The Restless Crucible
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Winner of the African Literature Association Book of the Year Award-Creative Writing 2024 for an outstanding book of African literature by an African published in 2023! Finalist in the 2025 Indie Book Awards
The Restless Crucible narrates the story of Pedro de Barbosa, a Brazilian ex-slave now turned slave merchant, who must go up against Queen Ena Sunu, the powerful Dahomeyan monarch resolved to end slave traffic in her kingdom. Set in late 18th- and early 19th-Century Salvador da Bahia, Br...






















