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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 103 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.75 — 426,020 ratings — published 1958
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.31 — 426,151 ratings — published 2013
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.47 — 428,153 ratings — published 2016
Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.34 — 192,455 ratings — published 2006
Purple Hibiscus (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.18 — 150,964 ratings — published 2003
Stay with Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.06 — 68,579 ratings — published 2017
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.63 — 379,257 ratings — published 2018
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 51 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.39 — 341,483 ratings — published 2012
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.48 — 846,674 ratings — published 2016
The Thing Around Your Neck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 51,832 ratings — published 2008
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,076 ratings — published 2010
The Death of Vivek Oji (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.11 — 70,501 ratings — published 2020
Freshwater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 38,150 ratings — published 2018
The Girl with the Louding Voice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.42 — 180,772 ratings — published 2020
Behold the Dreamers (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.94 — 87,540 ratings — published 2016
Under the Udala Trees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,523 ratings — published 2015
Nervous Conditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.04 — 24,280 ratings — published 1988
The Fishermen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.88 — 22,906 ratings — published 2015
We Need New Names (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.75 — 23,846 ratings — published 2013
Transcendent Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 168,347 ratings — published 2020
Ghana Must Go (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.85 — 12,565 ratings — published 2013
The Joys of Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 8,767 ratings — published 1979
So Long a Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 13,545 ratings — published 1980
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.87 — 13,594 ratings — published 1961
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 9,439 ratings — published 2024
His Only Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.73 — 34,154 ratings — published 2020
Disgrace (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.86 — 121,603 ratings — published 1999
Wizard of the Crow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,918 ratings — published 2004
Notes on Grief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.21 — 42,800 ratings — published 2021
The Shadow King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.65 — 15,426 ratings — published 2019
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.50 — 90,254 ratings — published 2017
Say You're One of Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.55 — 16,566 ratings — published 2008
Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.79 — 9,795 ratings — published 1964
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.52 — 59,962 ratings — published 2022
A Spell of Good Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,566 ratings — published 2023
A Girl Is a Body of Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,183 ratings — published 2020
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.10 — 259,074 ratings — published 2018
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.83 — 82,742 ratings — published 2015
Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.93 — 18,238 ratings — published 2020
Butter Honey Pig Bread (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 14,149 ratings — published 2020
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.08 — 16,630 ratings — published 2017
The River Between (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,641 ratings — published 1965
At Night All Blood is Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.79 — 30,585 ratings — published 2018
Kintu (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,761 ratings — published 2014
A Man of the People (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.89 — 5,762 ratings — published 1966
Maame (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.04 — 132,789 ratings — published 2023
Open Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.97 — 94,590 ratings — published 2021
On Black Sisters Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,903 ratings — published 2007
The Famished Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,926 ratings — published 1991
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.16 — 196,813 ratings — published 2007
“For every day under the sun, he slowly began to live life like he felt the branches in his heart with its flowers blooming and its roots tightening.”
― In the midst of the womb
― In the midst of the womb
“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
