Great African Reads discussion

The Mar/Apr 2023 read will be from Central Africa (as defined by the UN geoscheme)
Nominate great reads from any of these countries:
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe.

Try to keep nominations to one pr. person - and you're welcome to second someone else's nomination.

Our last choices from this region are not eligible in this round:
African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou
Transparent City by Ondjaki
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue.
Your Madness, Not Mine: Stories of Cameroon by Makuchi
Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa
La Bastarda: A Novel by Trifonia Melibea Obono
Awu's Story: A Novel by Justine Mintsa
(but the threads are open if you want to read and discuss those titles)

Authors! Please note : We have decided to not allow self-nomination - but if you are an author and would like to promote your book, please feel free to do so in this folder. Thank you for your understanding!

I would like to nominate Co-wives, Co-widows by Adrienne Yabouza from CAR.

Orgeluse wrote: "I would like to nominate Co-wives, Co-widows by Adrienne Yabouza from CAR."

Ooooh a female author from CAR!!

How about: The Impatient: A Novel by Djaïli Amadou Amal

"A powerful, heartrending, and insightful novel of a trio of women in Cameroon who dare to rebel against oppressive, long-held cultural traditions—including polygamy and domestic abuse—that define and limit their lives."

Published in French in 2020, English 2022. I can find it in the library. =)

Rebecca (Adventurer) wrote: "How about: The Impatient: A Novel by Djaïli Amadou Amal"

Great suggestion. We read this book in 2021 in the French regional reads (here is the discussion thread).

Anetq wrote: "Orgeluse wrote: "I would like to nominate Co-wives, Co-widows by Adrienne Yabouza from CAR."

Ooooh a female author from CAR!!"

Yeesssss ;-)

Rebecca (Adventurer) wrote: "How about: The Impatient: A Novel by Djaïli Amadou Amal

"A powerful, heartrending, and insightful novel of a trio of women in Cameroon who dare to rebel against o..."

Also a great idea!

I will nominate The Selfless Act of Breathing (2021) the second novel by J.J. Bola of Democratic Republic of Congo.
His family came as refugees to the UK when he was a child. He writes in English. He has no books on the group bookshelf as yet.

Here is the poll - please vote now: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

A Story Like the Wind by Laurens van der Post. It's a great adventure story set in colonial South Africa, but with great insight into the San people, 'bushmen' and other African tribes. Absolutely fascinating and really worth a read.