Read Around Africa Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Africa.
Best books from Africa (892)
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The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut EN
Country: Africa / 
South Sudan
South Sudan
Description:
When Laurence Waters arrives at his post in a rural hospital in new South Africa, and convinces Dr. Ruth Ngema, head of the hospital, to set up clinics in the villages, the crime and corruption that follow put everyone involved in danger.
772.
Beneath the Darkening Sky by Majok Tulba EN
Country: Africa / South Sudan
South Sudan
Description:
On the day that Obinna’s village is savagely attacked by the rebel army and his father murdered, he witnesses violence beyond his imagination. Along with his older brother he finds himself thrown into a truck when the soldiers leave, to be shaped into an agent of horror – a child soldier. Marched through minefields and forced into battle, enduring a brutal daily existence, Obinna slowly works out which parts of himself to save and which to sacrifice in this world turned upside down.
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Hopeless Kingdom by Kgshak Akec EN
Country: Africa / South Sudan
South Sudan
Description:
Akita's family have always kept moving to survive. Sudan to Cairo. Cairo to Sydney. Sydney to Geelong. At each new place, challenges test and break Akita, her four siblings and her parents. Just when eight-year-old Akita is feeling settled at her new school and community in Sydney for the first time in her life, her parents decide to relocate to Geelong to be closer to their Sudanese relatives. The move is the beginning of a downward spiral that threatens to unravel the fabric of their family and any hope for finding peace and belonging.
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Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih EN
SudanDescription:
After years of study in Europe, the young narrator of Season of Migration to the North returns to his village along the Nile in the Sudan. It is the 1960s, and he is eager to make a contribution to the new postcolonial life of his country. Back home, he discovers a stranger among the familiar faces of childhood—the enigmatic Mustafa Sa’eed. Mustafa takes the young man into his confidence, telling him the story of his own years in London, of his brilliant career as an economist, and of the series of fraught and deadly relationships with European women that led to a terrible public reckoning and... continue
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El traductor : la historia de un nativo del desierto de Darfur by Daoud Hari, Dennis Michael Burke, Megan M. McKenna ES
Description:
Testimonio de un hombre del desierto en Darfur Una aventura conmovedora que ha cautivado al mundo, narrada en primera persona por un hombre que, con un coraje inusitado, ha sobrevivido al brutal genocidio de Darfur. Daoud Hari creci&ó en un peque&ño pueblo de Sud&án. Cuando su aldea fue atacada y destruida, huy&ó desierto a trav&és con un grupo de amigos, en busca de comida, agua y un refugio donde permanecer a salvo. Al llegar la prensa y los grupos de ayuda internacional a la regi&ón, &él se ofreci&ó como traductor, y pronto estaba guiando a los periodistas por la que sin duda es una de las ... continue
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Slave: My True Story by Mende Nazer EN
Description:
The author describes the years she spent as a slave to a wealthy Arab family in Khartoum and her subsequent break for freedom after she was sent to work for a diplomat in London.
777.
Época de migración al Norte by Tayyeb Saleh ES
Description:
Después de años de estudio en Europa, el joven narrador de Temporada de migración al norte regresa a su pueblo a lo largo del Nilo en Sudán. Estamos en la década de 1960 y está ansioso por hacer una contribución a la nueva vida poscolonial de su país. De regreso a casa, descubre a un extraño entre los rostros familiares de la infancia: el enigmático Mustafa Sa'eed. Mustafa confía en el joven y le cuenta la historia de sus propios años en Londres, de su brillante carrera como economista y de la serie de rel... continue
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El mesías de Darfur by Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin ES
Description:
Abderrahmán es un nombre masculino y, sin embargo, la protagonista de esta historia es de sexo femenino. Posiblemente, no hay otra mujer en todo Sudán que se llame así. Abderrahmán fue adoptada por la tía Jarifía, una mujer sin hijos y con un gran corazón, que la acogió en su casa bajo la condición de que nunca hablara de la guerra. Sin embargo, Abderrahmán lo sabe todo sobre la guerra, quizás demasiado, así lo atestigua una cicatriz en la mejilla, una marca de terrible belleza.
Cierto día ella conoce a... continue
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Ghost Season : A Novel by Fatin Abbas EN
Description:
A dynamic, beautifully orchestrated debut novel connecting five characters caught in the crosshairs of conflict on the Sudanese border. A mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan. For five strangers on an NGO compound, the discovery foreshadows trouble to come. South Sudanese translator William connects the corpse to the sudden disappearance of cook Layla, a northern nomad with whom he’s fallen in love. Meanwhile, Sudanese American filmmaker Dena struggles to connect to her unfamiliar homeland, and white midwestern aid wor... continue
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Veertig zweepslagen by Lubna Ahmad-al Hussein NL
Description:
Op 3 juli 2009 zat Lubna Ahmad Al-Hussein met vrienden in een groot restaurant in Khartoum. Plotseling viel de politie binnen en arresteerde haar en nog elf andere vrouwen wegens hun `onfatsoenlijke kledij : onder hun traditionele tuniek en sluier droegen ze een `sarwal , een soort broek die door de politie als verboden wordt beschouwd. Ze werd veroordeeld tot veertig zweepslagen. Lubna was niet de enige die dit overkwam: in Sudan worden hiervoor jaarlijks meer dan 40.000 vrouwen gearresteerd. Lubna besloot haar veroordeling wereldkundig te maken en het vonnis uit alle macht aan te vechten. Ze... continue