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Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music by Angelique Kidjo

Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music

Angelique Kidjo

256 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography music emotional reflective medium-paced
The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

The Sex Lives of African Women

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Sister Mother Warrior by Vanessa Riley

Sister Mother Warrior

Vanessa Riley

480 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced
Segu by Maryse Condé

Segu

Ségou #1

Maryse Condé

512 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself by Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself

Olaudah Equiano

256 pages • first pub 1789 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

193 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Si la cour du mouton est sale, ce n'est pas au porc de le dire by Florent Couao-Zotti

Si la cour du mouton est sale, ce n'est pas au porc de le dire

Florent Couao-Zotti

202 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction medium-paced
Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Other Stories from Benin by Raouf Mama

Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Other Stories from Benin

Raouf Mama

84 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced
Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin by Raouf Mama

Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin

Raouf Mama

138 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Thread of Gold Beads by Nike Campbell-Fatoki

Thread of Gold Beads

Nike Campbell-Fatoki

422 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction romance emotional mysterious medium-paced