Cassava Republic are now the West Africa distributors of Chimurenga. For orders and info, contact chimurenga@cassavarepublic.biz or visit www.cassavarepublic.biz.

You can also get your Cassava Republic books from Chimurenga now.

For Lola Shoneyin‘s gripping look at woman and polygamy, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives; Dr Carlos Moore‘s classic authorised biography of Africa’s greatest ever musician Fela: This Bitch of a Life (the new version published by Cassava Republic contains the mystical Afa Ojo sections as well as a moving epilogue by Moore); Teju Cole‘s poetic, sensuous, searchingly look at Lagos, Every Day is for the Thief; Toni Kan‘s noir fiction Nights of the Creaking Bed; K. Sello Duiker‘s magical The Hidden Star and many more, visit the Chimurenga shop or email info@chimurenga.co.za for more.

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