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
Tomorrow I Become a Woman by Aiwanose Odafen

Tomorrow I Become a Woman

Aiwanose Odafen

10 hours • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

Lesley Nneka Arimah

232 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

279 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Onyeka and The Academy of the Sun by Tọlá Okogwu

Onyeka and The Academy of the Sun

Onyeka #1

Tọlá Okogwu

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

160 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
God's Children are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu

God's Children are Little Broken Things: Stories

Arinze Ifeakandu

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Ogadinma: Or, Everything Will Be All Right by Ukamaka Olisakwe

Ogadinma: Or, Everything Will Be All Right

Ukamaka Olisakwe

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Under the Udala Trees

Chinelo Okparanta

328 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Zikora

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

39 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

fiction short stories emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Harry Sylvester Bird by Chinelo Okparanta

Harry Sylvester Bird

Chinelo Okparanta

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary challenging funny medium-paced