Best African Books

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Best books about Africa or by Africans
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Plora, pàtria estimada
de Alan Paton
9,356 membres
182 ressenyes
4
10 Members
hailelib, kageeh, inge87, aulsmith, kootibkiteer, manupaulose, souloftherose, Dilara86, ahef1963, steller0707,LisaMaria_C
3
La flor púrpura
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4,513 membres
183 ressenyes
4
8 Members
SilentInAWay, Samantha_kathy, souloftherose, elkiedee, JuliaMaria, cej1027, banjo123, steller0707
Explicacions
JuliaMaria: Nigeria
4
Half of a Yellow Sun
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,895 membres
296 ressenyes
4.2
10 Members
rebeccanyc, Soupdragon, sjmccreary, souloftherose, elkiedee, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, banjo123, ahef1963, steller0707
5
La Primera Agència de dones detectives
de Alexander McCall Smith
14,108 membres
400 ressenyes
½ 3.7
9 Members
hailelib, kleo, sjmccreary, souloftherose, elkiedee, LisaMaria_C, cej1027, ahef1963, ArtieVeerle,banjo123
6
Nervous Conditions
de Tsitsi Dangarembga
2,049 membres
45 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
rebeccanyc, bonsam, souloftherose, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BondGrl008
7
The Famished Road
de Ben Okri
2,367 membres
38 ressenyes
½ 3.6
5 Members
SilentInAWay, deebee1, Dilara86, banjo123, abbarabs1501
8
The Grass Is Singing
de Doris Lessing
2,203 membres
73 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
thorold, DorsVenabili, LisaMaria_C, alex68, JuliaMaria, steller0707
9
Cutting for Stone
de Abraham Verghese
9,505 membres
537 ressenyes
½ 4.3
5 Members
kidzdoc, SugarCreekRanch, elkiedee, LisaMaria_C, steller0707
10
Desgràcia
de J. M. Coetzee
10,858 membres
274 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
kidzdoc, alex68, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, steller0707
Explicacions
JuliaMaria: Südafrika
11
In the Country of Men
de Hisham Matar
1,284 membres
61 ressenyes
½ 3.7
5 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, elkiedee, LisaMaria_C, ahef1963
12
Wizard of the Crow
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
927 membres
17 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
kidzdoc, rebeccanyc, Dilara86, alex68
13
An Elegy for Easterly
de Petina Gappah
274 membres
31 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
teckelvik, Soupdragon, souloftherose, elkiedee
14
Arrow of God
de Chinua Achebe
1,279 membres
24 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
rebeccanyc, aulsmith, Dilara86, banjo123
15
A Grain of Wheat
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
939 membres
19 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
kidzdoc, rebeccanyc, thorold, ManWithAnAgenda
16
La Bíblia de l'arbre del verí
de Barbara Kingsolver
26,248 membres
501 ressenyes
4.2
5 Members
Samantha_kathy, SugarCreekRanch, souloftherose, steller0707, BondGrl008, ,LisaMaria_C ,banjo123
17
July's People
de Nadine Gordimer
1,804 membres
40 ressenyes
½ 3.5
4 Members
aulsmith, alex68, ahef1963, steller0707
18
El Bevedor de vi de palma : i el seu difunt sagnador de vi de palma a la ciutat dels morts
de Amos Tutuola
497 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 3.6
4 Members
SilentInAWay, thorold, alex68, banjo123
19
A la vora de la mar
de Abdulrazak Gurnah
330 membres
11 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
kidzdoc, rebeccanyc, alex68, ahef1963
20
No Longer at Ease
de Chinua Achebe
1,512 membres
25 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
thorold, LisaMaria_C, Dilara86, banjo123
21
Vida i època de Michael K
de J. M. Coetzee
2,808 membres
69 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
kidzdoc, belgrade18, ahef1963
22
Petals of Blood
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
761 membres
13 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
kidzdoc, rebeccanyc, SilentInAWay
23
The Boy Next Door
de Irene Sabatini
169 membres
11 ressenyes
4
3 Members
Soupdragon, souloftherose, elkiedee
24
A Girl is A Body of Water
de Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
391 membres
19 ressenyes
4
2 Members
proserpinarex, ManWithAnAgenda
25
The Memory of Love
de Aminatta Forna
708 membres
46 ressenyes
4
4 Members
kidzdoc, Soupdragon, elkiedee, steller0707,LisaMaria_C
26
The Thing Around Your Neck
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
1,861 membres
75 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
Soupdragon, elkiedee, steller0707
27
Americanah
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7,699 membres
296 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
alex68, JuliaMaria, steller0707
28
God's Bits of Wood
de Ousmane Sembene
681 membres
11 ressenyes
4
3 Members
rebeccanyc, Dilara86, banjo123
29
The Story of an African Farm
de Olive Schreiner
1,082 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 3.3
2 Members
southernbooklady, teckelvik
30
Desert
de Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
694 membres
19 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
kidzdoc, kleo, alex68
31
Esperant els bàrbars
de J. M. Coetzee
4,352 membres
78 ressenyes
4
3 Members
LisaMaria_C, alex68, ahef1963
32
The River Between
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
709 membres
20 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
kidzdoc, rebeccanyc, kootibkiteer
33
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
de Nelson Mandela
4,860 membres
62 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
LisaMaria_C, banjo123, ahef1963
34
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
de Ishmael Beah
7,185 membres
312 ressenyes
4
2 Members
SqueakyChu, ahef1963
35
El fons de la qüestió
de Graham Greene
5,069 membres
83 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
LisaMaria_C, ahef1963, steller0707
36
The Dark Child
de Camara Laye
702 membres
23 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
Dilara86, banjo123
37
Baking Cakes in Kigali
de Gaile Parkin
776 membres
79 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, sjmccreary
38
Infidel
de Ayaan Hirsi Ali
4,570 membres
193 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
kootibkiteer, LisaMaria_C
39
Què és el què
de Dave Eggers
6,794 membres
164 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, LisaMaria_C,banjo123
40
El cor de les tenebres
de Joseph Conrad
23,551 membres
387 ressenyes
½ 3.6
4 Members
souloftherose, ahef1963, jeffza, steller0707, ,Dilara86 ,banjo123
41
The Lying Days
de Nadine Gordimer
181 membres
2 ressenyes
4
2 Members
Soupdragon, elkiedee
42
An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda
de Paul Rusesabagina
739 membres
26 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
SqueakyChu, LisaMaria_C
43
The Good Doctor
de Damon Galgut
670 membres
26 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
kidzdoc, manupaulose
44
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
de Mark Bowden
4,500 membres
68 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, ahef1963
45
A Bend in the River
de V. S. Naipaul
3,190 membres
57 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, alex68
46
Matigari
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
265 membres
5 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
rebeccanyc, alex68
47
Una Carta molt llarga
de Mariama Bâ
1,319 membres
44 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963
48
The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold
de Frank T. Kryza
197 membres
7 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, John_Vaughan
49
Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty
de Alain Mabanckou
78 membres
4 ressenyes
4
2 Members
thorold, Dilara86
Explicacions
thorold: Congo
50
The Map of Love
de Ahdaf Soueif
1,651 membres
33 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
elkiedee, steller0707
51
Houseboy
de Ferdinand Oyono
351 membres
9 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
rebeccanyc, thorold
52
Lyrics Alley
de Leila Aboulela
193 membres
14 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
kidzdoc, elkiedee
53
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad
de Waris Dirie
1,373 membres
34 ressenyes
3.8
Member
kleo
54
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street
de Naguib Mahfouz
1,158 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
alex68
55
Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume III: The Late Period
de Miriam Lichtheim
300 membres
4 ressenyes
3.9
Member
prosfilaes
56
Tales From the Dark Continent
de Charles Allen
118 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
John_Vaughan
57
The Conscript: A Novel of Libya’s Anticolonial War (Modern African Writing Series)
de Gebreyesus Hailu
28 membres
1 ressenya
½ 4.5
Member
amanda4242
58
Eben
de Ryszard Kapuściński
2,073 membres
50 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
alex68, ahef1963
59
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood
de Nega Mezlekia
225 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, ahef1963
60
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
de Elspeth Huxley
1,063 membres
16 ressenyes
4
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, ahef1963
61
When Rain Clouds Gather
de Bessie Head
348 membres
6 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
LisaMaria_C, Dilara86
62
Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass
de Isak Dinesen
2,108 membres
22 ressenyes
4
Member
LisaMaria_C
63
At the Still Point
de Mary Benson
63 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
inge87
64
Too Late to Turn Back
de Barbara Greene
56 membres
1 ressenya
½ 4.3
Member
John_Vaughan
65
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
de Trevor Noah
6,109 membres
360 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
cej1027
66
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
de Alexandra Fuller
3,512 membres
106 ressenyes
3.9
Member
LisaMaria_C
67
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
de Gil Courtemanche
728 membres
21 ressenyes
3.9
Member
SqueakyChu
68
The Zanzibar Chest
de Aidan Hartley
481 membres
9 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
John_Vaughan
69
God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith with Nicolas Diat
de Robert Cardinal Sarah
285 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 4.5
Member
inge87
70
Green Hills of Africa
de Ernest Hemingway
2,273 membres
15 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
John_Vaughan
71
Mother Comes of Age
de Driss Chraïbi
129 membres
6 ressenyes
4.1
Member
thorold
Explicacions
thorold: Morocco
72
The African Equation
de Yasmina Khadra
110 membres
11 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
inge87
73
Infantesa : escenes de la vida a províncies
de J. M. Coetzee
1,109 membres
27 ressenyes
3.9
Member
thorold
74
Devil on the Cross
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
393 membres
6 ressenyes
3.8
Member
rebeccanyc
75
There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra
de Chinua Achebe
343 membres
12 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
inge87
76
Woestijnnomaden : trektocht door Sudan
de Arita Baaijens
13 membres
4
Member
kleo
77
Abiku
de Debo Kotun
10 membres
½ 2.5
Member
SilentInAWay
78
Martha Quest
de Doris Lessing
1,050 membres
11 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
Explicacions
thorold: Zimbabwe / Southern Rhodesia
79
Segu
de Maryse Condé
595 membres
7 ressenyes
4
Member
Dilara86
80
The Radiance of the King
de Camara Laye
345 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
rebeccanyc
81
Zulu Victory
de Ron Lock
61 membres
4
Member
John_Vaughan
82
Travelling with Djinns
de Jamal Mahjoub
53 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
kidzdoc
83
Brief an meine Mutter
de Waris Dirie
44 membres
3.9
Member
kleo
84
In Search of South Africa
de H. V. Morton
46 membres
3
Member
John_Vaughan
85
Mr. Myombekere and His Wife Bugonoka, Their Son Ntulanalwo and Daughter Bulihwali: The Story of an Ancient African Community
de Aniceti Kitereza
19 membres
2 ressenyes
3
Member
thorold
Explicacions
thorold: Crazily detailed novel explaining the culture of Ukerewe Island, Tanzania, written in the local language in the 1940s and not translated until very recently.
86
Out of Africa
de Isak Dinesen
5,219 membres
98 ressenyes
3.9
Member
alex68
87
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
de Paul Theroux
2,157 membres
57 ressenyes
3.9
Member
John_Vaughan
88
Other Lives
de André Brink
38 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
kidzdoc
89
Aké: The Years of Childhood
de Wole Soyinka
727 membres
11 ressenyes
4
Member
thorold
90
Weep Not, Child
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
563 membres
8 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
rebeccanyc
91
The Belly of the Atlantic
de Fatou Diome
169 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
92
The Book of Chameleons
de Jose Eduardo Agualusa
475 membres
27 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Dilara86
93
Memoirs of a Porcupine
de Alain Mabanckou
180 membres
12 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
rebeccanyc
94
You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir
de Wole Soyinka
178 membres
1 ressenya
½ 4.3
Member
alex68
95
Season of Migration to the North
de Tayeb Salih
1,660 membres
47 ressenyes
3.8
Member
alex68
96
Temps d'estiu
de J. M. Coetzee
1,247 membres
47 ressenyes
3.8
Member
thorold
97
Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa
de Keith B. Richburg
251 membres
7 ressenyes
4.1
Member
LisaMaria_C
98
Broken Glass
de Alain Mabanckou
242 membres
12 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
rebeccanyc
99
Maps
de Nuruddin Farah
343 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
100
Els intèrprets
de Wole Soyinka
330 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
thorold