Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Inem (22 Lists)



The Arrivants by Edward Kamau Brathwaite
Caribbean Literature
583 books — 267 voters
God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane SembèneThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Classics by People of Color
105 books — 60 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,259 books — 126,214 voters
Neo-Colonialism by Kwame Nkrumah
Socialist Classics
424 books — 337 voters

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyNeo-Colonialism by Kwame Nkrumah
The Principled Marxist's Reading List
137 books — 32 voters
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyThomas Sankara Speaks by Thomas Sankara
Africa - Nonfiction
401 books — 163 voters

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
Akala Reads
55 books — 9 voters
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
So you wanna learn black history ?
5 books — 2 voters

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
Books About Colonialism
692 books — 242 voters
Segu by Maryse CondéSous L'orage (Kany)Roman, Suivi De La Mort De Chaka, Pièce En... by BADIAN SEYDOU (MAL)Les Contes d'Amadou Koumba by Birago DiopThe Shadow of Imana by Véronique TadjoAs the Crow Flies by Véronique Tadjo
Afrique Francophone
25 books — 3 voters

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
Buy it for the Book Cover
142 books — 8 voters
De Escravo a Cozinheiro. Colonialismo e Racismo em Moçambique by Valdemir Zamparoni
Portugal in Africa - 20th Century
8 books — 3 voters

Orientalism by Edward W. SaidThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeSister Outsider by Audre LordeWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
Books White People Need to Read
1,528 books — 1,958 voters
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
Prison History & Theory
140 books — 59 voters

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâThe Famished Road by Ben OkriWizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,919 books — 1,817 voters
Efuru by Flora NwapaThe Famished Road by Ben Okri
From Nigeria With Love: Books by Nigerian Authors
236 books — 156 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonFeminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Best Feminist Books
3,079 books — 4,521 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers Of Color 2014
147 books — 198 voters

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo OkparantaBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2015
136 books — 169 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
200 books — 545 voters