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    • August 2024

      A Place Beyond the Heart

      by Irehobhude O. Iyioha

      A Place Beyond the Heart is a collection of short stories exploring issues at the intersection of war and love, terror and (dis)order, as well as identity, gender, and sexuality. The stories capture the lives of people facing personal, societal and transcultural challenges that define, transform, and ultimately create shifts in the way they see and experience the world.

    • Fiction
      February 2025

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      The Wed Luck Show

      by Michael Afenfia

      Two sisters living in two different cities, one in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and the other in Saskatoon, Canada have big announcements to make to their parents about marriage and finding love. While the older sister, Mondi appeared unsure of where she stood between convention and what she desired, her younger sister Yola was all set for an extreme adventure that threatened to tear their family apart.

    • Fiction
      November 2021

      Double Wahala, Double Trouble

      by Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

      A woman chops off her finger to demonstrate her fidelity to her lover. A mother loses her mind upon discovering that her husband has left her and their only child. An artist seeks to unravel why his neighbour's face enchants him. A passenger on a bus acts as an emissary of death. Meet some of the characters in Double Wahala Double Trouble, a collection of eleven stories by the award-winning poet, short story writer, children's novelist, and literary scholar. In this stunning collection, Umezurike lures the reader into a journey of the absurd and the grisly to show us men and women struggling to live, desire, love, and thrive against the eddy of troubles in their world.

    • May 2021

      Teardrops on the Weser

      by Amatoritsero Ede

      A masterful evocation of past wrongs through the lens of a seductively peaceful present. Amatoritsero Ede's meditative voice seduces us into a voyeuristic trance on a German river bank. Until we are suddenly awakened to the realisation that the "teardrops" are not for the Weser but for the burden of history carried all the way to Africa and beyond. A compelling read.

    • Children's & YA
      November 2023

      The Rights of Indigenous Peoples Explained

      by Summer Okibe

      Hey Child, I am excited to simplify the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) for you. You are special and you deserve to know that the Indigenous People around you have rights. You should, at all times, respect and acknowledge their rights.

    • November 2024

      The Twins that Saved Izonbele

      by Michael Afenfia

      Reminiscent of moonlight tales told by African aunties, mothers and grandmothers to children on special nights, The Twins That Saved Izonbele is a thrilling picture book about courage, language and the power of togetherness. It tells the story of how twin siblings, Beke-ere and Bekeowei took up the challenge of finding their lost language and reuniting their village after an unexpected event threatened to break the bond that held them together.

    • June 2025

      White Hearts

      by Nnamdi Okose

      Two young boys seeking to be initiated into the order of warriors, find their lives upturned when an accident wakes a vengeful goddess. This story, weaved from the oral lore and magic of the Igbo takes the reader on a journey through the lake where mermaids and crocodiles contend for power. And through enchanted kingdoms ruled by mythical spirits. A curse has been unleashed that would cause the destruction of the world. An army of both humans and mythical creatures must be raised to defend the world. Only a white heart can lead this great army.

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