This Spring, I’m looking forward to re-immersing myself into some great literature. I’m particularly excited about the wave of extraordinary young talent emerging from the African Diaspora. These are my must reads:

1)Being Abbas el Abd byAhmed Alaidy (Egypt)

2)Ruby by Cynthia Bond (U.S.)

3)Foreign Gods Inc by Okey Ndibe (Nigeria)

4)Land of Love & Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique (Caribbean)

5)The Memory of Love by Aminata Forna (UK/Sierra Leone)

6)The Book of Night Women by Marlon James (Caribbean)

7)Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela (Sudan)

Photos taken by Kaye Mc Coy of 7th Street Studio