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African Books You Should Read - Page 6

Four-hundred books from Sub-Saharan Africa to add to your reading list. I am sure I missed some good ones but had to wrap up at some point.
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July's People (Nadine Gordimer)
July's People
201
Nadine Gordimer
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography (Mark Mathabane)
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography
202
Mark Mathabane
Kaveena (Boubacar Boris Diop)
Kaveena
203
Boubacar Boris Diop
Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed (Hawa Abdi)
Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed
204
Hawa Abdi
Kehinde (Buchi Emecheta)
Kehinde
205
Buchi Emecheta
Kill Me Quick (Meja Mwangi)
Kill Me Quick
206
Meja Mwangi
The Kindness of Enemies (Leila Aboulela)
The Kindness of Enemies
207
Leila Aboulela
Kintu (Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi)
Kintu
208
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
The Knight & His Shadow (Boubacar Boris Diop)
The Knight & His Shadow
209
Boubacar Boris Diop
Knots (Nuruddin Farah)
Knots
210
Nuruddin Farah
Kolera Kolej (Femi Osofisan)
Kolera Kolej
211
Femi Osofisan
Lagos Noir (Chris Abani (Editor))
Lagos Noir
212
Chris Abani (Editor)
Land Without Thunder (Grace Ogot)
Land Without Thunder
213
Grace Ogot
The Landscapes Within (Ben Okri)
The Landscapes Within
214
Ben Okri
The Last Flight of the Flamingo (Mia Couto)
The Last Flight of the Flamingo
215
Mia Couto
The Late Bourgeois World (Nadine Gordimer)
The Late Bourgeois World
216
Nadine Gordimer
Life and a Half (Sony Labou Tansi)
Life and a Half
217
Sony Labou Tansi
Life and Times of Michael K (J. M. Coetzee)
Life and Times of Michael K
218
J. M. Coetzee
The Lights of Pointe-Noire (Alain Mabanckou)
The Lights of Pointe-Noire
219
Alain Mabanckou
Little Suns (Zakes Mda)
Little Suns
220
Zakes Mda
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela (Introduction by Bill Clinton))
Long Walk to Freedom
221
Nelson Mandela (Introduction by Bill Clinton)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
222
Ishmael Beah
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (Noo Saro-Wiwa)
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria
223
Noo Saro-Wiwa
Looking on Darkness (André Brink)
Looking on Darkness
224
André Brink
Love Is Power, or Something Like That (A. Igoni Barrett)
Love Is Power, or Something Like That
225
A. Igoni Barrett
Love to the Grave (Haddis Alemayehu)
Love to the Grave
226
Haddis Alemayehu
Lusaka Punk (Caine Prize Compilation)
Lusaka Punk
227
Caine Prize Compilation
The Lying Days (Nadine Gordimer)
The Lying Days
228
Nadine Gordimer
Lyrics Alley (Leila Aboulela)
Lyrics Alley
229
Leila Aboulela
The Madonna of Excelsior (Zakes Mda)
The Madonna of Excelsior
230
Zakes Mda
The Maestro, the Magistrate, & the Mathematician (Tendai Huchu)
The Maestro, the Magistrate, & the Mathematician
231
Tendai Huchu
A Man of the People (Chinua Achebe)
A Man of the People
232
Chinua Achebe
Manchester Happened (Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi)
Manchester Happened
233
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Maps (Nurrudin Farah)
Maps
234
Nurrudin Farah
Maru (Bessie Head)
Maru
235
Bessie Head
The Master of Petersburg (J.M. Coetzee)
The Master of Petersburg
236
J.M. Coetzee
Matigari (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
Matigari
237
Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o
Measuring Time (Helon Habila)
Measuring Time
238
Helon Habila
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess From Zanzibar (Emily Ruete Sayyida Prin. of Zanzibar)
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess From Zanzibar
239
Emily Ruete Sayyida Prin. of Zanzibar
Memoirs of a Porcupine (Alain Mabanckou)
Memoirs of a Porcupine
240
Alain Mabanckou
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