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15 popular guinean books
Travel the world without leaving your chair. The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world. All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Africa Challenge" were written by authors from Guinea. Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.

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Céroe, no eres un cualquiera by Williams Sassine ES

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Country: Africa / Guinea flag Guinea
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Desde la muerte del PDG, aquí todo el mundo se ha vuelto importante. Los guineanos que vuelven llegan haciendo el gesto de la victoria, pero si hemos de creer a los que hicieron su agosto con el antiguo régimen, vuestro tirano ha muerto gracias a ellos. Son todos unos ceros a la izquierda dándoselas de héroes. Pobres africanos. Sois todos unos céroes, un cruce de ceros y héroes. Vamos, hermano. El sucio blanco colonialista va a invitarte a una copa. Os creéis independientes, pero en mi hotel no aceptan vuestra moneda. Os creéis libres, pero vuestros verdugos se pasean por todas partes. Os creé... continue

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Daado l'orpheline : et autres contes du Fouta Djallon de Guinée by Koumanthio Zeïnab Diallo FR

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Country: Africa / Guinea flag Guinea
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Recueil de contes traditionnels africains inspirés des textes du Fouta Djallon en Guinée.

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El nen negre by Camara Laye CA

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Country: Africa / Guinea flag Guinea
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Un jove escriptor de 25 anys decideix narrar la seva infantesa africana, a l'Alta Guinea. Però, més enllà d'un relat autobiogràfic, ens retorna, amb tota la seva veritat, la vida quotidiana, les tradicions i els costums de tot un poble. Amb aquest Nen negre, Camara Laye ens ofereix un llibre intemporal ple de finor i de talent que recull, en un text fluid i delicat, tota la mitologia africana i la plena capacitat poètica de la vida captada amb els ulls transparents i innocents d'un noi.

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Kleiner Bruder : Die Geschichte meiner Suche by Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus DE

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Country: Africa / Guinea flag Guinea
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Als sein kleiner Bruder verschwindet und alles darauf hindeutet, dass er die gefährliche Reise nach Europa angetreten hat, macht sich Ibrahima auf die Suche. Und erfährt am eigenen Leib, was der Traum von einem Leben in Europa für so viele junge Männer in Afrika bedeutet: Unsicherheit, Gewalt, Ausbeutung, Einsamkeit, Verzweiflung. Ibrahima wird geschlagen, erniedrigt, verkauft, doch zur gleichen Zeit erlebt er den Zusammenhalt, die Hoffnung und die felsenfeste Zuversicht einer Schicksalsgemeinschaft, und schafft es schließlich nach Spanien, wo er seine eigene Stimme f... continue


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L'enfant noir by Camara Laye FR

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Guinea flag Guinea
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Décryptez L’Enfant noir de Camara Laye avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de L’Enfant noir, le roman autobiographique fondateur de la littérature africaine contemporaine ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche : • Un résumé complet • Une présentation des personnages principaux tels que Camara Laye, son père et sa mère • Une analyse des spécificités de l’œuvre : le genre autobiographique et ses caractéristiques, les difficultés de l'autobiographie et les fonctions de celle... continue

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Little Brother : A Refugee's Odyssey by Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Guinea flag Guinea
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Based on the author's own life, this heartbreaking novel about an African migrant takes you inside the refugee crisis—for readers of The Lost Children's Archive and The Girl with the Louding Voice. Ibrahima is still a boy when his father dies, but as the eldest son he must leave their home village in the Guinean countryside in search of work to support his family. Eventually apprenticed to a trucker in the capital, he learns that his younger brother has dropped out of school and fled to Libya to pursue the dream of finding work in Europe. Leaving behind everything, Ibrahima sets off with the a... continue

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My Heart Will Cross this Ocean : My Story, My Son, Amadou by Kadiatou Diallo, Craig Thomas Wolff EN

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Descended from West African kings and healers, raised in the turbulence of Guinea in the 1960s, Kadiatou Diallo was married off at the age of thirteen and bore her first child when she was sixteen. Twenty-three years later, that child--a gentle, innocent young man named Amadou Diallo--was gunned down without cause on the streets of New York City. Now Kadi Diallo tells the astonishing, inspiring story of her life, her loss, and the defiant strength she has always found within. It was Kadi Diallo's voice that captivated the public when she came to America to defend her slain son, and it is that ... continue

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Soundjata : ein Mandingo-Epos by Djibril Tamsir Niane DE

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Guinea flag Guinea
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D. T. Niane (1932 - 2021), Historiker aus Guinea, lässt das alte Afrika zu uns sprechen. Er ist zu einem der Griots (nämlich Djeli Mamadou Kouyaté) gegangen, und hat aufgezeichnet, was diesem - zwar fantastisch ausgeschmückt, aber im Kern unverfälscht - über Generationen von dem Leben und den Taten des legendär gewordenen Großkönigs Soundjata überliefert wurde. Wir erfahren die Geschichten des "Helden mit den vielen Namen", Sohn des Büffels und des Löwen, der im 13. Jahrhundert zum Begründer des mächtigen Mandin... continue

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Sundiata : An Epic of Old Mali by Djibril Tamsir Niane EN

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Country: Africa / Guinea flag Guinea
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"The son of Sogolon, the hunchback princess, and Maghan, known as 'the handsome', Sundiata grew up to fulfil the prophesies of the soothsayers that he would unite the twelve kingdoms of Mali into one of the most powerful empires ever known in Africa, which at its peak stretched right across the savanna belt from the shores of the Atlantic to the dusty walls of Timbuktu." "Retold by generations of griots - the guardians of African culture - this oral tradition has been handed down from the thirteenth century and captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship. It is an epic ta... continue


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