The Book Company: New Products - African

The Perfect Nine (The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi)

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:46:49 +0000

A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse from the author that Delia Owens says ”tackles the absurdities, injustices, and corruption of a continent”

“A beautiful work of integration that not only refuses distinctions between ‘high art’ and traditional storytellin..

Price: $18.99

Holdings (Poems)

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:56:27 +0000

In this fifth poetry collection of remarkable poise and penetrating imagination, Egyptian American poet Matthew Shenoda steps into the Egyptian wings of our major museums, reanimating the objects, histories, and ancestral voices they house to consider how culture is made and remade across time—..
Price: $29.00

I Who Have Always Felt Words (Poems)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:21:55 +0000

For anyone who has ever carried the weight of inheritance, faith, and survival—and refused to be silent.

I Who Have Always Felt Words is a poetry collection shaped by inheritance, faith, and the radical act of thriving amid hardship. Moving through the four..
Price: $18.99

Saba: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set (Hardcover Anthology Edition)

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:19:04 +0000

“Akashic Books’ chapbooks boxset of African poetry has delighted lovers of poetry for 6 years. The latest collection features 11 new voices. Get ready to be inspired and edified with the power of poetic expression.” —Brittle Paper, One of 50..
Price: $45.95

Nane: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Hardcover Anthology Edition)

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:18:54 +0000

“Dawes and Abani have taken on the vital project of publishing short collections by contemporary poets from Africa, packaged together in beautiful boxed sets.” —New York Times Magazine

The ..
Price: $48.95

Kumi Na Mbili: New-Generation African Poets (A Chapbook Box Set)

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:16:20 +0000

THE LIMITED EDITION BOX SET is a project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks every year by African poets through Akashic Books. The series seeks to identify the best poetry written by African poets wo..
Price: $40.00

Gomer's Song

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:14:24 +0000

Gomer’s Song is a contemporary reinterpretation of a Bible story. Gomer, a harlot, was the wife of the Old Testament prophet Hosea. But even after her marriage to Hosea, she refused to conform to her expected role. In Gomer, poet K..
Price: $18.95

The Alphabets of Africa (Modern Poetry on Africa | A Cultural and Literary Exploration of the Continent in Verse)

Sat, 02 May 2026 19:51:00 +0000

The Alphabets of Africa is an ode to a continent that continues to define the human journey.
Through time, space and memory, these poems map Africa, celebrating its vast and vibrant tapestry. From the splendor of its ancient civilization to the pu..
Price: $18.99

TANO: New-Generation African Poets (A Chapbook Box Set)

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:04:56 +0000

“Tano is exquisitely composed and designed. This is a boxed set to be collected—and coveted.” —World Literature Today

The limited-edition box set is an annual project started in 20..
Price: $34.95

SITA: New-Generation African Poets (A Chapbook Box Set)

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:04:49 +0000

Included in African Book Addict's List of 2019 Anticipated Releases

"A limited edition, 11-piece box set that features 10 new African poets."

--New York Times B..
Price: $34.95