A compelling work of ethnography, memoir, and fiction that explores the emancipatory power of transcending boundaries.

Winner of the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Syl Cheney-Coker's acclaimed debut novel, The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar traces the history of a nation's

We all experience qualms and anxieties when we move from the known to the unknown. Though our fulfillment in life may depend on testing limits, our fainthearted

Harmattan tells the story of Haoua, a young girl growing up in the Republic of Niger. Spirited independent and intelligent, she has benefitted from a loving and

This is a travelogue of a different order: the searing beauty and somber reality of West Africa are distilled into poetic moments of refreshingly honest insight