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Must-Read African Books

Although most African literature that has been translated into English came after the decolonization of the sub-Saharan part of the continent, the books written by African authors and those part of the African diaspora tell stories that reach far into a complex past and far out to an unknown future.
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Abyssinian Chronicles (Moses Isegawa)
Abyssinian Chronicles
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Moses Isegawa
The African Child (Camara Laye)
The African Child
2
Camara Laye
African Psycho (Alain Mabanckou)
African Psycho
3
Alain Mabanckou
Aké: The Years of Childhood (Wole Soyinka)
Aké: The Years of Childhood
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Wole Soyinka
All Our Names (Dinaw Mengestu)
All Our Names
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Dinaw Mengestu
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah
7
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God
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Chinua Achebe
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
9
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
10
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
11
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti
12
Nnedi Okorafor
Binti: Home (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti: Home
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Nnedi Okorafor
Binti: The Night Masquerade (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti: The Night Masquerade
14
Nnedi Okorafor
Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
Black Skin, White Masks
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Frantz Fanon
Black Widow Society (Angela Makholwa)
Black Widow Society
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Angela Makholwa
Bleeding of the Stone (Ibrahim Al Koni)
Bleeding of the Stone
17
Ibrahim Al Koni
Body Talk (Koyo Kouoh)
Body Talk
18
Koyo Kouoh
The Book of Memory (Petina Gappah)
The Book of Memory
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Petina Gappah
The Book of Not (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
The Book of Not
20
Tsitsi Dangarembga
The Boy Next Door (Irene Sabatini)
The Boy Next Door
21
Irene Sabatini
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (William Kamkwamba)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
22
William Kamkwamba
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
23
Helen Oyeyemi
The Bride Price (Buchi Emecheta)
The Bride Price
24
Buchi Emecheta
Broken Glass (Alain Mabanckou)
Broken Glass
25
Alain Mabanckou
Broken Monsters (Lauren Beukes)
Broken Monsters
26
Lauren Beukes
Butterfly Burning (Yvonne Vera)
Butterfly Burning
27
Yvonne Vera
By Night the Mountain Burns (Juan Tomas Avila Laurel)
By Night the Mountain Burns
28
Juan Tomas Avila Laurel
Chaka the Zulu
Chaka the Zulu
29
Changes (Ama Ata Aidoo)
Changes
30
Ama Ata Aidoo
Citizen and Subject (Mahmood Mamdani)
Citizen and Subject
31
Mahmood Mamdani
The Class Struggle in Africa (Kwame Nkrumah)
The Class Struggle in Africa
32
Kwame Nkrumah
Colonizer and the Colonized (Albert Memmi)
Colonizer and the Colonized
33
Albert Memmi
The Concubine
The Concubine
34
Confessions of the Lioness (Mia Couto)
Confessions of the Lioness
35
Mia Couto
A Cowrie of Hope (Binwell Sinyangwe)
A Cowrie of Hope
36
Binwell Sinyangwe
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
37
Alan Paton
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
38
Abraham Verghese
Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka
Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka
39
Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
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