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Just do it √
Born into poverty, hatred, hustle and neglect, Aramide was forced to become matured at such a tender age. She always yearned for a mother's love and now that it's here, is she ready for all the changes it comes with? This book tells the story of a strong and provoked Nigerian girl fighting to find herself Thanks to @africanliterature for the amazing cover😍
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The African Writers Award.[Judging]
*We would be judging by cover, and the first five chapters .*the book might not be complete but must have up to 5 chapters. And if a short story must have atleast 1000 words.****There will be a winner from each genre.Amongst these winners, an overall winner will be chosen.
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Behind The Glitters✔
Cover by African Cover Shop @africanliterature#526 in short story [14-01-2018]#810 in short story [01-01-2018)An intriguing story of three university girls in the same campus. Each faced with a trial of life. How will they survive under so much influence? Dig in and see.
Lisa - A Gangster Love Story
#1 africanliterature Lisanda, otherwise known as Lisa, is an independent babe with bills to pay and a future to chase. While Lubanzi, on the other hand is a well known ruthless, gangleader working on his empire and deleting everyone who stands in his way. When their paths cross and sparks fly will Lisa accept Lubanzi with all his demons or will she choose peace over love? And will Lubanzi take a chance with allegedly innocent Lisa with all her scars and hard headed ways?
Unbound
The slow unwinding of a woman.** None of the images used in this content or the cover are mine. The pictures are simply sourced to use in what I create.I do not take any credit for them. If you would like your image acknowledged or taken down please let me know. **
BEFORE
We all know and love Fiona from Gold Mask, but what really happened to her? what led her to the lifestyle we found her in when we were first introduced to her? if you're keen, stick around for this 10 Chapter Gold Mask Spin-off. a bright upcoming fashion designer with a promising future. what might go wrong?
I'm not Miss Perfect.
Everyone does not have the flawless life we all seem they have, some have obstacles to face, battles to fight and as teenagers, stages to over come. But what is more rewarding is what you choose to do with those bad heads that seem to pop out without warning.****Ayomide is among the A star students, beautiful,caring and known for her sweet personality but what is really going on in her "almost-perfect" life.Oluwasola is the handsome, intelligent young boy with a really soft heart which he decides to hide from the world after going through a series of loss ,betrayal and sickness.Both having this challenges to face, read this book to find out if they decided to give up on themselves or to keep marching on and come out victoriously. Read also different stories that we, Nigerian teens face in our daily lives.
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A well-designed cover is the first assurance the reader has that the book is of a high quality, both in content and delivery. The cover can scare away a customer or lure them in because a book's cover is its face, it generates expectation therefore we invite you to trust African Cover Shop to give you the best.Cover shop for ALL African books.Taking requests (✅)Closed (❌)
The Second Path
(Formerly known as: Kauna)After losing her sister, Miriam is stuck to face the real world all alone as an orphan. She lives with her mute grandmother in kaduna, far away from everyone in her past life. With the loss of an immediate family, could there be anything left for Miriam to depend on? Kauna is a supposedly homeless little girl known as 'maiya', a witch, because of a rumor spread several years ago. She is a rejection to everyone around her, expect her mother.One stormy evening, Kauna and her mother were sitting opposite Miriam's house when Miriam lets them stay over till the rain was over. Little did she know her kindness to these supposedly homeless people was going to lead to something unexpectedly different. (UNEDITED)Highest ranking: #1 in SerialKilling (28 June 2018)#1 in Kaduna (23 June 2018)#1 in NigerianStories (23 September 2018)#4 in Nigeria (30 August 2019)#3 in Africa (19 October 2018)#422 in Love (8 July 2018) #195 in MYSTERY (19 October 2018)-Winner for Best Plot Twist Book in Nigeria Readers' Choice Award 2020 (@NGwattNG).Featured on @AmbassadorsNG 's Mystery/Thriller Reading List.Third runner up for General Fiction category in The African Writers Award 2018 (round 2) (@Africanliterature).
Kaulimi (Completed)
What happens when your village is invaded. And you are forced to marry one of your invaders? You ran away. Yalenga flees her village after finding out she has been betrothed to one of the men that invaded her village and killed her kismen. To where? A mystic province where only women are allowed. Kaulimi, some say it is a myth, some say it is real. Yalenga soon finds out that she is not prepared to be on her own in the forest. What will happen? Will she survive? Or will her journey end in the forest?Updates every Monday.I update regularly.My patreon account is a few chapters ahead.
MELAMINA THE QUEEN
Her life has never been more busy. On the verge of a global business expansion and raising eight royal kids, Futhi is hit with the surprise of a life when she discovers that not everyone wishes her holy matrimony a happy ending. there are many forces conspiring against her and her husband. But at the end, will she defeat all the obstacles in their path and secure the throne for her young prince, or will she fail and let her enemies succeed in taking away her children's birthright and her husband? Melamina The Queen
Give Me A Chance (SAMPLE)
4When everything turns against us, when the heart is no longer strong, and there's nothing to hold on to, I choose love, I choose you, only if you....Give Me A Chance❤She is a famous actress, the country's sweetheart. She is arrested for the murder of her then boyfriend, two years later, a petition is filed and she's set free.But it's not the same, people hate her, they see her as a murderer, her reputation is tarnished, then, he shows up with some story on how he can help her get the love back.She's desperate, but, is he just helping her out, or there's more to it?Give Me A Chance.Cover by @SiobhanJK
ALIMA
ALIMA is a thrilling fantasy short fiction - spiced with a blend of romance, family, and adventure. After Alima's father falls critically ill with a disease whose cure sleeps across many vallies, far from home. Alima must set out to find the cure before her father takes his last breath.Her journey is one all the gods are gambling on, for even they are almost gnashing and biting at their nails, while they watch Alima push further against the odds.She encounters the god of Agriculture, Oko, and he guides her through her journey of pain, love, betrayal and more.~~~~~~"ALIMA is an incredible twist on Yoruba mythology that will leave the readers yearning for more!!#completed.
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African Editors [Open]
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SAINTS AND SINNERS: The wicked games
Greed and desire is what keeps this book going. A grieving Nomzamo finds herself in the arms of a broken man. Will their love conquer all or will the fire that keeps their love burning die down when one of them heals? The truth shall set you free, speak now or forever be confined in this endless cycle of wicked games.
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My Deputy CEO [Completed]✓African
When Leanne, a junior executive hires an assistant called Kim, her life turns upside down. Kim is an ambitious young woman who wants to climb up the corporate ladder by all possible means. Kim doesn't care who she hurts in order to get what she wants. When she sets her sights on Leanne's job and the man she loves, it's game over.Who will win the struggle for both power and love?Top rankings#1 in African Literature#1 in East Africa#2 in Uganda#46 in African© 2019 C.G. HOPE
Black Bodies(Urban)
Jace Williams a gay black Political Science major, struggles to get black voices to be heard in his University. His activism, struggles with his own identity, family issues, and relationship issues take a toll on him daily and not even taking into account that he's in college! Jace continues to ask himself: Is it worth it?Can I do this?Will things ever change?Will I ever be loved?and the most important question..Will I survive?
Eri
The people of Nuso town have lost their ultimate source of ecstasy, Eri. Salewa finds a way, although dangerous to remedy this. Does she triumph?
The Lagoon of Light, Zamania Series
DON'T need to have read the rest of the series to understand! This is a companion book. "You hold our realm together." That is what is everyone says about the Elders of Utawaleza. Enormous power, yes, soul choking responsibility, yes and restrictions you bet! Ayamba, a 23 year old elder's protégé, is sent on a mission to collect a cure for a disease plaguing their villages. He goes with Khuze, the daughter of the sociopathic ngoni General Khataza. Khuze helped her father start the outbreak; a condition of her pardon is finding the cure with Ayamba. She supports her father completely. His ideals are her ideal, his values her values, his vision her vision...or so she wants to think but being the benign Ayamba. The future Elder of Utawaleza; the image of what she thought was megalomania but might actually be order and altruism, she begins to questions her father's ideals.Ayamba is meek, taciturn and reflective. Khuze is impetuous, extroverted and an adrenaline junkie. Bound together by this important mission, what will happen to these two opposites? Will they fall for each other. Of course not because Ayamba is so controlled and she is so different from him? Who has time to fall in love when there is a plague threatening to bring their whole world to ashes?For Khuze this is a journey that will uncover many secrets and open her up to who she truly is. For Ayamba this is a journey that will make him question what he stands for and open him to what lies beneath his quietude.
Magodise (completed)
Magodise wakes up alone in an Ebola clinic.Surrounded by death, she fights to live, she fights to be with her loved ones again.Will she win this fight?