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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 (Moses Isegawa)
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The African Child (Camara Laye)
The African Child (Camara Laye)
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African Psycho (Alain Mabanckou)
African Psycho (Alain Mabanckou)
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Aké: The Years of Childhood (Wole Soyinka)
Aké: The Years of Childhood (Wole Soyinka)
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All Our Names (Dinaw Mengestu)
All Our Names (Dinaw Mengestu)
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah
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Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
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Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
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Binti: Home (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti: Home (Nnedi Okorafor)
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Binti: The Night Masquerade (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti: The Night Masquerade (Nnedi Okorafor)
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Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
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Black Widow Society (Angela Makholwa)
Black Widow Society (Angela Makholwa)
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Bleeding of the Stone (Ibrahim Al Koni)
Bleeding of the Stone (Ibrahim Al Koni)
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Body Talk (Koyo Kouoh)
Body Talk (Koyo Kouoh)
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The Book of Memory (Petina Gappah)
The Book of Memory (Petina Gappah)
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The Book of Not (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
The Book of Not (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
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The Boy Next Door (Irene Sabatini)
The Boy Next Door (Irene Sabatini)
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
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The Bride Price (Buchi Emecheta)
The Bride Price (Buchi Emecheta)
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Broken Glass (Alain Mabanckou)
Broken Glass (Alain Mabanckou)
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Broken Monsters (Lauren Beukes)
Broken Monsters (Lauren Beukes)
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Butterfly Burning (Yvonne Vera)
Butterfly Burning (Yvonne Vera)
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By Night the Mountain Burns (Juan Tomas Avila Laurel)
By Night the Mountain Burns (Juan Tomas Avila Laurel)
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Chaka the Zulu
Chaka the Zulu
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Changes (Ama Ata Aidoo)
Changes (Ama Ata Aidoo)
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Citizen and Subject (Mahmood Mamdani)
Citizen and Subject (Mahmood Mamdani)
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The Class Struggle in Africa (Kwame Nkrumah)
The Class Struggle in Africa (Kwame Nkrumah)
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Colonizer and the Colonized (Albert Memmi)
Colonizer and the Colonized (Albert Memmi)
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The Concubine
The Concubine
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Confessions of the Lioness (Mia Couto)
Confessions of the Lioness (Mia Couto)
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A Cowrie of Hope (Binwell Sinyangwe)
A Cowrie of Hope (Binwell Sinyangwe)
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Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country
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Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
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Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka
Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka
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Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
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