Helon Habila

• Jan-2003
• / General Fiction
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WAITING FOR AN ANGEL marks the debut of one of Africa's most promising new writers. Lomba is a young journalist living under military regime in Lagos, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. His mind is full of soul music and girls and thenov...

• Feb-2007
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Mamo and LaMamo are twin brothers living in the small Nigerian village of Keti, where their domineering father controls their lives. With high hopes the twins attempt to flee from home, but only LaMamo escapes successfully and is able to live their d...

• Jun-2008
• / General Fiction
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• May-2011
• / Literary
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In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a British oil executive has been kidnapped. Two journalists -- a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great, now disillusioned veteran, Zaq -- are sent to find her. In a story...

• Apr-2013
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Presenting a diverse and dazzling collection from all over the continent, from Morocco to Zimbabwe, Uganda to Kenya. Helon Habila focuses on younger, newer writers - contrasted with some of their older, more established peers - to give a fascinating ...

• Jun-2019
• / Literary
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A Boston Globe Best Book of 2019 “This is the answer to the question of what contemporary fiction can do.” -- Edward Docx, GuardianAccompanying his wife on a prestigious arts fellowship in Berlin, a Nigerian scholar finds there are no walls betw...

• Jun-2019
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'Once I started reading Travellers, I couldn't stop. With power and control, it plunges the reader into a maze of lives that crisscross between Africa and Europe. Refugees and not only refugees hungering for the north, pushing their way through the b...