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)
Writing IT - Novel, Plot, Characters by Ed AdamsThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorThis for That by Verna AardemaLe continent du Tout et du presque Rien by Sami TchakCola Cola Jazz by Kangni Alem
Togo
6 books — 5 voters
Guanya Pau by Joseph J. WaltersGuanya Pau by Joseph Jeffrey WaltersA New Day Dawns by Terry ListerShe Would Be King by Wayétu  MooreThis Child Will Be Great by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberia
13 books — 5 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
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

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
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


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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
Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two...."

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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