On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terrorist group.Fifty-seven of them escaped over the next few months, but most were nev...

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 fl...

"The new generation of twenty-first-century African writers have now come of age. Without a doubt Habila is one of the best."—Emmanuel DongalaIn the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a Bri...

Presenting a diverse and dazzling collection from all over the continent, from Morocco to Zimbabwe, Uganda to Kenya. Helon Habila focuses on younger, newer writers - contrasted with some of their older, more established peers - to giv...

A young Nigerian man who is happy to be apolitical finds his life in Lagos--and his outlook on the world--drastically changed when a friend is attacked by the military and his neighborhood becomes the scene of violence and rioting.