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Eastern Africa

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

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Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste

The Hospital by the River by Catherine Hamlin

Notes from the Hyena's Belly by Nega Mezlekia

Books Set in Ethiopia

125 books — 80 voters

Books Set in Somalia or Written by Somalis

74 books — 46 voters

The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley

Books Set in Kenya

194 books — 107 voters

Lonely Planet Tanzania, Zanzibar & Pemba by Lonely Planet

Empires of the monsoon by Richard Seymour Hall

Painted Devils and the Land of Ordinary Men by Tuan Marais

Zanzibar

44 books — 7 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

African Fiction

600 books — 428 voters

Young Adult African High Fantasy by African-Americans of the 2020s

3 books — 3 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Eastern Africa”

“ Kiingereza kililetwa na wakoloni wa Kiingereza kutoka Uingereza na walikitumia katika masuala yote ya kiutawala ya Afrika Mashariki. Kililetwa pia na wamisionari waliojenga shule na kuwafundisha Kiingereza wanafunzi na walimu na watu wengine wa kawaida, kwa lengo la kuwasaidia katika kazi yao ya kueneza dini kama wakalimani, hivyo kufanya Kiingereza kienee zaidi kuliko Kiswahili. ”
― Enock Maregesi

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“ Scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute have found that as much as 40 percent of the rainfall in parts of East Africa appears to be caused by farmers watering their fields in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, between 4,000 and 6,000 kilometers away. ...more ”
― George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

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