Popular African Magical Realism Books
Find magical realism books written by authors from Africa for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (33)
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Vagabonds! : A Novel by Eloghosa Osunde EN
NigeriaDescription:
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE AND THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD “If you read one debut novel in 2022, this should be it.” —Los Angeles Times In the bustling streets and cloistered homes of Lagos, a cast of vivid characters—some haunted, some defiant—navigate danger, demons, and love in a quest to lead true lives. As in Nigeria, vagabonds are those whose existence is literally outlawed: the queer, the poor, the displaced, the footloose and rogue spirits. They are those who inhabit transient spaces, who make their pa... continue
Kenya33.
What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi EN
Description:
"A collection of intertwined stories built around the idea of keys, literal and metaphorical"--