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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 634 times as african)
avg rating 3.75 — 419,673 ratings — published 1958
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 373 times as african)
avg rating 4.31 — 419,770 ratings — published 2013
Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 353 times as african)
avg rating 4.34 — 187,965 ratings — published 2006
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 298 times as african)
avg rating 4.47 — 415,998 ratings — published 2016
Purple Hibiscus (Paperback)
by (shelved 270 times as african)
avg rating 4.18 — 147,225 ratings — published 2003
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 185 times as african)
avg rating 3.63 — 366,007 ratings — published 2018
Disgrace (Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as african)
avg rating 3.86 — 119,415 ratings — published 1999
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 174 times as african)
avg rating 4.49 — 826,058 ratings — published 2016
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 159 times as african)
avg rating 4.39 — 336,524 ratings — published 2012
Nervous Conditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as african)
avg rating 4.04 — 23,701 ratings — published 1988
Stay with Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as african)
avg rating 4.06 — 67,297 ratings — published 2017
The Thing Around Your Neck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as african)
avg rating 4.22 — 50,965 ratings — published 2008
The Girl with the Louding Voice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 126 times as african)
avg rating 4.42 — 177,496 ratings — published 2020
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as african)
avg rating 4.09 — 17,328 ratings — published 2010
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 109 times as african)
avg rating 4.10 — 254,450 ratings — published 2018
The Fishermen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as african)
avg rating 3.88 — 22,277 ratings — published 2015
So Long a Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as african)
avg rating 4.00 — 13,039 ratings — published 1980
The Death of Vivek Oji (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as african)
avg rating 4.11 — 69,422 ratings — published 2020
We Need New Names (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as african)
avg rating 3.75 — 23,668 ratings — published 2013
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 94 times as african)
avg rating 3.87 — 13,330 ratings — published 1961
Transcendent Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as african)
avg rating 4.10 — 165,639 ratings — published 2020
Season of Migration to the North (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as african)
avg rating 3.72 — 34,437 ratings — published 1966
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as african)
avg rating 4.16 — 195,638 ratings — published 2007
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 90 times as african)
avg rating 3.81 — 277,830 ratings — published 1998
Cry, the Beloved Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as african)
avg rating 3.93 — 80,345 ratings — published 1948
A Grain of Wheat (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as african)
avg rating 3.88 — 7,058 ratings — published 1967
Waiting for the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as african)
avg rating 3.93 — 36,479 ratings — published 1980
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as african)
avg rating 4.11 — 802,630 ratings — published 1998
Freshwater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as african)
avg rating 4.01 — 37,443 ratings — published 2018
Cutting for Stone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as african)
avg rating 4.34 — 433,344 ratings — published 2009
Behold the Dreamers (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as african)
avg rating 3.94 — 86,768 ratings — published 2016
The Famished Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as african)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,713 ratings — published 1991
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as african)
avg rating 4.50 — 89,339 ratings — published 2017
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as african)
avg rating 4.02 — 38,837 ratings — published 2011
Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 73 times as african)
avg rating 3.79 — 9,575 ratings — published 1964
At Night All Blood is Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as african)
avg rating 3.79 — 29,630 ratings — published 2018
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as african)
avg rating 3.84 — 81,747 ratings — published 2015
Under the Udala Trees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as african)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,140 ratings — published 2015
Long Walk to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as african)
avg rating 4.36 — 95,566 ratings — published 1994
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as african)
avg rating 3.43 — 567,107 ratings — published 1899
His Only Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as african)
avg rating 3.73 — 33,632 ratings — published 2020
Ghana Must Go (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as african)
avg rating 3.85 — 12,457 ratings — published 2013
The Joys of Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as african)
avg rating 4.22 — 8,564 ratings — published 1979
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as african)
avg rating 3.87 — 3,485 ratings — published 1968
Wizard of the Crow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as african)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,843 ratings — published 2004
Dream Count (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 57 times as african)
avg rating 3.77 — 50,409 ratings — published 2025
Life & Times of Michael K (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as african)
avg rating 3.87 — 21,604 ratings — published 1983
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as african)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,916 ratings — published 1952
Who Fears Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as african)
avg rating 3.93 — 28,680 ratings — published 2010
A Spell of Good Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as african)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,308 ratings — published 2023
“I don't want people to think I mind being mistaken for African American. I don't. There are, however, many African immigrants in America who, to climb the social ladder, resist being categorized, by white people, with African Americans. Some even go so far as to claim superiority. This is not surprising. In America, the racial hierarchy has white at the top and black on the bottom. *We're not that kind of black,* I have heard a member of my own family--an uncle-- argue when a white person leveled a racism insult against him. Given this, is is also not surprising that there exists some animosity between the African immigrant and African-American communities.”
― Aftershocks
― Aftershocks
“Most people write me off when they see me.
They do not know my story.
They say I am just an African.
They judge me before they get to know me.
What they do not know is
The pride I have in the blood that runs through my veins;
The pride I have in my rich culture and the history of my people;
The pride I have in my strong family ties and the deep connection to my community;
The pride I have in the African music, African art, and African dance;
The pride I have in my name and the meaning behind it.
Just as my name has meaning, I too will live my life with meaning.
So you think I am nothing?
Don’t worry about what I am now,
For what I will be, I am gradually becoming.
I will raise my head high wherever I go
Because of my African pride,
And nobody will take that away from me.”
― Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams
They do not know my story.
They say I am just an African.
They judge me before they get to know me.
What they do not know is
The pride I have in the blood that runs through my veins;
The pride I have in my rich culture and the history of my people;
The pride I have in my strong family ties and the deep connection to my community;
The pride I have in the African music, African art, and African dance;
The pride I have in my name and the meaning behind it.
Just as my name has meaning, I too will live my life with meaning.
So you think I am nothing?
Don’t worry about what I am now,
For what I will be, I am gradually becoming.
I will raise my head high wherever I go
Because of my African pride,
And nobody will take that away from me.”
― Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams
