Africa

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Algeria

Amara Lakhous
Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
2022, pp. 144, £ 8.99
A shrewd mix of social satire and murder mystery

Boualem Sansal
2084. The End of the World
2017, pp. 256, £ 11.99
A tribute to George Orwell’s 1984 and a cry of protest against totalitarianism of all kinds

Amara Lakhous
Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet
2014, pp. 160, £ 9.99
“Do we have an Italian Camus on our hands? Just possibly... No recent Italian novel so elegantly and directly confronts the ‘new Italy.’”—Carlin...

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Angola

Ondjaki
Transparent City
2021, pp. 352, £ 12.99
“A blend of stylised surrealism and harrowing realism."— LitHub

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Ghana

Kobby Ben Ben
No One Dies Yet
2023, pp. 384, £ 14.99
A genre-breaking novel from a powerful new Ghanaian voice.

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Nigeria

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The Passenger: Nigeria
2023, pp. 192, £ 18.99
The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, and reportage from around the world. Its aim, to break down barriers and introduce...

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia
The Son of the House
2021, pp. 304, £ 12.99
In Igboland, the lives of two Nigerian women change forever…

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Rwanda

Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
All Your Children, Scattered
2023, pp. 192, £ 14.99
Winner of the Prix Ethiophile, the Prix Des raciness et des mots, and the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie

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Senegal

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
The Silence of the Choir
2024, pp. 368, £ 14.99
A polyphonic tale of immigration and community by the winner of the 2021 Prix Goncourt

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Brotherhood
2021, pp. 208, £ 11.99
A novel about cowardice and courage in the face of repression, from a powerful new voice of French-African literature

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South Africa

S J Naudé
Fathers and Fugitives
2025, pp. 192, £ 9.99
An inventive and emotionally charged novel about fatherhood and family, loyalty and betrayal, inheritance and belonging.

S J Naudé
Fathers and Fugitives
2024, pp. 192, £ 14.99
An inventive and emotionally charged novel about fatherhood and family, loyalty and betrayal, inheritance and belonging.

Fiona Snyckers
Lacuna
2022, pp. 256, £ 12.99
A feminist response to Coetzee’s masterwork Disgrace, and the moving story of a woman trying to put her life back together

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Tunisia

Amira Ghenim
A Calamity of Noble Houses
2025, pp. 380, £ 14.99
Two prominent families, an illicit love affair, and a chorus of voices with multiple perspectives add up to a gripping saga set in modern Tunisia...

Shukri Mabkhout
The Italian
2021, pp. 368, £ 12.99
An emblematic story of the shipwreck of the Arab Spring