Books To Read Before You Go To Africa (17 books)

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1		Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux 3.98 avg rating — 16,222 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Five Novels by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 823 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself by Steve Corbett 4.20 avg rating — 14,312 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Witch Doctor's Wife (Belgian Congo Mystery #1) by Tamar Myers 3.57 avg rating — 1,543 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.75 avg rating — 428,558 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Last Savanna by Mike Bond (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 1,750 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Saturday Is for Funerals by Unity Dow 3.75 avg rating — 161 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		10,000 Miles With 10,000 Reasons: A Journey Into the Heart of Africa by Nancy Frantz 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Jesus' Economy: A Biblical View of Poverty, the Currency of Love, and a Pattern for Lasting Change by John D. Barry (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Thembe's Cloth by Glenda Ralph-Hay (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Our House in Arusha (The Snowbird Chronicles) by Sara Tucker (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 348 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		The Kingdom of Roses and Thorns by Debra Liebenow Daly 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Afric by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Love and Death in the Kingdom of Swaziland by Glenn Alan Cheney (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		Love and Lunacy at Kudu by Daniel Edmondson 3.40 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa (Publications in Ethnography, Vol. 37) by David E. Maranz 3.92 avg rating — 417 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 9,769 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

17 books · 10 voters · list created October 27th, 2013 by Eileen (votes) .

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