About us

Ouida Books is inspired by the pin-tailed Whydah, known for its love of freedom, its courage and undeniable elegance.

A Bit of Present and A Lot of Future

Talking about publishing in Nigeria, you could say Ouida Books is one of the newest kids on the block. Our vision is to cater to the needs of readers who enjoy high quality fiction by authors like Bisi Adjapon, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Nnamdi Ehirim, Helon Habila and Hadiza Isma El-Rufai. However, we’re also here for the readers who have a quirky taste in books with authors like Nnedi Okorafor, Blessing Musariri, Celeste Mohammed and Leye Adenle.

Ouida Books has six dynamic imprints to cater to a wide range of readers.

Our children’s imprint TANJA was launched in October 2018 with the release of Ayo Oyeku‘s Mafoya and the Finish Line. Since then, we have published the Northern Lights Series by Lola Shoneyin, which features titles such as Jamila’s Clever Plan, Do As You Are Told, Baji and Iyaji the Housegirl.

Under COGNIX, our non-fiction imprint, we have The Villager by Feyi Olubodun and The Boko Haram Doctrine by Abdulbassit Kassim.

OUIDA is our fiction imprint and under this we have published A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro, Tomorrow I Become a Woman by Aiwanose Odafen, among many others.

For self-publishing, we have the imprint called TEVANI. Under this, we have published Ìgbà Èwe by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún.

OUIDA POETRY is our poetry imprint and features titles such as A Woman’s Body Is A Country by Dami Ajayi and In The Nude by Logan February.

PHOENIX, our newest imprint, is dedicated to promoting and publishing fresh Africanfuturism and Africanjujuism (Science Fiction and Fantasy) by writers of African descent worldwide.

If you have an interesting story, please visit our submissions page and follow the guidelines. We hope you enjoy the journey we are taking you on. Hold on tight!

You can also view our catalog here.