Best African Books

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Best books about Africa or by Africans
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Cry, the Beloved Country
de Alan Paton
9,369 membros
182 resenhas
4
10 Members
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3
Purple Hibiscus
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4,520 membros
183 resenhas
4
8 Members
SilentInAWay, Samantha_kathy, souloftherose, elkiedee, JuliaMaria, cej1027, banjo123, steller0707
Explicações
JuliaMaria: Nigeria
4
Half of a Yellow Sun
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,902 membros
296 resenhas
4.2
10 Members
rebeccanyc, Soupdragon, sjmccreary, souloftherose, elkiedee, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, banjo123, ahef1963, steller0707
5
The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency
de Alexander McCall Smith
14,133 membros
400 resenhas
½ 3.7
9 Members
hailelib, kleo, sjmccreary, souloftherose, elkiedee, LisaMaria_C, cej1027, ahef1963, ArtieVeerle,banjo123
6
Nervous Conditions
de Tsitsi Dangarembga
2,049 membros
45 resenhas
3.9
7 Members
rebeccanyc, bonsam, souloftherose, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BondGrl008
7
The Famished Road
de Ben Okri
2,371 membros
38 resenhas
½ 3.6
5 Members
SilentInAWay, deebee1, Dilara86, banjo123, abbarabs1501
8
The Grass Is Singing
de Doris Lessing
2,209 membros
73 resenhas
3.9
6 Members
thorold, DorsVenabili, LisaMaria_C, alex68, JuliaMaria, steller0707
9
Cutting for Stone
de Abraham Verghese
9,519 membros
537 resenhas
½ 4.3
5 Members
kidzdoc, SugarCreekRanch, elkiedee, LisaMaria_C, steller0707
10
Disgrace
de J. M. Coetzee
10,868 membros
274 resenhas
3.8
5 Members
kidzdoc, alex68, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, steller0707
Explicações
JuliaMaria: Südafrika
11
In the Country of Men
de Hisham Matar
1,284 membros
61 resenhas
½ 3.7
5 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, elkiedee, LisaMaria_C, ahef1963
12
Wizard of the Crow
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
925 membros
17 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
kidzdoc, rebeccanyc, Dilara86, alex68
13
An Elegy for Easterly
de Petina Gappah
274 membros
31 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
teckelvik, Soupdragon, souloftherose, elkiedee
14
Arrow of God
de Chinua Achebe
1,282 membros
24 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
rebeccanyc, aulsmith, Dilara86, banjo123
15
A Grain of Wheat
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
940 membros
19 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
kidzdoc, rebeccanyc, thorold, ManWithAnAgenda
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The Poisonwood Bible
de Barbara Kingsolver
26,243 membros
501 resenhas
4.2
5 Members
Samantha_kathy, SugarCreekRanch, souloftherose, steller0707, BondGrl008, ,LisaMaria_C ,banjo123
17
July's People
de Nadine Gordimer
1,809 membros
40 resenhas
½ 3.5
4 Members
aulsmith, alex68, ahef1963, steller0707
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The Palm-Wine Drinkard and his Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads' Town
de Amos Tutuola
497 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.6
4 Members
SilentInAWay, thorold, alex68, banjo123
19
By the Sea
de Abdulrazak Gurnah
329 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
kidzdoc, rebeccanyc, alex68, ahef1963
20
No Longer at Ease
de Chinua Achebe
1,516 membros
25 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
thorold, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, banjo123
21
Life & Times of Michael K
de J. M. Coetzee
2,811 membros
70 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
kidzdoc, belgrade18, ahef1963
22
Petals of Blood
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
760 membros
14 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
kidzdoc, rebeccanyc, SilentInAWay
23
The Boy Next Door
de Irene Sabatini
169 membros
11 resenhas
4
3 Members
Soupdragon, souloftherose, elkiedee
24
A Girl is A Body of Water
de Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
390 membros
19 resenhas
4
2 Members
proserpinarex, ManWithAnAgenda
25
The Memory of Love
de Aminatta Forna
708 membros
46 resenhas
4
4 Members
kidzdoc, Soupdragon, elkiedee, steller0707,LisaMaria_C
26
The Thing Around Your Neck
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
1,867 membros
76 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
Soupdragon, elkiedee, steller0707
27
Americanah
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7,710 membros
296 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
alex68, JuliaMaria, steller0707
28
God's Bits of Wood
de Ousmane Sembene
680 membros
11 resenhas
4
3 Members
rebeccanyc, Dilara86, banjo123
29
The Story of an African Farm
de Olive Schreiner
1,083 membros
28 resenhas
½ 3.3
2 Members
southernbooklady, teckelvik
30
Desert
de Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
695 membros
19 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
kidzdoc, kleo, alex68
31
Waiting for the Barbarians
de J. M. Coetzee
4,359 membros
78 resenhas
4
3 Members
LisaMaria_C, alex68, ahef1963
32
The River Between
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
709 membros
20 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
kidzdoc, rebeccanyc, kootibkiteer
33
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
de Nelson Mandela
4,865 membros
62 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
LisaMaria_C, banjo123, ahef1963
34
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
de Ishmael Beah
7,187 membros
312 resenhas
4
2 Members
SqueakyChu, ahef1963
35
The Heart of the Matter
de Graham Greene
5,072 membros
83 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
LisaMaria_C, ahef1963, steller0707
36
The Dark Child
de Camara Laye
702 membros
23 resenhas
½ 3.4
2 Members
Dilara86, banjo123
37
Baking Cakes in Kigali
de Gaile Parkin
777 membros
79 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, sjmccreary
38
Infidel
de Ayaan Hirsi Ali
4,571 membros
193 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
kootibkiteer, LisaMaria_C
39
What Is the What
de Dave Eggers
6,800 membros
164 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, LisaMaria_C,banjo123
40
Heart of Darkness
de Joseph Conrad
23,582 membros
387 resenhas
½ 3.6
4 Members
souloftherose, ahef1963, jeffza, steller0707, ,Dilara86 ,banjo123
41
The Lying Days
de Nadine Gordimer
181 membros
2 resenhas
4
2 Members
Soupdragon, elkiedee
42
An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda
de Paul Rusesabagina
740 membros
26 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
SqueakyChu, LisaMaria_C
43
The Good Doctor
de Damon Galgut
669 membros
26 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
kidzdoc, manupaulose
44
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
de Mark Bowden
4,506 membros
68 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, ahef1963
45
A Bend in the River
de V. S. Naipaul
3,193 membros
57 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, alex68
46
Matigari
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
265 membros
5 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
rebeccanyc, alex68
47
So Long a Letter
de Mariama Bâ
1,318 membros
44 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963
48
The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold
de Frank T. Kryza
197 membros
7 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, John_Vaughan
49
Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty
de Alain Mabanckou
78 membros
4 resenhas
4
2 Members
thorold, Dilara86
Explicações
thorold: Congo
50
The Map of Love
de Ahdaf Soueif
1,653 membros
33 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
elkiedee, steller0707
51
Houseboy
de Ferdinand Oyono
351 membros
9 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
rebeccanyc, thorold
52
Lyrics Alley
de Leila Aboulela
193 membros
14 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
kidzdoc, elkiedee
53
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad
de Waris Dirie
1,376 membros
34 resenhas
3.8
Member
kleo
54
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street
de Naguib Mahfouz
1,158 membros
17 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
alex68
55
Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume III: The Late Period
de Miriam Lichtheim
299 membros
4 resenhas
3.9
Member
prosfilaes
56
Tales From the Dark Continent
de Charles Allen
118 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
John_Vaughan
57
The Conscript: A Novel of Libya’s Anticolonial War (Modern African Writing Series)
de Gebreyesus Hailu
28 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.5
Member
amanda4242
58
Ébano : minha vida na África
de Ryszard Kapuściński
2,075 membros
50 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
59
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood
de Nega Mezlekia
225 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, ahef1963
60
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
de Elspeth Huxley
1,064 membros
16 resenhas
4
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, ahef1963
61
When Rain Clouds Gather
de Bessie Head
348 membros
6 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, Dilara86
62
Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass
de Isak Dinesen
2,109 membros
22 resenhas
4
Member
LisaMaria_C
63
At the Still Point
de Mary Benson
63 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
inge87
64
Too Late to Turn Back
de Barbara Greene
56 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.3
Member
John_Vaughan
65
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
de Trevor Noah
6,117 membros
360 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
cej1027
66
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
de Alexandra Fuller
3,512 membros
106 resenhas
3.9
Member
LisaMaria_C
67
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
de Gil Courtemanche
729 membros
21 resenhas
3.9
Member
SqueakyChu
68
The Zanzibar Chest
de Aidan Hartley
481 membros
9 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
John_Vaughan
69
God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith with Nicolas Diat
de Robert Cardinal Sarah
287 membros
5 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
inge87
70
Green Hills of Africa
de Ernest Hemingway
2,276 membros
15 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
John_Vaughan
71
Mother Comes of Age
de Driss Chraïbi
129 membros
6 resenhas
4.1
Member
thorold
Explicações
thorold: Morocco
72
The African Equation
de Yasmina Khadra
110 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
inge87
73
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life
de J. M. Coetzee
1,107 membros
27 resenhas
3.9
Member
thorold
74
Devil on the Cross
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
395 membros
6 resenhas
3.8
Member
rebeccanyc
75
There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra
de Chinua Achebe
343 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
inge87
76
Woestijnnomaden : trektocht door Sudan
de Arita Baaijens
13 membros
4
Member
kleo
77
Abiku
de Debo Kotun
10 membros
½ 2.5
Member
SilentInAWay
78
Martha Quest
de Doris Lessing
1,051 membros
11 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
thorold
Explicações
thorold: Zimbabwe / Southern Rhodesia
79
Segu
de Maryse Condé
597 membros
7 resenhas
4
Member
Dilara86
80
The Radiance of the King
de Camara Laye
345 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
rebeccanyc
81
Zulu Victory
de Ron Lock
61 membros
4
Member
John_Vaughan
82
Travelling with Djinns
de Jamal Mahjoub
53 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
kidzdoc
83
Brief an meine Mutter
de Waris Dirie
45 membros
3.9
Member
kleo
84
In Search of South Africa
de H. V. Morton
46 membros
3
Member
John_Vaughan
85
Mr. Myombekere and His Wife Bugonoka, Their Son Ntulanalwo and Daughter Bulihwali: The Story of an Ancient African Community
de Aniceti Kitereza
19 membros
2 resenhas
3
Member
thorold
Explicações
thorold: Crazily detailed novel explaining the culture of Ukerewe Island, Tanzania, written in the local language in the 1940s and not translated until very recently.
86
Out of Africa
de Isak Dinesen
5,222 membros
98 resenhas
3.9
Member
alex68
87
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
de Paul Theroux
2,158 membros
57 resenhas
3.9
Member
John_Vaughan
88
Other Lives
de André Brink
38 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
kidzdoc
89
Aké: The Years of Childhood
de Wole Soyinka
727 membros
11 resenhas
4
Member
thorold
90
Weep Not, Child
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
563 membros
8 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
rebeccanyc
91
The Belly of the Atlantic
de Fatou Diome
169 membros
6 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
92
The Book of Chameleons
de Jose Eduardo Agualusa
476 membros
27 resenhas
3.9
Member
Dilara86
93
Memoirs of a Porcupine
de Alain Mabanckou
181 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
rebeccanyc
94
You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir
de Wole Soyinka
178 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.3
Member
alex68
95
Season of Migration to the North
de Tayeb Salih
1,664 membros
47 resenhas
3.8
Member
alex68
96
Summertime: Scenes from Provincial Life
de J. M. Coetzee
1,251 membros
47 resenhas
3.8
Member
thorold
97
Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa
de Keith B. Richburg
251 membros
7 resenhas
4.1
Member
LisaMaria_C
98
Broken Glass
de Alain Mabanckou
241 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
rebeccanyc
99
Maps
de Nuruddin Farah
343 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
100
Interpreters
de Wole Soyinka
330 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
thorold