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
The Girl with the Louding Voice
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Transcendent Kingdom
The Death of Vivek Oji
The Thing Around Your Neck
Under the Udala Trees
Aya (Aya, #1)
The Fishermen
Chasing the Devil by Tim ButcherThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
West Africa
201 books — 87 voters
This for That by Verna AardemaLe continent du Tout et du presque Rien by Sami TchakCola Cola Jazz by Kangni AlemSolo d'un revenant by Kossi Efoui
Togo
4 books — 3 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Man of the People by Chinua AchebeRoots by Alex HaleyAncestor Stones by Aminatta Forna
History through Novels: West Africa
68 books — 42 voters
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziUnder the Udala Trees by Chinelo OkparantaVagabonds! by Eloghosa OsundeFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziAnd Then He Sang a Lullaby by Ani Kayode
Queer Books Set in Nigeria
18 books — 4 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
Silent Terror by Samuel CottonImmersed in West Africa by Terry ListerThe Kingdom of Emptiness by Tom GambleThe Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould BeyroukThe Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah
Books set in Mauritania
11 books — 7 voters


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Hank Bracker
Geographically, Liberia borders the Atlantic Ocean and is situated at the bottom of the “West African Bulge.” It has a wonderful diversified terrain and an abundance of natural resources. This little known country is located southeast of Sierra Leone, south of Guinea and west of Cote d’Ivoire. Liberia has a coastal plain extending 25 miles in from the ocean and is about 350 miles long extending the length of the country. Inland from the coastal plan are rolling hills and low mountains. In this m ...more
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Hank Bracker
Flotsam Some people figuratively, although sometimes literately, washed up on the barren beaches of West Africa because they were unwelcome in most other countries. Adventurers, seamen, construction contractors, military mercenaries, as well as missionaries and professional government employees, found themselves here. Money was frequently the motivating factor for people who came to this third world country and most of the typical tropical tramps I knew were involved in the many unsavory activi ...more
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