Humor and poignance mix in this powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties, and Brazilian butt lifts, from the internationally bestselling author of Nearly All the Men in Lagos…
Ara is left heartbroken when her childhood sweetheart, Oye, leaves her for another woman. But she is unwilling to let go of the only man she has ever loved and is determined to do everything she can t…
Ebinimi, star mechanic of Kalakala Street, is a man with a hapless knack for getting in and out of trouble. Some of his troubles are self-inflicted: like his recurring entanglements in love triangles;…
Adanna, the haunting beauty married off to a man three times her senior. After enduring two decades of abuse, she and the rest of the household awaken to the murder of her husband, Chief Arinze Nsofor…
The novella revolves around the life of Efua Johnson, a woman of Ghanaian descent living in Lagos with her Nigerian husband. She faces an immense dislike from her mother-in-law who is not in support o…
Isioma is left heartbroken when an encounter with the debonair Karibi Graham-Hart turns out to be a one-night stand. She spends the next couple of years trying to get over him, until life throws them …
Loud and gregarious, Ozioma has always been the life of the party. But just as passionately as she embraces the good life is how much she also longs for a husband. And finally, at 37, she meets Onochi…
Beautiful, alluring and a lover of the good life, Ife has always used men to get what she wants. She has gained notoriety as the courtesan of a wealthy man and is satisfied with the luxuries that come…
After being dumped by her longtime love, Muyiwa, Ginika rebounds with Dike who, though charming, charismatic, and desperately in love with her, is nothing like her intimidating ex. Ginika and Muyiwa s…
African-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with The Secret Lives of Babi Segi’s Wives, a perceptive, entertaining, and eye-opening novel of polygamy in modern-day Nigeria. The struggles, …
A collection of short stories, structured as case-studies, and a form of love letter in solidarity with the women who have survived romantic relationships with men in Lagos….it deftly analyses the var…
Twelve years in America and Eziafa Okereke has nothing to show for it. Desperate to re-write his story, Eziafa returns to Nigeria to find a woman he can mold to his taste. Eighteen-year-old Zina has b…
A Jay Qasim short story and prequel to EAST OF HOUNSLOW written for Quick Reads 2021Business has been slow for Hounslow’s small time dope-dealer, Jay Qasim. A student house party means quick easy cash…
