African fiction
Discover the best African fiction books with our curated list of must-read novels. Explore captivating stories, diverse cultures, and award-winning authors from across Africa.
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Bitterness (An African Novel from Zambia)
by Malama Katulwende
Based on real events and written by a young Zambian poet and intellectual, this is one of the most realistic and passionate contemporary novels about …
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Daughter
by Asha Bandele
Miriam finds her world shattered when her daughter is shot by a white police officer in a case of mistaken identity, a situation that forces …
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Mission
by Philip Spires
Michael, a missionary priest in Kenya, has just killed Munyasya, a retired army officer. It might have been an accident, but Mulonzya, a politician resentful …
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The River Between
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Explores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement. Faced with an alluring, new religion and "magical" …
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Devil on the Cross
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Devil on the Cross tells the tragic story of Wariinga, a young woman who emigrated from her small rural town to the city of Nairobi …
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Weep Not, Child
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, …
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Wizard of the Crow
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongơo
The individual stories of characters both powerful and ordinary create a kaleidoscopic portrait of postcolonial Africa in the twentieth century, in a novel set in …
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Petals of Blood
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“The definitive African book of the twentieth century” (Moses Isegawa, from the Introduction) by the Nobel Prize–nominated Kenyan writer The puzzling murder of three African …
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A Grain of Wheat
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
In this ambitious and densely worked novel, we begin to see early signs of Ngugi's increasing bitterness about the ways in which the politicians are …
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” …
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CliffsNotes on Achebe's Things Fall Apart
by John Chua
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this …
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No Longer at Ease
by Chinua Achebe
After returning to Africa from his education abroad, Obi Okonkwo feels alienated and disgusted at the fact that he has been thrust into the ruling …
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A Man of the People
by Chinua Achebe
By the renowned author of "Things Fall Apart, this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as …
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Arrow of God
by Chinua Achebe
Set in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria, one of Africa's best-known writers describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: …
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Anthills of the Savannah
by Chinua Achebe
A searing satire of political corruption and social injustice from the celebrated author of Things Fall Apart "Achebe has written a story that sidesteps both …
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Home And Exile
by Chinua Achebe
In three powerful essays, the acclaimed, Nigerian-born novelist and author of Things Fall Apart explores the complexities of African culture and discusses the devastating impact …
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Girls at War
by Chinua Achebe
Full of characteristic energy and authenticity, the stories in this classic collection capture the remarkable talent of one of the world's most acclaimed writers and …
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Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Re-creates the 1960s struggle of Biafra to establish an independent republic in Nigeria, following the intertwined lives of the characters through a military coup, the …
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Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
**Pre-order DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie now!** A haunting tale of an Africa and an adolescence undergoing tremendous changes …