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God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane SembèneSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâXala by Ousmane SembèneThe Abandoned Baobab by Ken BugulThe Beggars' Strike by Aminata Sow Fall
Senegalese Reading List
25 books — 4 voters
Natives by AkalaThe Many-Headed Hydra by Peter LinebaughThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Akala Reads
56 books — 10 voters

The Careless Seamstress by Tjawangwa DemaSacrament of Bodies by Romeo OriogunThe January Children by Safia ElhilloModern Sudanese Poetry by Adil BabikirYour Body Is War by Mahtem Shiferraw
University of Nebraska African Poetry Book Series
20 books — 4 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeNo Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oThe River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
African Writers Series
239 books — 63 voters

Binti by Nnedi OkoraforWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyAlif the Unseen by G. Willow WilsonA Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
SF & F Atlas - Africa
57 books — 17 voters
Outlaw by Stephen DaviesThe Viper Tree by Joseph MonningerOf Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice SoméThomas Sankara Speaks by Thomas SankaraRitual by Malidoma Patrice Somé
Books Set in Burkina Faso
20 books — 7 voters

Portugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa by Al J. VenterSlavery by Any Other Name by Eric AllinaDe Escravo a Cozinheiro. Colonialismo e Racismo em Moçambique by Valdemir ZamparoniBrown Waters Of Africa by John P. CannPortugal by Paul Southern
Portugal in Africa - 20th Century
8 books — 3 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
688 books — 241 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
100 Books by Black Women Everyone Must Read
116 books — 59 voters
Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. DavisAin't I a Woman by bell hooksAssata by Assata ShakurSister Outsider by Audre LordePrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Books from MHP's Black Feminism Syllabus
35 books — 13 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeBeloved by Toni MorrisonSula by Toni Morrison
Lemonade Syllabus - A Collection of Works Celebrating Black Womanhood. Inspired by Beyonce
229 books — 77 voters
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysKrik? Krak! by Edwidge DanticatIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Caribbean/West Indian Diaspora Literature - Women (fiction)
209 books — 157 voters


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