• Agony in Her Voice (Pacesetters)

    In trying to protect his only daughter, Poline Kainda, from the treacherous world of men, Josephat Kinoti enlists the help of her apparently responsible old teacher, Julio Kinyua. Complications arise when Kinyua falls in love with the girl himself. Poline and her father seem unable to communicate with each other. He is incurably stubborn and she is resentful at his interference in her love for the young sweetheart, Mbatau.

  • Angel of Death (Pacesetters)

    Zak Biko is a tall good-looking black South African, born in the township of Soweto, who has become internationally famous for his prowess as an ace detective with the FBI in New York City. His involvement with the ‘Angel of Death’ begins late one stormy night when his Mercedes stalls outside a darkened, lonely house and the silence is broken by the terrified scream of a young girl.

  • Pains of a Maid (Pacesetters)

    Thembani’s love for Jan was forbidden both by law and custom. In her heart, however, she knew that he loved her too – but could they defy all the forces which were ranged threateningly against them?

  • Truth will Out (Pacesetters)

    Both Dan and Julia have a secret in their past which threatens to destroy their happy marriage and their future together. But the truth cannot stay hidden forever and the greatest risk of all must be taken.

  • The Hopeful Lovers (Pacesetters)

    Roseline Momoh enters university full of optimism. Her academic record is good, she has been accepted to study the subjects of her choice and, of most importance, she has met and fallen in love with a young medical student, Tade Eji, who reciprocates her feelings. But the relationship is not all that Roseline believes it to be and Tade’s character leads him, in spite of himself, to jeopardize his chances of happiness.

  • The Last Aloe (Pacesetters)

    Zanele would never forget this moment. She knew she was bound to this stranger with a deep love forever.

    When her twin sister dies Zanele is oppressed by family and tradition. In turning to the strangers, she hopes to find the comfort she longs for.

  • Bookset: African Writers Series (25 titles)

    Relive all the literary joys of yesteryears by purchasing this jumbo set of all your favourite African Writers Series titles such as Things Fall Apart, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Weep Not Child, So Long A Letter, No Sweetness Here and many more!

    Exact titles will vary depending on availability.

    1,075.001,125.00
  • New Currency: A Historical Novella

    New Currency: A Historical Novella celebrates Akan social norms and values, particularly the “wonderful feeling of togetherness” and communal living, uniquely associated with the extended family system and invites the reader to be culturally sensitive and to worry about the Ghanaian culture degradation.

    Apart from capturing the chilling, historical realities of the 1979 demonetisation, it successfully regains and celebrates the otherwise fading, but precious extended family values.

    In the book, the seasoned author chronicles some aspects of the harrowing military rule of 1979, and narrates the ordeal of a woman about to lose an entire lifetime savings. Specifically, it recounts the widespread commotion and hardships associated with the introduction of a new monetary currency in Ghana from March 13–26, 1979.

    The historical novella, set in Sunyani, the Brong-Ahafo regional capital in the same year, captures the widespread public despondency and turbulence associated with the exercise.

    The book provides some insight into the period of the country’s history for adults who lived through the turbulence of 1979 as a necessary reminder; and to the present-day youth some awareness of the happenings then.

    The thrilling lime green-looking book with yellow and white title inscription on the cover, and thinly opaque adinkra symbols – Mpatapo (knot of reconciliation) and Sesa wo suban (change or transform your life), reflects the theme of the book published by Smartline Publishers.

  • Saro

    On a visit to the coast of Marina, Lagos, Siwoolu and his young family are lured by a traitor to a grand merchant ship where they are captured by slaveholders masquerading as traders. On the way to the new world, they are rescued by abolitionists on a British naval ship and sent to Freetown, a haven for freed slaves.

    They settle in their new home, grow their family, and become successful merchants, trading goods between Freetown and Eko. Dotunu, Siwoolu’s wife, falls in love with another man and is caught in a love triangle. But their lives are upended again when they hear that the kingdom has selected the traitor as king. Siwoolu, content with his new life, yet fearful of a curse that lurks in the shadows, refuses to return, but Dotunu is determined to keep the traitor from the throne. She turns to their son, Oșolu, who is running from his own demons, to seize the throne that is rightfully theirs.

    Saro is a multigenerational tale of betrayal and restitution, love and war, inspired by true events that will take the reader from the rocky terrain of Abeokuta and the burgeoning city of Lagos to the lion mountains of Freetown and Hastings of Sierra Leone from the 1830s to the 1850s.

    Saro

    110.00
  • Truth is a Flightless Bird

    Obama comes to Kenya!

    The American president’s historic visit to Nairobi is the electric backdrop to the story of a pastor, who plunges into the slums to rescue the woman he loves from the clutches of a Somali drug lord.

    But how deep can the pastor go, without destroying his faith, and himself?

    Truth is a Flightless Bird is a brutal love letter to the frontier town that is present-day Nairobi: a studied observation of the the failure of bare-knuckled capitalism, the inequality machines our cities have become, and – ultimately – the profoundly irrational human capacity to hope, to risk everything in order to have something in which to believe.

    With Truth is a Flightless Bird, Hussain establishes a remarkable voice, one truly his own.

  • The Border Runners (Pacesetters)

    Waichari’s parents are tragically killed in a car crash leaving him with huge debts and a younger brother and sister to care for. Their farm will have to be auctioned unless Waichari can find the money. There is only one way to get it quickly – Waichari will have to risk everything by joining the smuggling trade (magendo) at Chepkube on the Kenyan/Ugandan border. It is a dangerous game and he cannot even tell Janet, the girl he loves, what he is doing.

  • The Runaway Bride (Pacesetters)

    The wedding has been arranged and the guests and the bridegroom are waiting in the Cathedral – but where is the bride?

    What is it that has made life with handsome, wealthy Philip seem impossible after all?

    Pamela has got to get away to find herself, her true vocation and – could it be? – love.

  • The Gun Merchant (Pacesetters)

    ‘Understand, Joe…you must be unscrupulous, otherwise you’ll go hungry. Remember, guns don’t kill, it’s people who kill.’

    So it would seem to the power-crazed Apa, the most unscrupulous man of them all. To him life seems easy, so long as he retains the upper hand.

  • Remember Death (Pacesetters)

    Rango will stop at nothing to make money, live in London, and have a good life. He becomes involved with Laxman, the unscrupulous importer of chemicals, and out-of-date chemicals which will affect the living of thousands of coffee farmers pour into the country. When it seems that they are about to be unmasked, Rango recruits a young factory worker to blow up the Dar es Salaam chemicals factory. Malleko finds himself in an unhappy position. Whatever he does will lead to his death.

  • Sweet Revenge (Pacesetters)

    Ovie’s girlfriend is killed when some new school buildings collapse during a bad storm. He and his four friends decide to avenge her death and devise a bold plan to get even with the building contractors.

    After rigorous training, the friends are ready to perform their ingenious operation which will stun the whole community. Only the impatience and greed of one member of the gang may lead to their downfall and thwart their daring revenge.

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