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The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa is a bold, tragicomic, and highly original debut novel that explores adolescence, identity, race, and faith through the eyes of a brilliant but conflicted teenager growing up in northern Nigeria.
✨ Fifteen-year-old Andrew Aziza, reluctantly nicknamed "Andy Africa," spends his days in Kontagora navigating school, church, and wild philosophical musings about mathematics, Black power, and HXVX—the Curse of Africa.
✨ Obsessed with Western ideals and blonde girls, Andy’s fantasies collide with reality when he falls for Eileen, a white girl newly arrived in town.
✨ But the church party welcoming her spirals into chaos: an anti-Christian mob gathers outside, and an unfamiliar man insists he is Andy’s long-lost father.
✨ These twin revelations force Andy to confront everything he thought he knew about family, faith, and the future.
✨ Stephen Buoro’s debut is a dazzling reflection on postcolonial Africa, religion, race, and the impossible complexities of growing up in a world caught between cultural pride and Western infiltration.
✅ Key Highlights
• A gripping and humorous coming-of-age story set in contemporary Nigeria
• Touches on themes of race, identity, religious tension, and Western obsession
• Winner of 2nd Prize – 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award (while still a manuscript)
• A blend of satire, philosophy, and raw emotional truth
• Appeals to fans of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Teju Cole, and Ben Okri
⚡ The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa is ideal for:
• Young adults and literary fiction lovers seeking African perspectives
• Readers interested in postcolonial identity and adolescent psychology
• Students and educators of African literature, religion, or cultural studies
• Fans of fiction that fuses intelligence with humor and heart

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Product Details

Attribute	Value
Title	The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa
Author	Stephen Buoro
ISBN	9789787963227
Year Published	2023
Pages	361
Format	Paperback
Weight	0.400 kg
Tags	Andy Africa, Coming of Age, Literary Fiction, Nigeria, Young Adult Fiction, Postcolonial Identity, Race and Religion, Ouida Books

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- About the Author: Stephen Buoro

Stephen Buoro was born in Nigeria in 1993. He holds a first-class degree in Mathematics and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, where he is currently pursuing a fully funded PhD in Creative & Critical Writing.
A recipient of the prestigious Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship, Buoro was awarded second place in the 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award for The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa while it was still a manuscript. This brilliant debut marks the arrival of a bold new voice in African literature.