Central Africa

Books in this genre are set in or about Central Africa.

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Heart of Darkness
The Poisonwood Bible
A Bend in the River
Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Congo: een geschiedenis
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
Dark Age: The Political Odyssey of Emperor Bokassa
The War That Doesn't Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo
How Beautiful We Were
A General Theory of Oblivion
Equador by Miguel Sousa TavaresChocolate Islands by Catherine HiggsA Fistful of Shells by Toby Green
São Tomé and Príncipe
3 books — 2 voters
Mema by Daniel M. MengaraThe Fury and Cries of Women by Angèle RawiriLe chasseur de lucioles by Janis OtsiemiTropic Moon by Georges SimenonKing Mombo by Paul du Chaillu
Gabon
12 books — 6 voters

Batouala by René MaranDark Age by Brian TitleyCulture and Customs of the Central African Republic by Jacqueline C. WoodforkCo-Wives, Co-Widows by Adrienne YabouzaDaba's Travels from Ouadda to Bangui by Makombo Bamboté
Books Set in Central African Republic
24 books — 11 voters
Sketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersWhere Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Wedding of Zein by Tayeb SalihThe Sudan Handbook by John Ryle
Sudan and South Sudan
79 books — 37 voters


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Bruce Gilley
“ In 1892, a Belgian trader and his entire caravan of six Europeans and 40 porters were beheaded by a thug controlled by the notorious slaver and warlord Msiri, who asked that their heads be returned to him to decorate his compound. The trader had tried to persuade Msiri and other local tyrants to sell their ivory to his company, which could transport it by river, thus obviating the need for slaves. ”
― Bruce Gilley, King Hochschild’s Hoax: An absurdly deceptive book on Congolese rubber production is better described as historical fiction.

Théophile Wahis
“ I pray believe me when I express now, not only for myself, but for my fellow countrymen in this part of Africa, pur very sincere appreciation of your efforts on behalf of the general community efforts to promote goodwill among all and to bring together the various elements of our local life. ”
― Théophile Wahis

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