Award-winning author Helon Habila has been described as "a courageous tale teller with an uncompromising vision...a major talent" (Rawi Hage). His new novel Travelers is a life-changing encounter with those who have been uprooted by war...

Helon Habila is the author of Oil on Water, Measuring Time, Waiting for an Angel, andThe Chibok Girls. He is professor of creative writing at George Mason University and lives in Virginia with his wife and three children. von Habila, Helon

Helon Habila is the author of Oil on Water, Measuring Time, Waiting for an Angel, andThe Chibok Girls. He is professor of creative writing at George Mason University and lives in Virginia with his wife and three children. von Habila, Helon

29 short stories by the best new African writers, selected by one of Africa's most eminent contemporary novelists, Helon Habila. von Habila, Helon

Lomba is a young journalist living under military regime in Lagos. His mind is full of soul music and girls and the novel he is writing. But his room-mate goes mad and is beaten up by soldiers, and his neighbours are planning a demo...

'Once I started reading Travellers, I couldn't stop. With power and control, it plunges the reader into a maze of lives that crisscross between Africa and Europe. Refugees and not only refugees hungering for the north, pushing their way...

Lomba is a young journalist living under military rule in Lagos, Nigeria, the most dangerous city in the world. His mind is full of soul music and girls and the lyric novel he is writing. But his roommate is brutally attacked by...

"The new generation of 21st-century African writers have now come of age. Without a doubt Habila is one of the best."--Emmanuel Dongala. von Habila, Helon

"Oil on Water" von Helon Habila ist ein Roman, der die Umweltzerstörung und sozialen Konflikte im Nigerdelta thematisiert. Die Geschichte folgt den Journalisten Rufus und Zaq, die auf der Suche nach einer entführten britischen Frau sind,...