The 2022 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Book By A West African Author
The countries include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
 Authors in the diaspora are valid entries. 
All books added
Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro

Dele Weds Destiny

Tomi Obaro

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

304 pages | first published 2022

So Distant From My Life by Monique Ilboudo

So Distant From My Life

Monique Ilboudo with Yarri Kamara (Translator)

fiction literary reflective medium-paced

127 pages

Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

Someday, Maybe

Onyi Nwabineli

fiction literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced

342 pages | first published 2022

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

246 pages | first published 2020

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

fiction contemporary short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

256 pages | first published 2022

Tomorrow I Become a Woman by Aiwanose Odafen

Tomorrow I Become a Woman

Aiwanose Odafen

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

10 hours | first published 2022

Onyeka and The Academy of the Sun by Tola Okogwu

Onyeka and The Academy of the Sun

Tola Okogwu

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced

320 pages | first published 2022

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced

160 pages | first published 2021

God's Children are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu

God's Children are Little Broken Things: Stories

Arinze Ifeakandu

fiction lgbtqia+ romance short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

224 pages | first published 2022

Ogadinma: Or, Everything Will Be All Right by Ukamaka Olisakwe

Ogadinma: Or, Everything Will Be All Right

Ukamaka Olisakwe

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

256 pages | first published 2020