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Aminatta Forna
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The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest by Aminatta Forna

The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest

Aminatta Forna

403 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna

Ancestor Stones

Aminatta Forna

317 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent by Margaret Busby

New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent

Margaret Busby

1056 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

essays memoir poetry short stories challenging informative reflective medium-paced
One World Two: A Second Global Anthology of Short Stories by Alice Melike Ulgezer, Olufemi Terry, Elleke Boehmer, Ovo Adagha, Ret'sepile Makamane, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ana Menéndez, Aminatta Forna, Samuel Munene, Vamba Sherif, Edwidge Danticat, Vanessa Bárbara, Matthew Howard, Yewande Omotoso, Heidi North Bailey, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, Fan Wu, Daniel Alarcón, Okwiri Oduor, Chris Brazier, Nahid Rachlin, Balli Kaur Jaswal, Desiree Bailey

One World Two: A Second Global Anthology of Short Stories

Alice Melike Ulgezer, Olufemi Terry, Elleke Boehmer, Ovo Adagha, Ret'sepile Makamane, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ana Menéndez, Aminatta Forna, Samuel Munene, Vamba Sherif, Edwidge Danticat, Vanessa Bárbara, Matthew Howard, Yewande Omotoso, Heidi North Bailey, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, Fan Wu, Daniel Alarcón, Okwiri Oduor, Chris Brazier, Nahid Rachlin, Balli Kaur Jaswal, Desiree Bailey

250 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Granta Book of the African Short Story by Helon Habila

The Granta Book of the African Short Story

Helon Habila

344 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The Gilded Ones

Deathless #1

Namina Forna

418 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Happiness by Aminatta Forna

Happiness

Aminatta Forna

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary nature emotional reflective slow-paced
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna

The Memory of Love

Aminatta Forna

445 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna

The Hired Man

Aminatta Forna

294 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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