Western Africa

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

Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Half of a Yellow Sun
Homegoing
Americanah
Purple Hibiscus
My Sister, the Serial Killer
God's Bits of Wood
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
The Death of Vivek Oji
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Transcendent Kingdom
The Thing Around Your Neck
Under the Udala Trees
So Long a Letter
Aya (Aya, #1)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
601 books — 429 voters
Immersed in West Africa by Terry ListerOne Plastic Bag by Miranda  PaulThe Sun Will Soon Shine by Sally SinghatehCode Red by Mohammed  ThabetSwing Time by Zadie Smith
Best Books About The Gambia
11 books — 9 voters

The Radiance of the King by Camara LayeAllah Is Not Obliged by Ahmadou KouroumaThe Guardian of the Word by Camara LayeLe Zéhéros N'est Pas N'importe Qui by SASSINE WILLIAMS (GU
Guinea
4 books — 3 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
555 books — 274 voters

Chasing the Devil by Tim ButcherThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
West Africa
201 books — 88 voters
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziUnder the Udala Trees by Chinelo OkparantaVagabonds! by Eloghosa OsundeUntil the Last Petal Falls by Viano OniomohFreshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Queer Books Set in Nigeria
18 books — 5 voters


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Pa had brought out our entire stock of beer. Simon, Roger and I had the job of serving. We ran to and fro between the kitchen, the living room and the porch. Our h-fi pumped out old Makossa hits: our parents’ favorites. A few women neighbors of their generation, also wearing kaba ngondos, had begun shimmying in the empty space at the center of the room. They looked like they were showing off: you can’t dance the Makossa without showing off.
Max Lobe, A Long Way from Douala

Hank Bracker
Present day interactions between the races are directly related to what happened many generations ago. Although we as a people are not directly to blame for what happened those many years ago, many of us do carry with us a collective guilt or shame that can only be attributed to these events. However, we are responsible for how we interact with people of all races now. I am of the opinion that how we feel and act towards others, to a great extent came to us from our elders and the society that w ...more
Captain Hank Bracker, The History of Liberia & West Africa

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