Nigerian Women Writers and Fiction
Explore the best fiction books by Nigerian women writers. Discover compelling stories, powerful narratives, and acclaimed authors shaping contemporary literature.
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A Heart to Mend
by Myne Whitman
SHE HAS AN OPEN FUTURE Gladys moves to live with an estranged aunt in Lagos and to continue her search for a job. Before long …
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The Mrs Club
by Ekene Onu
Smart, sexy and successful; These three Nigerian American girls have everything going for them, so why do they feel something is missing? The Mrs Club …
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Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—a haunting story of love and war • Recipient of the Women’s Prize …
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Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fifteen-year-old Kambili's world is circumscribed by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family compound. Her wealthy Catholic father, under whose shadow Kambili lives, …
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The Thing Around Your Neck
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—a dazzling story collection filled with "indelible characters who jump off the page …
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The Joys of Motherhood
by Buchi Emecheta
A rich, multilayered work of fiction, full of drama and written with deceptive simplicity.--Essence
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Second-class Citizen
by Buchi Emecheta
Tells the story of Adah, a Nigerian woman who moves to Great Britain with her husband and the struggles she goes through being black in …
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Slave Girl
by Buchi Emecheta
"Her graphically detailed pictures of tribal life make the novel memorable."—Chicago Tribune The Slave Girl follows the fortunes of Ogbanje Ojebeta, a Nigerian woman who …
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Kehinde
by Buchi Emecheta
The problems of African expatriates in England. Albert and Kehinde Okolo have lived in London for 18 years. When Albert announces they are returning to …
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The Family
by Buchi Emecheta
A Jamaican girl joins her parents in London at age eleven and makes formidable adjustments and choices to overcome the limitations of her family life.
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The Bride Price
by Buchi Emecheta
Aku-nna, a young Nigerian woman, must fight a sexist society in order to be with her true love, Chike.
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Under the Mango Tree
by Mabel Segun
Under the mango tree Books 1 and 2 present a stimulating new course in reading and studying poetry at primary level.
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Zahrah the Windseeker
by Nnedi Okorafor
Zahrah, a timid thirteen-year-old girl, undertakes a dangerous quest into the Forbidden Greeny Jungle to seek the antidote for her best friend after he is …
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The Only Way Is Up
by Folake Taylor
This book features the author's experiences and views on pertinent life issues as an immigrant to the United States. The objective is to empower women …
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Onaedo -The Blacksmith's Daughter
by Ngozi Achebe
An introduction to an African world that will haunt and surprise and an exquisite story told from a point of view that is rarely heard. …
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Never Again
by Flora Nwapa
A novel depicting Biafran women and their importance in sustaining the society Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Idu
by Flora Nwapa
The novel is set in a small Nigerian Community. Idu finally gives birth to a fine boy.
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Love, Motherhood and the African Heritage
by Femi Nzegwu
Forty years after the restoration of independence in Africa following decades of European conquest and occupation of the continent, there has been little positive impact …