Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Published by Royal African Society


Angola
The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa
Good Morning Comrades by Ondjaki
Yaka by Pepetela

Cameroon
Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono

Congo (DRC)
Before the Birth of the Moon by V.Y. Mudimbe

Congo (Republic)
Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou
Johnny Mad Dog by Emmanuel Dongala

Cote d'Ivoire
Allah is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma

Djibouti
In the United States of Africa by Abdourahman A. Waberi

Egypt
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz

Ghana
Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Search Sweet Country by Kojo Laing
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah

Guinea
The Dark Child by Camara Laye

Kenya
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina
Nairobi Heat by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
Weep Not, Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Lesotho
Chaka by Thomas Mofolo

Libya
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

Mali
Bound to Violence by Yambo Ouologuem

Mozambique
Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto

Nigeria
Every Day is for the Thief by Teju Cole
Diaries of a Dead African by Chuma Nwokolo Jr.
Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English by Ken Saro-Wiwa
Foreign Gods, Inc. by Okey Ndibe
The Famished Road by Ben Okri
People of the City by Cyprian Ekwensi
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
Aké: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
Fine Boys by Eghosa Imasuen
GraceLand by Chris Abani
The Water House by Antonio Olinto (also set in Brazil)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola
Waiting for an Angel by Helon Habila

Senegal
God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène

Somalia
Crossbones by Nuruddin Farah
Fairytales for Lost Children by Diriye Osman (also Kenya)

South Africa
The Quiet Violence of Dreams by K. Sello Duiker
Dog Eat Dog by Niq Mhlongo
A Dry White Season by André Brink
A Walk in the Night and Other Stories by Alex La Guma
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

US
Open City by Teju Cole (Nigerian author)
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu (Ethiopian author)
A Squatter's Tale by Ike Oguine (Nigerian author)

Zimbabwe
The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu
Black Sunlight by Dambudzo Marechera
Harare North by Brian Chikwava

I have read five so far and read books by four of the other authors. I'll give myself a 7 / 50 score. :p