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This month’s Library Highlight features five brand new novels from leading African authors for you to enjoy over the summer. Come pick up the latest writings by Nnedi Okorafor, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Ben Okri, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu at the African Library!

On 28 May 2025 African literary giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o passed away at the age of 87. ASCL senior researcher Annachiara Raia wrote a tribute in his honour, highlighting his fight as, in his own words, 'a language warrior' for African-language literatures.

On 20 June 1990, the Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr was born in Dakar, Senegal. Sarr is the author of four novels as well as a number of award-winning short stories. He won the 2021 Prix Goncourt for his novel The Most Secret Memory of Men, becoming the first Sub-Saharan African to do so.