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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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Desertion (Abdulrazak Gurnah)
Desertion
41
Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa (Ama Ata Aidoo)
The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa
42
Ama Ata Aidoo
Discourse on Colonialism (Aime Cesaire)
Discourse on Colonialism
43
Aime Cesaire
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
44
J. M. Coetzee
Dog Days: An Animal Chronicle (Patrice Nganang)
Dog Days: An Animal Chronicle
45
Patrice Nganang
The Drummer Boy (Cyprian Ekwensi)
The Drummer Boy
46
Cyprian Ekwensi
Dust (Yvonne Owuor)
Dust
47
Yvonne Owuor
Every Day If for the Thief (Teju Cole)
Every Day If for the Thief
48
Teju Cole
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
49
Foreign Gods, Inc.
Foreign Gods, Inc.
50
Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah (Kwame Nkrumah)
Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah
51
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go
52
The Gods Are Not to Blame (Ola Rotimi)
The Gods Are Not to Blame
53
Ola Rotimi
God's Bits of Wood
God's Bits of Wood
54
Good Morning Comrades (Angola)
Good Morning Comrades (Angola)
55
Graceland (Chris Abani)
Graceland
56
Chris Abani
A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat
57
The Hairdresser of Harare (Zimbabwe)
The Hairdresser of Harare (Zimbabwe)
58
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
59
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Happiness, Like Water (Chinelo Okparanta)
Happiness, Like Water
60
Chinelo Okparanta
Hare and the Hornbill (Okoh P'bitek)
Hare and the Hornbill
61
Okoh P'bitek
Hiding in Plain Sight (Nurrudin Farah)
Hiding in Plain Sight
62
Nurrudin Farah
The Hired Man
The Hired Man
63
The House of Hunger (Dambudzo Marechera)
The House of Hunger
64
Dambudzo Marechera
How Intelligence Kills (Okechukwu Ofili)
How Intelligence Kills
65
Okechukwu Ofili
How Stupidity Saved My Life (Okechukwu Ofili)
How Stupidity Saved My Life
66
Okechukwu Ofili
How to Read the Air
How to Read the Air
67
Hurling Words at Consciousness (Mūkoma Wa Ngũgĩ)
Hurling Words at Consciousness
68
Mūkoma Wa Ngũgĩ
I Do Not Come to You by Chance (Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani)
I Do Not Come to You by Chance
69
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
I Laugh at These Skinny Girls (Tolu Akinyemi)
I Laugh at These Skinny Girls
70
Tolu Akinyemi
I Write What I Like (Steve Biko)
I Write What I Like
71
Steve Biko
The Icarus Girl (Helen Oyeyemi)
The Icarus Girl
72
Helen Oyeyemi
Infidel
Infidel
73
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
74
Olaudah Equiano
The Invention of Africa (V.Y. Mudimbe)
The Invention of Africa
75
V.Y. Mudimbe
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
76
Naguib Mahfouz
The Joys of Motherhood (Buchi Emecheta)
The Joys of Motherhood
77
Buchi Emecheta
July's People (Nadine Gordimer)
July's People
78
Nadine Gordimer
Kaffir Boy
Kaffir Boy
79
Kintu (Jennifer Makumbi)
Kintu
80
Jennifer Makumbi
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