Read a book from every African country
Reading Africa is a challenge to encourage everyone and anyone to read a book from every African country. This is a great way to discover the hidden gems of each country as seen through the unique perspective of the authors.
Algeria
Yasmina Khadra - The Attack
Angola
Pepetela - The Return of the Water Spirit
Benin
Olympe Bhely-Quenum - Snares Without End
Botswana
Angus, Maisie and Travers McNeice - The Lion Children
Burkina Faso
Nobert Zongo - The Parachute Drop
Burundi
Marie-Therese Toyi - Weep Not, Refugee
Cameroon
Imbolo Mbue – Behold the Dreamers
Cape Verde
Germano Almeida - The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo
Central African Republic
Polly Strong African Tales: Folklore of the Central African Republic
Chad
Joseph Brahim Seid - Told by Starlight in Chad
Comoros
Mohammed Toihiri - The Kafir of Karthala (French)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Frederick Yamusangie - Full Circle
Republic of Congo
Emmanuel Dongala - Johnny Mad Dog
Côte d’Ivoire
Ahmadou Kourouma - Allah is not Obliged
Djibouti
Abdourahman Waberi - In the United States of Africa
Egypt
Ahdaf Soueif - The Map of Love
Equatorial Guinea
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel - By Night the Mountain Burns
Eritrea
Sulaiman Addonia - The Consequences of Love
Ethiopia
Maaza Mengiste - Beneath the Lion’s Gaze
Gabon
Daniel Mengara - Mema
Ghana
Ayi Kwei Armah - The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Guinea
Camara Laye - The Radiance of the King
Guinea-Bissau
Abdulai Silá - The Ultimate Tragedy
Kenya
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor - Dust
Lesotho
Morabo Morojele - How We Buried Puso
Liberia
Helene Cooper - The House at Sugar Beach
Libya
Ibrahim Al-Khoni - Anubis: A Desert Novel
Madagascar
Jacques Bourgeacq and Liliane Ramarosoa - Voices from Madagascar
Malawi
Samson Kambalu - The Jive Talker
Mali
Yambo Ouloguem - Bound to Violence
Mauritania
Mohamed Bouya Taleb-Khyar - Mauritania: The country with a million poets (French)
Mauritius
Barlen Pyamootoo - Benares (French)
Morocco
Bensalem Himmich - The Polymath
Mozambique
Mia Couto - The Sleepwalking Land
Namibia
Neshani Andreas - The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
Niger
Nouhou Malio - The Epic of Askia Mohammed
Nigeria
Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart
Rwanda
Philip Gourevitch - We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with our Families
Sao Tome and Principe
Olinda Beja - The Shepherd’s House
Senegal
Mariama Bâ - So Long a Letter
Seychelles
William Travis - Beyond the Reefs
Sierra Leone
Aminatta Forna - The Memory of Love
Somalia
Nuruddin Farah – Maps: A Novel (Blood in the Sun)
South Africa
Ingrid Winterbach - The Book of Happenstance
South Sudan
Julia Duany - Making Peace & Nurturing Life: A Memoir of an African Woman about a journey of struggle and hope
Sudan
Tayeb Salih - Season of Migration to the North
Swaziland
Sarah Mkhonza - Weeding the Flowerbeds
Tanzania
Ismael Mbise - Blood on Our Land
The Gambia
Dayo Forster - Reading the Ceiling
Togo
Tété-Michel Kpomassie - An African in Greenland
Tunisia
Habib Selmi - The Scents of Marie-Claire
Uganda
Goretti Kyomuhendo - The First Daughter
Zambia
Binwell Sinyangwe - A Cowrie of Hope
Zimbabwe
Petinah Gappah - An Elegy for Easterly
#ReadingAfricaChallenge
Adapted from ayearofreadingtheworld.com by Ann Morgan
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Reading Africa
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