Mayowa and the Masquerades, Lola Shoneyin China

Mayowa and the Masquerades, Lola Shoneyin ChinaMayowa is unhappy because he has been told he will be visiting his grandmother in Ilisan, Nigeria. When he gets there, Grandma pairs him up with the ever hungry, fun loving Denuyi. Together, they explore the town and all its wonders. The boys chase grasshoppers, dip their feet into a stream, visit piglets, climb a tree and join in with a masquerade parade! By the time he returns to Lalphagos, Malphayowa has learnt that there is more to life than

a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into him at point blank range

and discrimination

infused with some magic that reimagines a popular African folklore for the modern child

The autobiographical account of the author's climb up Mount Everest

This collection brings together all the available shorter plays by Athol Fugard not accessible to readers and performers

#ImStaying  is about South Africans creating social cohesion through storytelling – reaching out to each other to inspire real change in the country they love and want to see succeed

Gerda and her young friends manage to create a community of friendship and love

and hundreds of achievable designs to develop the patio you’ve always wanted

Written over 30 years before Chinua Achebe’s famous Things Fall Apart

who makes him dream in a sideways world

Waiting for Sunrise is a feverish and mesmerising journey into the human psyche

Cindy Sherman