English books from Africa
Recommended English books (652)
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If you speak English here are some English books from Africa for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".
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Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Crimes from the past erupt into the present, splintering Silas Ali's fragile peace of mind, in the tale of a brittle South African family on the crossroads of history.
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Bitterness (An African Novel from Zambia) : by Malama Katulwende EN
ZambiaDescription:
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 the life of young people in today's Africa, .
Eritrea84.
Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed EN
SomaliaDescription:
Jama is a half-feral child scavenging in the streets of a great seaport. After his mother dies, Jama decides to search for his never-seen father. So begins Jama's extraordinary journey of more than a thousand miles north all the way to Egypt.
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Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race & Islam by Chouki El Hamel EN
MoroccoDescription:
Chronicles the experiences, identity, agency and achievements of enslaved black people in Morocco from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century.
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Black Moses : A Novel by Alain Mabanckou EN
CongoDescription:
The "heart-breaking" (New York Times Book Review), rollicking, award-winning novel that has been described as "Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa" (Les Inrockuptibles) "One of the most compelling books you'll read in any language this year." —Rolling Stone Winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize Shortlisted for the Albertine Prize Shortlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize Greeted with wildly enthusiastic reviews on publication, Alain Mabanckou's riotous novel begins in an orphanage in 1970s Congo-Brazza... continue
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Black Spartacus : The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh EN
MauritiusDescription:
A biography of the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture.
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Blackass : A Novel by A. Igoni Barrett EN
NigeriaDescription:
"First published in 2015 by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage/ Penguin Random House UK, London"--Title page verso.
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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head : Poems by Warsan Shire EN
Description:
Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Black Is King, award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire “The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts.”—Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist “Shire is the real thing—fresh, cutting, indisputably alive.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times Mama, I made it / out of your home / alive, raised by / the voices / in my head. With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, mak... continue