Helon Habila: 5 books

On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terrorist group. Fifty-seven of them escaped over the next few months, but most were never heard from again. Acclaimed novelist Helon Habila,...

The Granta Book of the African Short Story introduces a group of African writers described by its editor, Helon Habila, as ‘the post-nationalist generation’. Presenting a diverse and dazzling collection from all over the continent - from Morocco to Zimbabwe, Uganda to Kenya - Habila has focused...

A startlingly imaginative exploration of the African diaspora in Europe, by one of our most acclaimed international writers. Award-winning author Helon Habila has been described as "a courageous tale teller with an uncompromising vision…a major talent" (Rawi Hage). His new novel Travelers...

“The new generation of twenty-first-century African writers have now come of age. Without a doubt Habila is one of the best.”—Emmanuel Dongala In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a British oil executive has been kidnapped. Two journalists—a young...

Port Harcourt, Nigeria, im Delta des Niger. Eine Frau verschwindet. Dies wäre keine Nachricht in den Medien wert, würde es sich nicht um eine Britin, die Ehefrau eines hochrangigen Mitarbeiters einer ausländischen Ölgesellschaft, die im Delta und vor der Küste Öl bohren, handeln. Die Entführung...