NO LONGER AT EASE
(1960)
Scarce first edition of Achebe's second novel, set in contemporary Nigeria and following the grandson of Okonkwo, hero of THINGS FALL APART.
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A FEW NIGHTS AND DAYS
(1966)
First edition of the first novel by "one of the foremost writers of Anglophone Cameroonian literature" (CAMEROON LITERATURE IN ENGLISH), the story of an African student in an interracial relationship while studying in Paris.
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MAAJABU YA UTEPE WEN YE MADOADOA [The Adventure of the Speckled Band]
(1993)
Rare first Kiswahili translation of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," sponsored by the Sherlock Holmes Society of Kenya, a scion society of The Bootmakers of Toronto.
WHAT IS THE WHAT: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
2006
First edition of Eggers's novelization of the true story of a Sudanese boy trying to escape his country's violence and political strife.
JULY'S PEOPLE
(1981)
True first edition of Gordimer's novel, preceding both the US and UK editions; set in the midst of a near-future revolution, JULY'S PEOPLE was banned in South Africa after publication and remained controversial in later decades.
KING SOLOMON'S MINES
1885
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY
1948
First printing of the acclaimed social protest novel by the South African anti-apartheid activist.
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