Read Around Africa Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Africa.
Best books from Africa (806)
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Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Ghost Boy is a deeply moving story of recovery and the power of love. Through Martin's story we can know what it is like to be here and yet not here - unable to communicate yet feeling and understanding everything. Martin's emergence from his darkness enables us to celebrate the human spirit and is a wake-up call to cherish our own lives.
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The Cry of Winnie Mandela : A Novel by Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
A group of women at a specific period in the history of Southern Africa find their family life under the pressures of capitalist modernity and apartheid. These ordinary, intimate stories are anchored to the more powerful public stories of the Penelope of ancient Greek mythology (who waited 18 years while her husband Odyseeus was away), and Winnie Mandela (who waited for 27 years). The life of Winnie Mandela remains one of the great unfolding dramas of our times; a tale of triumphs and tragedies that is only just beginning to be examined.
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When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Two exiles--one white, one black--in a poor village in Botswana struggle with tradition, climate, and the local chief as they try to modernize the villagers' farming methods.
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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years : A Novel by Shubnum Khan EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
“A dark and heady dream of a book” (Alix E. Harrow) about a ruined mansion by the sea, the djinn that haunts it, and a curious girl who unearths the tragedy that happened there a hundred years previous Akbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Nearly a century later, it stands in ruins: an isolated boardinghouse for eclectic misfits, seeking solely to disappear into the mansion’s dark corridors. Except for Sana. Unlike the others, she is curious and questioning and finds herself irresistibly drawn to the history of the mansion: To the eerie and forgotten East Wing, ho... continue
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Le Seigneur des anneaux : La fraternité de l'anneau by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien FR
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Dans un paisible village du Comté, le jeune Frodo est sur le point de recevoir un cadeau qui changera sa vie à jamais : l'Anneau de Pouvoir. Forgé par Sauron au coeur de la Montagne du Feu, on croyait l'Anneau perdu depuis qu'un homme l'avait arraché au Seigneur des Ténèbres avant de le chasser hors du monde. A présent, de noirs présages s'étendent à nouveau sur la Terre du Milieu, les créatures maléfiques se multiplient et, dans les Montagnes de Brume, les Orques traquent les Nains. L'ennemi veut récupérer son bien afin de dominer le monde ; l'Œil de Sauron est désormais pointé sur le Comté. ... continue
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Le Seigneur des anneaux : les deux tours by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien FR
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
La Fraternité de l'Anneau poursuit son voyage vers la Montagne du Feu où l'Anneau Unique fut forgé, et où Frodo a pour mission de le détruire. Cette quête terrible est parsemée d'embûches : Gandalf a disparu dans les Mines de la Moria et Boromir a succombé au pouvoir de l'Anneau. Frodo et Sam se sont échappés afin de poursuivre leur voyage jusqu'au coeur du Mordor. À présent, ils cheminent seuls dans la désolation qui entoure le pays de Sauron - mais c'est sans compter la mystérieuse silhouette qui les suit partout où ils vont.
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Le seigneur des anneaux : Le retour du roi by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien FR
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
La dernière partie du Seigneur des Anneaux voit la fin de la quête de Frodo en Terre du Milieu. Le Retour du Roi raconte la stratégie désespérée de Gandalf face au Seigneur des Anneaux, jusqu'à la catastrophe finale et au dénouement de la grande Guerre où s'illustrent Aragorn et ses compagnons, Gimli le Nain, Legolas l'Elfe, les Hobbits Merry et Pippin, tandis que Gollum est appelé à jouer un rôle inattendu aux côtés de Frodo et de Sam au Mordor, le seul lieu où l'Anneau de Sauron peut être détruit.
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The Return of the King : The Lord of the Rings #3 by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring. Impossible to describe in a few words, JRR Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled bot... continue
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Kaffir Boy : The True Story Of A Black Youths Coming Of Age In Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane EN
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
A Black writer describes his childhood in South Africa under apartheid and recounts how Arthur Ashe and Stan Smith helped him leave for America on a tennis scholarship
