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In addition to fiction and quality non-fiction, we are currently developing a childrens and teens book list.

Cassava Republic Press is a leading African book publishing company founded in Nigeria 2006 and headed by Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, with a focus on affordability, the need to find and develop local talent, and to publish African writers. We are highly aware of the lack of material with an African focus that is of good quality in this area. We believe that seeing oneself and one’s culture

and society reflected in beautifully made children’s books is a vital aspect of building confidence and self-belief in the next generation.

25/09/2025

📚AN EVENT YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!

Chinua Achebe is often hailed as the father of African literature. But what if that story is too neat and narrow?

Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ () is rewriting the familiar origin story, inviting us to begin again from a different centre and showing us the deeper roots in African-language novels, oral traditions, pamphlets, and newspapers that history pushed aside.

How does this change what we read, write, and teach? And who gets to define the canon?

Join Mũkoma in conversation with Wale Lawal () for Rethinking Beginnings: Mapping the Rise of the African Novel , a bold conversation that unsettles what we thought we knew.

🗓 Friday, 10 Oct | ⏰ 5PM
📍 Roving Heights, Landmark Centre, Lagos

Seats are limited. RSVP via the link in our bio.

08/09/2025

📚This International Literacy Day, we celebrate literacy as a liberating force, a pathway to knowledge, and creative expression.

As a global Black publisher, we remain committed to amplifying voices and stories from Africa and across the diaspora stories that affirm our place in the global conversation.

Which book opened up new ways of seeing the world for you?

04/09/2025

The Mercy Step continues on the road this September!

Join author Marcia Hutchinson () as she brings her debut novel to readers in Nairn, Oxford, London and Manchester! Is your city on the list? Don’t miss a chance to experience Mercy’s story up close, meet the author, and get into the conversation.

More information via the link in our bio!

03/09/2025

📚Your design could be the face of a new book!

We’re excited to launch the Cassava Republic Press Cover Design Competition for Echoes of the Earth, an upcoming anthology amplifying Black voices on climate, environmental repair, and ecological thought.

Here’s what you need to know:
Open to Black designers worldwide, no prior book cover experience required. Winner receives $750 and official cover credit; two runners-up receive $200 each. Finalists will be considered for future commissions from Cassava Republic.

Submit up to 2 original front-cover designs, plus a short concept statement and your portfolio.

Deadline: October 10, 2025 • 23:59 BST

🖇️Full details & submissions link via the link in our bio!

01/09/2025

✨Open Book Festival () week is here!

We are thrilled to share that our Founder and Publishing Director, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, will be taking part in two powerful conversations:

1️⃣ Created in Africa – with James Murua and Rémy Ngamije, moderated by Mervyn Sloman, shining a spotlight on African writing and the African Literary Cities Project.

2️⃣ From Pan-Africanism to the Black Atlantic – alongside Adekeye Adebajo and Maneo Mohale, reimagining frameworks and identities to explore what it means to be Black and African today.

If you’re in Cape Town, don’t miss out on these critical conversations. Get your tickets now and join !

27/08/2025

We’re absolutely thrilled that our authors Olumide Popoola () and Marcia Hutchinson () will be part of the 2025 Black British Book Festival (), Europe’s largest celebration of Black British literature, taking place on 19 October 2025 at the iconic Barbican Centre in London.

Expect a dynamic day filled with masterclasses, powerful conversations, cultural creativity, and inspiring emerging voices.

The countdown is on! Save the date and get your tickets now!

14/08/2025

🏆 As we continue to celebrate Yewande Omotoso’s () An Unusual Grief being longlisted for the Nigerian Prize for Literature ), we’re revisiting some of the thoughtful reviews that have explored its power, emotional depth, and timely themes.

Swipe through for excerpts from readers who have engaged with Mojisola’s journey — a story of loss, love, and self-discovery, and Omotoso’s writing.

Have you read An Unusual Grief?

13/08/2025

This Women in Translation Month, we’re spotlighting Men Don’t Cry, a witty and heartfelt novel by French-Algerian author Faïza Guène (.guene), beautifully translated by Sarah Ardizzone ().

Men Don’t Cry follows Mourad Chennoun, a young man from Nice whose quiet life is upended when his father’s stroke forces him to reconcile with his estranged sister, Dounia. His journey takes him to Paris, where he begins teaching, encounters the lives of undocumented Algerians, and discovers Dounia has become a staunch feminist and aspiring politician. Witty and tender, the novel explores family ties, cultural identity, and the challenges of balancing tradition with change.

Thanks to the skillful translation of Sarah Ardizzone, Guène’s vibrant voice reaches English-speaking readers while preserving all the nuance, rhythm, and cultural richness of the original French.

Which women in translation are you reading this month?

06/08/2025

🎤🏆Award-winning author of An Unusual Grief, Yewande Omotoso () reflects on writing through the lens of loss, what estrangement reveals about mother-daughter relationships, and how complex mothering unfolds in the aftermath of grief.

She also speaks about what being longlisted for the Nigerian Prize for Literature () means to her and more.

🔗Read the full interview via the link in our bio!

01/08/2025

🏆BIG NEWS!

We’re proud to share that Olumide Popoola’s () brilliant book, Like Water Like Sea has been longlisted for the Polari Book Prize ()—a prize dedicated to honouring exceptional LGBTQ+ literature in the UK.

Congratulations to Olumide and to all the authors and publishers continuing to tell bold, necessary stories!

28/07/2025

We’re excited to kick off the blog tour for The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson ()!

Join us as a brilliant line-up of book bloggers share about this unforgettable coming-of-age story set in 1960s Bradford.

Follow along and see what everyone’s saying about The Mercy Step and don’t forget to grab your own copy!

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