African Authors


Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Americanah
Homegoing
Half of a Yellow Sun
Purple Hibiscus
Stay with Me
My Sister, the Serial Killer
We Should All Be Feminists
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Freshwater
The Death of Vivek Oji
Behold the Dreamers
Idowu Koyenikan
Most people write me off when they see me. They do not know my story. They say I am just an African. They judge me before they get to know me. What they do not know is The pride I have in the blood that runs through my veins; The pride I have in my rich culture and the history of my people; The pride I have in my strong family ties and the deep connection to my community; The pride I have in the African music, African art, and African dance; The pride I have in my name and the meaning behind it. ...more
idowu koyenikan, Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams

For every day under the sun, he slowly began to live life like he felt the branches in his heart with its flowers blooming and its roots tightening.
Tsholofelo Lehaha, In the midst of the womb

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