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An intergenerational saga about three Nigerian women: a novel about food, family, and forgiveness. Butter Honey Pig Bread is a story of choices and their consequences, of motherhood, of the malleable line between the spirit and the mind, of finding new homes and mending old ones, of voracious appetites, of queer love, of friendship, faith, and above all, family.

An Ordinary Wonder is a story of the courage needed to be yourself.

Hadiza Musa, 25-years old, has been through hell. As a bubbly, fun loving teenager, she marries the impulsive Abdurrazaq Zanna, known as AR, and for eight years suffers, starvation, rape and mental abuse from an increasingly obsessive husband. The death of her beloved father, followed by the death of her young son from neglect, brings matters to a head. Hadiza determines for a divorce just as AR insists they are meant for each other forever.

Sulwe kam mitternachtsfarben zur Welt. Sie ist dunkler als alle in ihrer Familie. Sie ist dunkler als alle in ihrer Schule - und versucht alles, um anders auszusehen. Doch dann begibt sie sich auf eine magische Reise mit den beiden Schwestern Tag und Nacht und lernt, ihre Schönheit zu schätzen. Basierend auf ihrer persönlichen Geschichte hat die oscarprämierte Autorin Lupita Nyong'o eine neue Heldin für Kinder wie Sulwe geschaffen, die zeigt, wie wertvoll Selbstakzeptanz ist. Dabei kritisiert sie kindgerecht und liebevoll Colorism. ***

In the possession of stolen lucre, Brume Lauva takes a big step and decides to run away from a life he has known for more than a decade; a life of consistent failures, and from a girlfriend that shattered his heart and his last feeble grip on a broken dream. Lagos, he believes, could offer another chance at life, where he could mend his broken heart, and perhaps start to dream again. But en route to his land of promise, a fatal bus crash occurs, and Brume is the only survivor—without a scratch. He flees the scene of the accident and hitchhikes his way to Lagos.

Pastor Nicholas Adejuwon and his beautiful wife Nkechi run Rivers of Joy Church, the rave of the moment Lagos megachurch. When Nkechi decides to investigate her husband's indiscretion, it was merely to satisfy her curiosity. What she unravels is a web of bruising secrets that run deeper than she could have ever imagined, threatening her reality as she knew it.

THE SPIRIT OF DANFO, a story of class, power, the legacy of civil war, and maverick gods in Nigeria. In DANFO, Ebulu, a brilliant student, longs to restore his mother, Nkoli, ostracised by the village at his father's death. Ebulu makes a tragic mistake and tempts fate by switching majors from medicine to philosophy. The choice is the first mistake in a chain that imperils his family and his promising career. The gods are saboteurs. Ebulu will learn hard lessons on the streets of Lagos, where the pace is set by the city's pushy, death-defying, and improvisational danfo drivers.

Peter Idenala’s stable but uninteresting life, as an ambitious young banker, is disrupted when he comes across a book, published as fiction, recounting the torrid experiences he lived through during his days in the university. He is shaken because the writer is Neta Okoye, a girl who broke his heart and dumped him six years before. Peter is forced to revisit his past, to relive his once complicated relationship with Neta and the mistakes that marred their years in school; the friendships they found and lost. 

Four men from different corners of Nigerian society find their fates tied to one man: Yinka. Drawn by desperation to leave Nigeria, the men are drawn to Yinka – a self-styled consultant who acts as the front man for a powerful human trafficking syndicate. The men come from distinct corners of Nigeria’s society: Chidi and Donatus – two unemployed graduates; Haruna – a doctor who could not save his ailing mother; and Osahon – a fugitive seeking freedom from his past become entangled in Yinka’s world, as they seek a better life abroad.

Eine Gruppe von Jugendlichen. Astor, seine Freunde Chérif, Issa, Demba, Nil und die anderen verbringen hier den größten Teil ihrer Zeit. Sie kennen sich schon ewig und teilen alles miteinander, von kleinen Abenteuern über große Grillpartys bis hin zu den täglichen Schikanen der Polizei, die sie misstrauisch beäugt, kontrolliert, festnimmt und immer wieder massiv angreift. Die Pyramide über einem mehrstöckigen Parkhaus ist ihr Lieblingsplatz, um abzutauchen, Partys zu feiern, zu trinken, zu rauchen, Musik zu hören und zu tanzen. Ein Orientierungspunkt inmitten der Ödnis.