Ghana

Books in this genre are set in or about Ghana.

Homegoing
Transcendent Kingdom
His Only Wife
Ghana Must Go
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Wife of the Gods (Darko Dawson #1)
Changes: A Love Story
Maame
The Missing American (Emma Djan Investigation #1)
The Hundred Wells of Salaga
Our Sister Killjoy
Tail of the Blue Bird
Open Water
North to Paradise
Children of the Street (Darko Dawson #2)
Blood River by Tim ButcherChasing the Devil by Tim ButcherSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Great Modern African Reads
88 books — 56 voters
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAya by Marguerite AbouetNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Tour d'Afrique
71 books — 21 voters

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei ArmahChanges by Ama Ata AidooTail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei ParkesAn angry letter in January and other poems by Ama Ata AidooGhana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
Novels from Ghana
77 books — 25 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
551 books — 270 voters

Homegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei ArmahWife of the Gods by Kwei QuarteyGhana Must Go by Taiye SelasiOur Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo
Books Set in Ghana
136 books — 52 voters


Building of the country lies on work force of the youth while harnessing the wisdom of elderly people.
Lailah Gifty Akita

The glory of the youth is their strength. In a country, where the youth are deprived of work, what a waste of valuable human resources.
Lailah Gifty Akita

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