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African Authors Books
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 101 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.75 — 423,307 ratings — published 1958
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.31 — 423,195 ratings — published 2013
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.47 — 422,721 ratings — published 2016
Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.34 — 190,364 ratings — published 2006
Purple Hibiscus (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.18 — 149,301 ratings — published 2003
Stay with Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.06 — 67,990 ratings — published 2017
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.63 — 371,842 ratings — published 2018
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.39 — 339,194 ratings — published 2012
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.49 — 837,381 ratings — published 2016
The Thing Around Your Neck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 51,453 ratings — published 2008
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 17,735 ratings — published 2010
Freshwater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 37,855 ratings — published 2018
The Girl with the Louding Voice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.42 — 179,419 ratings — published 2020
The Death of Vivek Oji (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.11 — 70,057 ratings — published 2020
Behold the Dreamers (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.94 — 87,230 ratings — published 2016
Under the Udala Trees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.03 — 15,389 ratings — published 2015
The Fishermen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.88 — 22,549 ratings — published 2015
Nervous Conditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.04 — 24,038 ratings — published 1988
We Need New Names (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.75 — 23,760 ratings — published 2013
Transcendent Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.09 — 167,195 ratings — published 2020
Ghana Must Go (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.84 — 12,514 ratings — published 2013
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.87 — 13,471 ratings — published 1961
So Long a Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 13,293 ratings — published 1980
The Joys of Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.22 — 8,672 ratings — published 1979
His Only Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.73 — 33,956 ratings — published 2020
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.00 — 9,229 ratings — published 2024
Disgrace (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.86 — 120,694 ratings — published 1999
Notes on Grief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.21 — 42,385 ratings — published 2021
The Shadow King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.65 — 15,332 ratings — published 2019
Wizard of the Crow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,883 ratings — published 2004
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.50 — 89,852 ratings — published 2017
Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.79 — 9,697 ratings — published 1964
Say You're One of Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.55 — 16,524 ratings — published 2008
A Spell of Good Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,457 ratings — published 2023
A Girl Is a Body of Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,082 ratings — published 2020
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.10 — 256,410 ratings — published 2018
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.83 — 82,288 ratings — published 2015
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.52 — 59,495 ratings — published 2022
Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.93 — 18,125 ratings — published 2020
Butter Honey Pig Bread (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.28 — 13,988 ratings — published 2020
The River Between (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.79 — 5,587 ratings — published 1965
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.08 — 16,577 ratings — published 2017
Kintu (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,695 ratings — published 2014
A Man of the People (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.89 — 5,724 ratings — published 1966
At Night All Blood is Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.79 — 30,188 ratings — published 2018
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.87 — 3,515 ratings — published 1968
The Famished Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,819 ratings — published 1991
Maame (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as african-authors)
avg rating 4.04 — 131,484 ratings — published 2023
I Do Not Come to You by Chance (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,065 ratings — published 2009
Dele Weds Destiny (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as african-authors)
avg rating 3.59 — 3,256 ratings — published 2022
“Never forget your home as you sojourn in foreign lands my son. We’ve waited for your return to our beautiful land where winds still whistle your name and wooden gongs pronounce you a worthy son of your ancestors daily. That soulful journey to our mystical river to cleanse your naked feet is in the journal of your life written by your forebears. As it’s written, the full moon will guide you through the narrow path to your destination. You'll arrive at a special place where your ancestors will witness your transformation into a Shaman, a spiritual healer you’re destined to become.
On the appointed day, as your name travels throughout our land, choice palm wines will find worthy palates to celebrate your soulful return. As your ancestors had written in the book of promises about your return before the last moon of the year, African sun will massage your skin during the day and harmattan wind will fan you to sleep at night. Hurry back home my son.”
― Soulful Return
On the appointed day, as your name travels throughout our land, choice palm wines will find worthy palates to celebrate your soulful return. As your ancestors had written in the book of promises about your return before the last moon of the year, African sun will massage your skin during the day and harmattan wind will fan you to sleep at night. Hurry back home my son.”
― Soulful Return
“Tell my daughter I love her. Never use a past tense when you tell her. Do not tell her about the day I started being crazy.”
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