Oprah's latest pick is an astonishing, unsettling collection of stories by a Nigerian priest that reflects Africa through the eyes of its children. "I was born under a palm-wine tree in Ikot Akpan Eda in Ikot Ekpene Diocese in Nigeria," writes Akpan. "I was inspired to write by the people who sit around my village church to share palm wine after Sunday Mass, by the Bible, and by the humor and endurance of the poor."