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A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis by Vanessa Nakate

A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis

Vanessa Nakate

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
My Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Azieb Pool

My Fathers' Daughter

Hannah Azieb Pool

244 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir by Wayétu Moore

The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir

Wayétu Moore

271 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Akwaeke Emezi

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Intimations by Zadie Smith

Intimations

Zadie Smith

1 hour, 52 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective medium-paced
Unbowed by Wangari Maathai

Unbowed

Wangari Maathai

314 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction memoir hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Warsan Shire

80 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Please Make Me Pretty, I Don't Want to Die: Poems by Tawanda Mulalu

Please Make Me Pretty, I Don't Want to Die: Poems

Tawanda Mulalu

88 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Of This Our Country: Acclaimed Nigerian Writers on the Home, Identity and Culture They Know by Anietie Isong, Lola Shoneyin, Abi Daré, Okey Ndibe, Caleb Femi, Sefi Atta, Chigozie Obioma, Yomi Adegoke, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Helon Habila, Irenosen Okojie, Inua Ellams Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Ike Anya, Nels Abbey, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, J.K. Chukwu, Chika Unigwe, Hafsa Zayyan, Oyinkan Akande, Umar Turaki, Bolu Babalola

Of This Our Country: Acclaimed Nigerian Writers on the Home, Identity and Culture They Know

Anietie Isong, Lola Shoneyin, Abi Daré, Okey Ndibe, Caleb Femi, Sefi Atta, Chigozie Obioma, Yomi Adegoke, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Helon Habila, Irenosen Okojie, Inua Ellams Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Ike Anya, Nels Abbey, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, J.K. Chukwu, Chika Unigwe, Hafsa Zayyan, Oyinkan Akande, Umar Turaki, Bolu Babalola

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Du miel sous les galettes by Roukiata Ouedraogo

Du miel sous les galettes

Roukiata Ouedraogo

182 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction