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Half of a Yellow Sun

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"A fine novel that makes you feel the human dimensions of the Biafra War. Now read Americanah."
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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace W...

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"Just take the time and read this trilogy. It's long but absorbing."
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Cutting for Stone

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"Mayflower hospitals? Who knew?"
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Say You're One of Them

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3.55 avg rating — 16,423 ratings
"Sad but moving."
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Waiting for the Barbarians

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3.93 avg rating — 36,020 ratings
"One of the great allegories of our time."
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Purple Hibiscus

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4.18 avg rating — 144,266 ratings
"Adichie's got it, and this book sings."
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Season of Migration to the ...

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"A mystifying book that will haunt you."
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Arrow of God (The African T...

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So Long a Letter

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"You want patrimony?"
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs ...

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3.97 avg rating — 57,933 ratings
"This and Tree are fabulous memoirs that are truthful and loving, even if the subjects are dysfunctional. "
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What Is the What

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"A brilliant conceit frames this novel."
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The Covenant

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4.22 avg rating — 21,980 ratings
"Really a good book to understand the Boers."
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The Joys of Motherhood

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4.22 avg rating — 8,418 ratings
"Some joy."
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The Palm-Wine Drinkard

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"Now you see him, now you don't."
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Out of Africa / Shadows on ...

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4.20 avg rating — 11,869 ratings
"OK, reads therm. Personally I liked Shadows better."
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God's Bits of Wood

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"Read this book to understand how villagers took on the city folks."
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Elephant Memories: Thirteen...

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"One of the best animals behavior books you'll ever read."
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The Boy Who Harnessed the W...

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"Now here is an autodidact. And, go ahead, try this at your home."
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African Air

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4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings
"Great photography by a man who put his life passion to work."
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The House at Sugar Beach

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"A must read and powerful story."
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Ancestor Stones

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Aya (Aya, #1)

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3.79 avg rating — 7,201 ratings
"Great comic novel and series which shows how African kids are much like teenagers everywhere."
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Serengeti: Natural Order on...

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4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings
"Fantastic photography from the ground."
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Ladysmith

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3.45 avg rating — 265 ratings
"Read this and other books by the same author . History is the guise of fiction."
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Home and Exile

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Ways of Dying (Toloki #1)

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The Flame Trees of Thika: M...

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"Better than Out of Africa."
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The Book of Negroes

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"We all should read this book about the arc of the life of one taken into slavery and then into history."
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Americanah

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"Both a love story and social criticism."
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Dreams in a Time of War

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"Better than his novels. The first book of memoirs which takes him to high school."
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GraceLand

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3.79 avg rating — 2,693 ratings
"Street life in Lagos with Elvis."
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My Traitor's Heart: A South...

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4.26 avg rating — 3,951 ratings
"Powerful commentary on both blacks and whites."
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Country of My Skull: Guilt,...

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4.09 avg rating — 3,275 ratings
"So powerful that you will have to read it in chapters"
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Waiting for an Angel

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The Madonna of Excelsior

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Looking for Transwonderland...

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Harare North

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