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The Comedy of Crisis
Trevor Noah
ComedyJohannesburg

14,000 readers asking Trevor Noah for the book that came after the last one.

Asking Trevor Noah · started by Lebogang K.

14,002 readersMajor Market Signal
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Notes on Writing, Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
MemoirLagos

Chimamanda — a small book on writing, a small book on grief. We are ready.

Asking Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · started by Adaeze N.

11,228 readersMajor Market Signal
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Quiet Power
Strive Masiyiwa
BusinessLagos

The Africa-built business playbook we keep asking Strive Masiyiwa to write.

Asking Strive Masiyiwa · started by Tendai Moyo

9,318 readersPublishing Review
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How to Negotiate
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
PoliticsGeneva

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala — please write the book on how you actually do it.

Asking Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala · started by Adaobi N.

6,118 readersPublishing Review
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The Unfiltered Truth
Vusi Thembekwayo
BusinessCape Town

Vusi — write down the things you say to founders behind closed doors.

Asking Vusi Thembekwayo · started by Sipho M.

5,408 readersPublishing Review
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Industry: Building Africa from the Ground Up
Aliko Dangote
BusinessAbuja

Aliko Dangote — please write the playbook your industry is studying anyway.

Asking Aliko Dangote · started by Bola A.

4,218 readersPublishing Review
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Beauty from the Ground Up
Tara Fela-Durotoye
BusinessLagos

Tara Fela-Durotoye — the book a generation of Nigerian founders quietly need.

Asking Tara Fela-Durotoye · started by Folake A.

3,902 readersPublishing Review
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The Algorithm of Grief
Ife Nwosu
MemoirLagos

A book for everyone who has tried to grieve someone and a thing they loved at the same time.

By Ife Nwosu

1,842 readersStrong Demand
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No Easy Mornings
Okwiri Wairimu
SociologyNairobi

A short, fierce essay collection on parenting under inflation.

By Okwiri Wairimu

802 readersMomentum
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The Long Form
Patrick Mugisha
HistoryKigali

A book of patient, attentive long-form journalism from East Africa.

By Patrick Mugisha

624 readersMomentum
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The Long Wait
Mukami Kibe
FictionNairobi

A novel set in a single Nairobi traffic jam.

By Mukami Kibe

588 readersMomentum
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How to Belong
Daniel Mensah
SociologyAccra

A guide for the in-between generation — too foreign at home, too local abroad.

By Daniel Mensah

521 readersMomentum
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A Country Without Heroes
Okot Acanga
PoliticsKampala

A political essay on what a country looks like when it stops looking for one big leader.

By Okot Acanga

412 readersProof
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Before the Rain Came
Eliane Ingabire
FictionMusanze

A novel set in a hill town the day before everything changed.

By Eliane Ingabire

388 readersProof
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On Our Elders
Samuel Sankoh
HistoryFreetown

A book interviewing the last generation that remembers a continent before independence.

By Samuel Sankoh

312 readersProof
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A Children's Book by Edith Koroma
Edith Koroma
ChildrenFreetown

Edith Koroma — write the picture book your radio show should have been.

Asking Edith Koroma · started by Hannah B.

218 readersProof
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Children of the Quarry
Joseph Niyonkuru
ChildrenKigali

A children's novel set on the slopes of a working stone quarry in Rwanda.

By Joseph Niyonkuru

142 readersProof
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Design Your Life
Dominique Alonga
MemoirKigali City

This book is for every African woman who is tired of surviving and ready to build a life that feels fulfilling, exciting, and expansive.

By Dominique Alonga

0 readersSpark