African Crime Fiction Written by Authors from Nigeria

African Crime Fiction consists of crime, detective, and mystery novels that are set in Africa, feature African characters, or are authored by African writers. Further information regarding the scope of this project is available on the main page of the African Crime Fiction Project.

Author	Title	Nation(s) of Origin
Achebe, Chinua	Things Fall Apart	Nigeria
Ajaegbo, Ifeanyi	Sarah House	Nigeria
Alily, Valentine	Mark of the Cobra	Nigeria
Atoyebi, Muda	Countdown to Perdition	Nigeria
Ekwensi, Cyprian	Yaba Round-About Murder	Nigeria
Emecheta, Buchi	Naira Power	Nigeria
Eyo, Henry	The Dawn of Time	Nigeria
Ezeani, Geo'Ben	Died in Exile: Murdered for His Honesty	Nigeria
Garba, Mohmed Tukur	The Black Temple	Nigeria
Garba, Mohmed Tukur	Stop Press: Murder	Nigeria
Ibe, Adimchinma	Treachery in the Yard	Nigeria
Ibizugbe, Uyi	The Mysterious Ebony Carver	Nigeria
Ige, Muyiwa	Dream Killers	Nigeria
Igew, B.C.	Crime Wave	Nigeria
Ike, Chukwuemeka	Expo '77	Nigeria
Launko, Okinba (Femi Osofisan)	The Pirates	Nigeria
Mangut, Joseph	The Blackmailers	Nigeria
Mangut, Joseph	Have Mercy	Nigeria
Mangut, Joseph	Women for Sale	Nigeria
Nwankwo, Arthur Agwuncha	Reckoning at Storm End	Nigeria
Nwankwo, Arthur Agwuncha	The Day of the Long Shadow	Nigeria
Nwankwo, Arthur Agwuncha	Shadow over Breaking Waves	Nigeria
Nwankwo, Arthur Agwuncha	Sand-Dunes and Windblows	Nigeria
Nwokolo, Chuma	The Extortionist	Nigeria
Nwokolo, Chuma	Cross-fire!	Nigeria
Nwokolo, Chuma	On the Road	Nigeria
Nwokolo, Chuma	The Smugglers	Nigeria
Nwokolo, Chuma	The South African Affair	Nigeria
Nzekwe, Amaechi	A Killer on the Loose	Nigeria
Ogbobine, R.A.	Death in the Triangle	Nigeria
Omotoso, Kole	Fella's Choice	Nigeria
Orji, Gabriel	Baals of the Niger	Nigeria
Phil-Ebosie, Philip	Dead of Night	Nigeria
Sotabinda, Maurice	Dangerous Waters	Nigeria
Sotabinda, Maurice	The Money-Doublers	Nigeria
Thorpe, Victor	The Exterminators	Nigeria
Thorpe, Victor	The Instrument	Nigeria
Thorpe, Victor	Stone of Vengeance	Nigeria
Thorpe, Victor	The Worshippers	Nigeria
Ulasi, Adora Lily	Many Thing You No Understand	Nigeria
Ulasi, Adora Lily	Many Thing Begin for Change	Nigeria
Ulasi, Adora Lily	Who Is Jonah	Nigeria
Umelo, Rosina	Finger of Suspicion	Nigeria
Usman, Adamu Kyuka	The Butcher's Wife	Nigeria

Prepared by Sarah Keil, August 2011. Updated August 2012.