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West Africa - Books for Children and Young Adults -

Related categories: Childrens & Teenage Books / World - Africa /
Related booklists: West Africa, Africa - Books for Children, Africa - Books for Young Adults, Ghana - Books for Children, South Africa - Books for Children, Nigeria: Books for Children and Young Adults, Gambia: Books for Children, Burkina Faso - Books for Children,

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 10 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Children of the Quicksands by Efua Traore
    Children of the Quicksands - by Efua Traore

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781913322366 | ISBN 10: 191332236x

    In a remote Nigerian village, thirteen-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret...   City girl Simi is sent to stay with her long-lost grandmother in a remote Nigerian village. There's no TV, internet or phone. Not a single human-mad ... more

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  • Cover image of book B Is for Baby by Atinuke, illustrated by Angela Brooksbank
    B Is for Baby - by Atinuke, illustrated by Angela Brooksbank

    £11.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781406371086 | ISBN 10: 1406371084

    B is for Baby. B is for Brother. B is for going to see Baba!   Baby’s brother is getting ready to take a basket of bananas all the way to Baba’s bungalow in the next village. He will have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Akissi: Tales of Mischief by Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin
    Akissi: Tales of Mischief - by Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin

    £12.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781911171478 | ISBN 10: 191117147x

    This collection of the hilarious Akissi comics by critically acclaimed author Marguerite Abouet will delight young readers with its cheeky protagonist and the mischief she gets up to in her West African village.  Poor Akissi! The neighbourhoo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
    Children of Blood and Bone - by Tomi Adeyemi

    £7.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781509871353 | ISBN 10: 1509871357

    Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut Children of Blood and Bone.  They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise.   Zélie remembers whe ... more

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  • Cover image of book All Aboard for the Bobo Road by Stephen Davies
    All Aboard for the Bobo Road - by Stephen Davies

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781783445004 | ISBN 10: 1783445009

    All aboard for the Bobo Road!   Fatima and Galo load the luggage while their dad Big Ali drives the bus. Help count on bikes, sacks of rice, melons and even goats and chickens as the bus travels past Gurunsi houses, the hippo lake, waterfalls ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle by Jude Isabella, illustrated by Simone Shin
    The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle - by Jude Isabella, illustrated by Simone Shin

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781445142432 | ISBN 10: 1445142430

    The moving story of how one ordinary bicycle can change lives across the world.  As soon as Aliseta sees the red bicycle, she knows it's the one for her. But she doesn't know that Big Red has travelled across the ocean from America, where it once ... more

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  • Cover image of book Chicken in the Kitchen by Nnedi Okorafor
    Chicken in the Kitchen - by Nnedi Okorafor

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780993225307 | ISBN 10: 0993225306

    *WINNER CHILDREN’S AFRICANA BEST BOOK AWARD 2016*   What would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door? Go and investigate of course!   When Anyaugo follows a giant chicken into her ki ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fly, Eagle, Fly! by Christopher Gregorowski and Niki Daly
    Fly, Eagle, Fly! - by Christopher Gregorowski and Niki Daly

    £7.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780711217300 | ISBN 10: 0711217300

    When a baby eagle is blown from its nest, a farmer raises it with his chickens.  But will this eagle be forever limited to life in the farmyard or will it learn to follow its destiny in the skies? With a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, this dram ... more

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  • Cover image of book Salamatu and Kandoni Go Missing by Steve Brace and Annie Kubler
    Salamatu and Kandoni Go Missing - by Steve Brace and Annie Kubler

    £4.99   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9780859537841 | ISBN 10: 0859537846

    Salamatu's goat follows her to school, leading to a series of misadventures.   Provides an insight into life in Ghana and allows comparisons to our own country. Published in conjunction with Action Aid. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa by Gerald McDermott
    Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa - by Gerald McDermott

    £5.99   paperback   (1996) - ISBN 13: 9780152010102 | ISBN 10: 0152010106

    Zomo the rabbit, a trickster from West Africa, wants wisdom. But he must accomplish three apparently impossible tasks before Sky God will give him what he wants. Is he clever enough to do as Sky God asks? "The tale moves along with the swift conc ... more

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