coming-of-age narrative is written with lyrical wisdom and brilliant insight. With insight and a lyrical wisdom…
A powerful and elequent coming of age story which traces the unusual friendship of two African girls into their adult lives.
Winner of the 2009 NOMA Award for Publishing in Africa. From Zamfara up north to the Niger delta down south, with a finale in Lagos, this collection of stories and…
This book is about exposing the differences between foreign images of Africa and the realities of contemporary Nigerian life. Deola’s urgent, incisive voice captivates and guides us through the intricate…
In Good For Nothing Girl, Gift, an eighteen-year-old Nigerian, gives an account of how her quest for a better education in the United States results in a controversial case of…
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It is 1971, Nigeria is under military rule and 11-year old Enitan Taiwo is tired of waiting for school to start. Will her mother, who has become deeply religious since…
An account of an immigrant family’s struggle and the lessons learned about diversity from the Wole Soyinka prize-winning author of Everything Good Will Come.
Sefi Atta is one of the latest in a great line of female Nigerian writers. her works have garnered several literary awards; these include the Red Hen Press Short Story…
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