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Danae's Favorite Books Set in Africa

As a child I lived in Zimbabwe so books set in that part of the world feel like old friends. I've included books set in several different African countries.
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Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara)
Poisonwood Bible
1
Kingsolver, Barbara
Cry, the Beloved Country (South Africa)
Cry, the Beloved Country (South Africa)
2
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
3
Alexander McCall Smith
Tears of the Giraffe (Alexander McCall Smith)
Tears of the Giraffe
4
Alexander McCall Smith
The Kalahari Typing School for Men (Alexander McCall Smith)
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
5
Alexander McCall Smith
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (Alexander McCall Smith)
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
6
Alexander McCall Smith
Morality for Beautiful Girls
Morality for Beautiful Girls
7
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
8
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
9
Isak Dinesen
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
10
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe (Peter Godwin)
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
11
Peter Godwin
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Alexandra Fuller)
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
12
Alexandra Fuller
Cry of the Kalahari (Mark and Delia Owens)
Cry of the Kalahari
13
Mark and Delia Owens
Harafish (Naguib Mahfouz)
Harafish
14
Naguib Mahfouz
King Solomon's Mines (H. Rider Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
15
H. Rider Haggard
Born Free (Joy Adamson)
Born Free
16
Joy Adamson
The Flame Trees of Thika (Elspeth Huxley)
The Flame Trees of Thika
17
Elspeth Huxley
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
18
Ishmael Beah
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
19
Philip Gourevitch
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (Verna Aardema)
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
20
Verna Aardema
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