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African Fiction Books
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.75 — 418,538 ratings — published 1958
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 418,677 ratings — published 2013
Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 187,247 ratings — published 2006
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.47 — 413,993 ratings — published 2016
Purple Hibiscus (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 146,531 ratings — published 2003
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.63 — 364,012 ratings — published 2018
Nervous Conditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 23,599 ratings — published 1988
The Thing Around Your Neck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 50,808 ratings — published 2008
Stay with Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 67,076 ratings — published 2017
The Fishermen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 22,212 ratings — published 2015
We Need New Names (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.75 — 23,619 ratings — published 2013
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 17,196 ratings — published 2010
Disgrace (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 119,081 ratings — published 1999
The Death of Vivek Oji (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 69,214 ratings — published 2020
The Girl with the Louding Voice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.42 — 176,890 ratings — published 2020
Ghana Must Go (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 12,435 ratings — published 2013
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 277,487 ratings — published 1998
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 21 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 13,277 ratings — published 1961
So Long a Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 12,946 ratings — published 1980
The Shadow King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.65 — 15,166 ratings — published 2019
Kintu (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,615 ratings — published 2014
Under the Udala Trees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 15,069 ratings — published 2015
The Famished Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,699 ratings — published 1991
Behold the Dreamers (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 86,618 ratings — published 2016
Freshwater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 37,338 ratings — published 2018
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 801,120 ratings — published 1998
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 253,827 ratings — published 2018
Cry, the Beloved Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 80,226 ratings — published 1948
Season of Migration to the North (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.72 — 34,286 ratings — published 1966
At Night All Blood is Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.79 — 29,414 ratings — published 2018
Transcendent Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 165,185 ratings — published 2020
This Mournable Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.33 — 5,038 ratings — published 2018
Cutting for Stone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 432,345 ratings — published 2009
An Orchestra of Minorities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 6,479 ratings — published 2019
I Do Not Come to You by Chance (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,982 ratings — published 2009
Say You're One of Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.55 — 16,465 ratings — published 2008
The Promise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 50,737 ratings — published 2021
A Girl Is a Body of Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 8,886 ratings — published 2020
How Beautiful We Were (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 19,426 ratings — published 2021
The Old Drift (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.73 — 7,717 ratings — published 2019
The Hairdresser of Harare (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.62 — 3,120 ratings — published 2010
Every Day Is for the Thief (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 7,973 ratings — published 2007
July's People (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.51 — 8,410 ratings — published 1981
A Grain of Wheat (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 7,028 ratings — published 1967
Wizard of the Crow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,832 ratings — published 2004
His Only Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.73 — 33,537 ratings — published 2020
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 81,570 ratings — published 2015
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 38,759 ratings — published 2011
The Spider King's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.48 — 1,630 ratings — published 2012
The Memory of Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as african-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,247 ratings — published 2010
“The time for building bridges is over. For the few that are willing to swim across to our side, we will welcome them with open arms. We’ll even dispatch life rafts. But we have entered a new phase where we should be prioritizing direct action.”
― The Subtle Cause
― The Subtle Cause
“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
