The Palm-wine Drinkard
by Amos Tutuola | 
Anthills of the Savannah
by Chinua Achebe | 
A Man of the People
by Chinua Achebe | 
Arrow of God
by Chinua Achebe | 
Graceland
by Chris Abani | 
The Joys of Motherhood
by Buchi Emecheta | 
No Longer at Ease
by Chinua Achebe | 
My Life In the Bush of Ghosts
by Amos Tutuola |
Songs of Enchantment
by Ben Okri | 
A Bit of Difference
by Sefi Atta |
Measuring Time
by Helon Habila | 
Infinite Riches
by Ben Okri |
The Concubine
by Elechi Amadi | 
The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
by Amos Tutuola |
And After Many Days
by Jowhor Ile |
The Granta Book of the African Short Story
by Helon Habila | 
The Toughest Indian in the World
by Sherman Alexie | 
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
by Stephen King | 
Birds of America
by Lorrie Moore | 
Strange Pilgrims
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Lomba is a young journalist living in Lagos under Nigeria's brutal military regime. His mind is full of soul music and girls and the novel he's writing. Yet when his room-mate goes mad and is beaten up by soldiers, his first love is forced to marry a man she doesn't want, and his neighbours decide to hold a demo that is bound to lead to a riot, Lomba realizes that he can no longer bury his head in the sand. It's time to write the truth about this reign of terror ...