Cameroon

Books in this genre are set in or about Cameroon.

Behold the Dreamers
How Beautiful We Were
Houseboy
Les impatientes
The Poor Christ of Bomba
Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories
La Saison de l'ombre
These Letters End in Tears
Mission to Kala
A Long Way from Douala
The Old Man and the Medal
Days Come and Go
The Blunder
Your Madness, Not Mine: Stories of Cameroon (Volume 70) (Ohio RIS Africa Series)
A Zoo in My Luggage
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhat the Earl Desires by Aliyah BurkeThe Last Twilight by Marjorie M. LiuHer Reluctant Viscount by Aliyah BurkeA Respectable Trade by Philippa Gregory
Africans in Romance
39 books — 11 voters
A Thorned Rose in the Sand by Lea BronsenWhere Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsBest Laid Plans by Stylo FantomeKaribu Keňa by Hana HindrákováDobrovolnice by Hana Hindráková
Romance Novels Set in Africa
112 books — 38 voters

Houseboy by Ferdinand OyonoBleeding Stubs by Donald O. BesongThe Sacred Door and Other Stories by Juliana Makuchi Nfah-AbbenyiYour Madness, Not Mine by Juliana Makuchi Nfah-AbbenyiDisciples of Fortune by Janvier Tisi
Books Set in Cameroon
44 books — 17 voters
Mr. Impossible by Loretta ChaseAs You Desire by Connie BrockwayThe Other Guy's Bride by Connie BrockwayA Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna RaybournMr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
Historical Romance Set in Africa
54 books — 21 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildNo Mercy by Redmond O'HanlonPeaceland by Severine Autesserre
Central Africa
113 books — 70 voters


Nigel Barley
I had made an early policy decision to drink the native beer despite the undoubted horrors of the process of fabrication. On my very first visit to a Dowayo beer party, this was put severely to the test. "Will you have beer?" I was asked. "Beer is furrowed," I replied, having got the tones wrong. "He said 'yes' ", my assistant replied in a tired voice. They were amazed. No white man, at this time, had ever been known to touch beer. Seizing a calabash, they proceeded to wash it out in deference t ...more
Nigel Barley, The Innocent Anthropologist: Notes from a Mud Hut

I wish I could write their individual stories in the book of our lives with indelible ink, because we cannot compel the world to share our affliction, but we still have the duty to honour our dead. Tina said it: all it takes is for one person, just one, to burst into grief for the others to take up the song of mourning. That is our mission. That is our duty as survivors. We are all survivors in this country, to varying degrees. To survivors, the Lord, in His languid Mercy, grants unending years ...more
Hemley Boum, Days Come and Go

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