Americanah

Written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27108-2 (0-307-27108-0)

From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a dazzling new novel: a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home.

As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and... Read more >

King Peggy
An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
Written by Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-74281-0 (0-307-74281-4)

The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa.

King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of American secretary, Peggielene Bartels, who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 people on Ghana's central... Read more >

Philida

Written by Andre Brink

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-80503-4 (0-345-80503-8)

This is what it is to be a slave: that everything is decided for you from out there. You just got to listen and do as they tell you. You don’t say no. You don’t ask questions. You just do what they tell you. But far at the back of your... Read more >

A Twist of Faith
An American Christian's Quest to Help Orphans in Africa
Written by John Donnelly

Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0132-5 (0-8070-0132-5)

American Christians, veteran reporter John Donnelly has discovered, are an ever-increasing source of aid in Africa, with some experts estimating that U.S. churches supply more resources to Africa than USAID. In A Twist of Faith, he tells the unlikely story of how faith and determination compelled one such American Christian to... Read more >

Running with the Kenyans
Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
Written by Adharanand Finn

Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-52879-7 (0-345-52879-4)

“A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhino, and buffalo roam the plains on either side. But I haven’t come to Kenya to spot wildlife. I’ve come to run.”

Whether running is your recreation, your religion, or just a spectator sport, Adharanand Finn’s... Read more >

Ambiguous Adventure

Written by Cheikh Hamidou Kane
Afterword by Wole Soyinka
Translated by Katherine Woods

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Melville House
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-1-61219-054-9 (1-61219-054-5)

The celebrated classic by a groundbreaking figure in African literature addresses a critical contemporary issue–the collision of Islamic African values and Western culture

Hailed by Chinua Achebe as one of the greatest African novels ever written, this long-unavailable classic tells the tale of young Samba Diallo, a devout pupil in a Koranic... Read more >

African Cosmos

Written by Christine M. Kreamer

Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
On Sale: November 27, 2012
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 978-1-58093-343-8 (1-58093-343-2)

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