African Reading List

Explore the best African books with our curated African Reading List. Discover must-read novels, non-fiction, and classics by African authors to dive into rich, diverse stories and perspectives.

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Dark Star Safari Cover
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Dark Star Safari

by Paul Theroux

In his first new travel book in eight years, the endearingly irascible Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle …
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King Leopold's Ghost

by Adam Hochschild

Documents the plundering of the territory.
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A Long Way Gone

 

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The Palm-wine Drinkard ; And, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Cover
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The Palm-wine Drinkard ; And, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

by Amos Tutuola

The ghosts live in the center of the jungle and this tells of what happens to the mortals who venture into the world of the …
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The Shadow of the Sun

by Ryszard Kapuscinski

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state …
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

 

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Skeletons on the Zahara

 

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A Continent for the Taking

by Howard W. French

In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of …
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The Harmless People

by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

“A study of primitive people which, for beauty of . . . style and concept, would be hard to match.” —The New York Times Book …
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