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2026 Read Harder Challenge > Task 23: Read a book by an African author

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message 1: by McKenna (new)
Dec 13, 2025 01:42PM

McKenna | 31 comments Share and discuss book ideas for Task 23: Read a book by an African author


message 2: by Melissa A (last edited Dec 15, 2025 10:26AM) (new)
Dec 15, 2025 10:18AM

Melissa A | 25 comments Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2014 Women’s Prize for Fiction)


message 3: by Teresa (last edited Dec 16, 2025 04:10PM) (new)
Dec 16, 2025 04:05PM

Teresa (likeiamfeasting) | 7 comments here are some that I've particularly enjoyed in the past:
Egypt The Queue
Cameroon These Letters End in Tears
Sudan Leila Aboulela
Equatorial Guinea By Night the Mountain Burns
Congo Alain Mabanckou
Tanzania Abdulrazak Gurnah
Nigeria Butter Honey Pig Bread, And Then He Sang a Lullaby, Akwaeke Emezi, and the OG Chinua Achebe
Zambia Baking Cakes in Kigali (if you want a cozy option)


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Amanda Edgar (amandaedgar) | 2 comments Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi


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