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"But I am not just anybody. I am Adunni."
The girl with the louding voice is back, and it looks like her voice is even louder! This week we're reading And So I Roar, the highly anticipated follow-up to @abidare_author's sensational debut.
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Powerful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is finally in a loving relationship, but can a career woman truly have it all? Can having it all be a gilded cage?
This week we're following the messy lives of Kemi, Brittany and Yasmiin in #EverythingIsNotEnough by @LolaAkinmade.
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"I started reading Ghostroots, and when I tell you it's excellent, I need you to believe me."
We're obsessed with @PemiAguda's 'feverishly imaginative' short story collection. Once you read this excerpt, you'll never look at beans the same way again.
→ afreada.com/book-excerpts/gh…
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Ego, Zina and Eriife were always destined to be best friends, ever since their grandmothers sat next to each other on a dusty bus to Lagos in the late 1940s, forging a bond that would last generations...
This week we're reading @aiwahannah's highly anticipated second novel.
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We Were Girls Once is out in the world today!
Pure, undiluted joy as i get to hold these beautiful copies in my hands.
Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered.Thank you to @ScribnerUK @Taffyagent for making this possible.
Link in bio to grab a copy for yourself and your friends❤️
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"I laughed again, not the polite 'haha' I used at the office, but an actual laugh that ricocheted off the walls, a Nigerian laugh."
A high-powered London lawyer calls her friend in Lagos. After a long day of code-switching, she can finally be herself.
→ afreada.com/book-excerpts/we…
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Seen in Aljabalab, River Nile State, Sudan by @MuayedKhalifa
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If you could have any writer, living or dead, over for dinner, who would it be, and what would you serve them?
The late Egyptian writer Nawal Al Saadawi, and I would serve her Middle Eastern mezze, kofte, rice and salad...
Full Q&A with @PenguinUKBooks : shorturl.at/itv23
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Many thanks @AFREADA for publishing an excerpt from Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa, the newest @ShortStoryAFR anthology. We're proud to be the US publisher for this collection. Visit their site to read "Wednesday’s Delight" by Aba Asibon afreada.com/book-excerpts/ca…
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"For too long, Africa’s history has been dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism..."
Through interviews with African historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and local storytellers, @TheZeinabBadawi unearths buried histories and sets the record straight.
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✨ It's a launch event ✨
📨These Letters End in Tears author @MusihX brings her debut novel to @TheAfricaCentre in an unmissable conversation with mentor, @JJ_Bola.
🙌🏿This conversation will be moderated by @NancAdimora of @AFREADA
🎟️Tickets here: bit.ly/4cIvxQz
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In an insightful interview with @AFREADA, author, Ayesha Harruna Attah shares her journey to finding inspiration, the path to publishing five captivating books including #TheHundredWellsofSalaga and #TheDeepBlueBetween and more!
Read here⬇️
afreada.com/interviews/ayesh…
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What does it take to break into the book publishing industry & what can you do to boost your writing profile? Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, publishing director at @CassavaRepublic will be in conversation with Sarah Ozo-Irabor @eclecticsarah.
Join the fireside here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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We are thrilled to reveal the 2024 #WomensPrize for Fiction longlist sponsored by @baileys and @audible. 16 luminous novels to take you to different worlds, to share, recommend, love and pass on. Which ones are you excited to get your hands on? bit.ly/WPFiction
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One thing about Diana Ejaita? She's going to design a stunning cover, and you're going to want to read the book even more. 😍
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i NEED to read the rest of this. like right now.
"He brought us all these blessings" Anozie used to say in the early days following Obiefuna’s birth. It was just like him to state the obvious with the self-satisfaction of one wielding esoteric knowledge. Of course she knew.
This excerpt is too stunning: afreada.com/book-excerpts/bl…
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Still reeling from reading this unnerving and mesmerising thriller, beautifully read by @deltanene ! I am looking forward to more stories like this.
Ikemefuna, a young dancer in Lagos, is put on a plane to meet her new husband in Houston. But she is no ordinary wife. 👀
House Woman by @AdorahNworah is the jaw-dropping domestic thriller you didn't know you needed. Look out for an exclusive excerpt and an interview this week!
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This newsletter is FA_BU_LOUS. Made my morning. And also made me broke. It's dangerous.
We launched a new monthly newsletter this morning, highlighting six different books by African authors.
The feedback has been wonderful, and it's not too late to subscribe!
→ afreada.com/newsletter
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