Novels set in Lagos

Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It is Adichie's third novel and fourth book, and was published on 14 May 2013 by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel recounts the story of a young Nigerian woman, Ifemelu, who emigrates to the United States to attend a university. Ifemelu's male schoolmate did not learn about the trans-Atlantic slave trade in school, and does not understand racism in the United States or social class in the United Kingdom. Americanah won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 2013 and was a commercial success upon publication. Ac

2020 novel by Hervé Le Tellier

1969 novel by Chinua Achebe

Vagabonds! is a book of fiction by Nigerian author Eloghosa Osunde, published in 2022 by Riverhead Books. It is a compilation of short stories on topics including the patriarchy, corruption and LGBTQ life in Nigeria, in which a spirit guide named Tatafo shows readers the stories which take place in Èkó (Lagos).

1974 novel

1976 novel by Buchi Emecheta

novel by Wole Soyinka