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1	Things Fall Apart more books like this by Chinua Achebe Things do indeed fall apart in the mid-20th-century world of West Africa when the British colonize the country, disrupting the ancient ways of life that have provided meaning and structure for the inhabitants of a rural Ibo village. The hero of the story is Okonwo, a revered community leader and the character Achebe frequently uses as a kind of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Half of a Yellow Sun more books like this by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Adichie recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria during the 1960s. She weaves together the lives of five characters caught up in the extraordinary tumult of the decade. see all copies from $4.25! new only from $8.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	No Longer at Ease more books like this by Chinua Achebe This early novel portrays the frustrations and disillusions of Obi Okonkwo, a young African educated abroad who tries to hold on to his traditional tribal culture when is encounters the corrupt ruling bureaucracy of his newly-independent country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.07! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Death and the Kings Horseman more books like this by Wole Soyinka In the traditional Nigerian village where this play is set, custom demands that the King's chief horseman accompany his ruler into the afterlife by committing suicide when the King dies. When the King in this play dies, his horseman is relieved when he is barred from his traditional role by the colonial powers that have taken control of his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Joys of Motherhood more books like this by Buchi Emecheta This story of a young mother's struggles in 1950s Lagos is a powerful commentary on polygamy, patriarchy, and women's changing roles in urban Nigeria. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.16! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Arrow of God more books like this by Chinua Achebe In Achebe's poignant novel, a father-son conflict parallels the conflict between tradition and change in Nigeria. The "arrow of god" is the high priest representing the god Ulu who watched over the destiny of an Ibo village--a man so mired in the past that, faced with change, he sinks into madness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.16! \| first editions \| SVS
7	A man of the people more books like this by Chinua Achebe By the renowned author of "Things Fall Apart," this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way between the two worlds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.62! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Diffusion of Innovations more books like this by Dr. Everett M Rogers At the heart of DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS is Rogers' basic belief in the "innovation/adoption" cycle, detailing the time line in which products new to the market lag before wide adoption. While early adopters will always exist, Rogers contends, the broad success of a product is tied less to its innovation and more to other people's acceptance of it ... see all copies from $3.15! new only from $22.75! \| signed copies \| SVS
9	Anthills of the Savannah more books like this by Chinua Achebe ANTHILLS OF THE SAVANNAH is a novel about politics in the fictional West African nation of Kanga--a place very much like late 20th-century Nigeria. The military installs an officer as dictator of the country, who gradually becomes more paranoid and despotic until, eventually, he suspects even his oldest friends of disloyalty. Achebe's satiric ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Graceland more books like this by Christopher Abani The first novel by an award-winning Nigerian poet, GRACELAND is about an Elvis impersonator in Lagos whose only way out of his hopeless life with an abusive father is the streets. As he navigates through the Nigerian underclass and faces imprisonment and torture, all that sustains him is his great love for Elvis, American movies, reggae, and rock- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Famished Road more books like this by Okri In the slums of an African city, a child named Azaro has cheated on his pact with the spirit world. Meanwhile, his impoverished family must struggle to survive in the real world under British colonial rule. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The bride price more books like this by Buchi Emecheta Born of Ibo parents in Nigeria, Buchi Emecheta is widely known for her multi-layered stories of black women struggling to maintain their identity and construct viable lives for themselves and their families. She writes, according to The New York Times, with "subtlety, power, and abundant compassion". George Braziller is proud to have published ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.78! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Icarus Girl more books like this by Helen Oyeyemi Written when the author, Helen Oyeyemi, was 18, THE ICARUS GIRL is about young Jess Harrison, who has a Nigerian mother and a British father. Jess is bright and unhappy, feeling torn between two worlds, but she finds some solace in the invention of an imaginary friend named TillyTilly--who turns out to be a very bad influence. This extraordinary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Home and Exile more books like this by Chinua Achebe These lectures, given at Harvard in 1998 by the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, cover topics ranging from his own youth and the genesis of his great novel THINGS FALL APART, to the depiction of Africa in English writing, the dangers of rampant multiculturalism, and the even greater dangers of imperialism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15	Songs of Enchantment more books like this by Ben Okri This book continues the story of Azaro, the spirit-child, who was the young narrator of "The Famished Road." Azaro's family is disrupted when his mother becomes obsessed with a demonic tavern owner and his father with a beautiful beggar. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Ake: The Years of Childhood more books like this by Wole Soyinka AKE is the first volume of Wole Soyinka's acclaimed series of autobiographical works. This vivid, exuberant book is Soyinka's record of his childhood in colonial Nigeria. In rich and evocative prose he tells the tales of his schooldays and adventures in a captivating narrative, sometimes recollecting fears and dangers but always sensitive to the ... see all copies from $2.30! new only from $8.26! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England more books like this by Walter Dean Myers Biography of the African princess saved from execution and taken to England where Queen Victoria oversaw her upbringing and where she lived for a time before marrying an African missionary. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Second-Class Citizen more books like this by Buchi Emecheta see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.73! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis more books like this by Wole Soyinka Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka explores the history and future of Nigeria in a compelling jeremiad that is as intense as it is provocative, learned, and wide-ranging. Soyinka deftly explains the shifting dramatis personae of Nigerian history and politics to westerners unfamiliar with the players and the process, tracing the growth of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Palm-Wine Drinkard; And, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts more books like this by Amos Tutuola When Amos Tutuola's first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, appeared in 1952, it aroused exceptional worldwide interest. Drawing on the West African Yoruba oral folktale tradition, Tutuola described the odyssey of a devoted palm-wine drinker through a nightmare of fantastic adventure. Since then, The Palm-Wine Drinkard has been translated into more ... see all copies from $5.94! new only from $8.84! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Igbo of southeast Nigeria more books like this by Victor Uchendu see all copies from $5.00! new only from $35.94! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness more books like this by Wole Soyinka Nigerian writer Soyinka, the first Nobel laureate (1986) from black Africa, reflects on the state of the continent at the end of the 20th century, as Africans try to come to terms with their past and to clarify their relationship to the rest of the world. The book is based on three lectures Soyinka delivered at the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at ... see all copies from $4.78! new only from $7.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Measuring Time more books like this by Helon Habila A thrilling, epic story from a major new international talent. Mamo and LaMamo are twin brothers living in the small Nigerian village of Keti, where their domineering father controls their lives. With high hopes the twins attempt to flee from home, but only LaMamo escapes successfully and is able to live their dream of becoming a soldier who ... see all copies from $5.84! new only from $9.01! \| SVS
24 view cover	Collected Plays: Volume 1 more books like this by Wole Soyinka 'One of the finest poetic playwrights who have ever written in English' - Martin Esslin. 'A writer of genius' - Irish Times. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.24! \| SVS
25 view cover	Interpreters more books like this by Wole Soyinka The Nobel Laureate's first novel spotlights a small circle of young Nigerian intellectuals living in Lagos. see all copies from $6.64! signed copies \| first editions

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