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Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

Womb City

Tlotlo Tsamaase

405 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Maru by Bessie Head

Maru

Bessie Head

127 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

fiction emotional slow-paced
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle by Robyn Scott

Twenty Chickens for a Saddle

Robyn Scott

320 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-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

104 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith

The Kalahari Typing School for Men

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #4

Alexander McCall Smith

186 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
A Question of Power by Bessie Head

A Question of Power

Bessie Head

206 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Jambula Tree and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 8th Annual Collection by Monica Arac de Nyeko

Jambula Tree and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 8th Annual Collection

The Caine Prize for African Writing #2008

Monica Arac de Nyeko

229 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Queer Africa: Selected stories by Alistair Mackay, Karen Martin, Makhosazana Xaba

Queer Africa: Selected stories

Alistair Mackay, Karen Martin, Makhosazana Xaba

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Africanfuturism: An Anthology by Wole Talabi, Derek Lubangakene, T.L. Huchu, Tlotlo Tsamaase, Rafeeat Aliyu, Dilman Dila, Mazi Nwonwu, Nnedi Okorafor, Mame Bougouma Diene

Africanfuturism: An Anthology

Wole Talabi, Derek Lubangakene, T.L. Huchu, Tlotlo Tsamaase, Rafeeat Aliyu, Dilman Dila, Mazi Nwonwu, Nnedi Okorafor, Mame Bougouma Diene

113 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced
The Silence of the Wilting Skin by Tlotlo Tsamaase

The Silence of the Wilting Skin

Tlotlo Tsamaase

75 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ dark reflective slow-paced