Africa

Africa is the main subject for setting, topic or more.

The Big Cats Dance Party (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #27)
Daughter of Egypt
Cursed Daughters
Dream Count
The Man Who Read Books
Cleopatra
The Stolen Queen
Maame
Gabriel's Moon
All the Glimmering Stars
One Man In: The Explosive Firsthand Account of the Lone Special-Ops Soldier Who Fought Off a Massive Terrorist Attack in Kenya
What I Know About You
Death of the Author
Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)
The Message
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Homegoing
The Poisonwood Bible
Half of a Yellow Sun
Americanah
Heart of Darkness
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
Purple Hibiscus
Cutting for Stone
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Out of Africa
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Cry, the Beloved Country
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithOut of Africa by Isak DinesenDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best books for an African Safari
484 books — 528 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha ChristieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithAppointment with Death by Agatha ChristieCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Death in a Warm Climate
320 books — 112 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerBinti by Nnedi OkoraforDawn by Octavia E. ButlerLilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler
Black Speculative Fiction
351 books — 156 voters
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Of Kings and Queens
481 books — 205 voters

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderPoor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofDead Aid by Dambisa MoyoThe Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
International development
227 books — 216 voters
Nevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fictitious Africa
560 books — 315 voters


Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Most sane human beings who are over the age of six usually act or react not as per what they genuinely feel or really think but in accordance with the expectations of those around them. ”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

Chinua Achebe
“ Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. ”
― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

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