Read Around Africa Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Africa.
Best books from Africa (612)
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Balénguindi by Benoît Kongbo FR
Country: Africa / 
Central African Republic
Central African Republic
Description:
Dans ce recueil de nouvelles, se déroule devant nous la vie des Centrafricains, enfants de la rue, chasseurs, chercheurs de diamants, pêcheurs des rives de l'Oubangui voire grands commerçants. Une vie, et aussi une mort, où se mêlent étroitement modernité et tradition, réalité et mystères. Ignorer ce métissage serait ne pas comprendre la vie des Centrafricains de Bangui et d'ailleurs. Il exprime aussi la révolte d'une jeunesse contre la politique du ventre, la corruption, les dictateurs souvent décriés par ceux qui les ont façonnés, la misère des enfants de la rue comme celle des émigrés et ce... continue
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Co-Wives, Co-Widows by Adrienne Yabouza EN
Country: Africa / Central African Republic
Central African Republic
Description:
Co-Wives, Co-Widows is the first adult work of fiction from the Central African Republic to be translated into English. This is the story of Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou, the two widows of Lidou. Following their husband's sudden and unexplained death, they find themselves fighting tooth and nail for all that is important to them. A playful, bittersweet, story full of dry wit and local colour, set against a backdrop of political instability, corruption and the friction between the old and the new in Bangui in the Central African Republic.
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Myosotis : Un amor enigmático by Bégong-Bodoli Betina ES
Country: Africa / Central African Republic
Central African Republic
Description:
Por una tarde soleada, Bewori, un joven alumno, da un beso a Myosotis, una jovencita inocente, mientras se divierten persiguiéndose por la maleza. Comprueba el muchacho que la saliva de la chica es suculenta. Es el principio de una aventura amorosa que los dos jóvenes van a experimentar. Poco a poco, el amor de los dos se afianza, y Bewori pide a su padre a que vaya a hacer la petición de mano de su querida. Después de muchas reservas, éste acaba por cumplir la voluntad de su hijo. Más tarde, la familia de Myosotis la trae a casa de los padres de Bewori. Desde entonces, los dos jóvenes van a v... continue
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Nimrod : Selected Writings by Nimrod ; ed. Frieda Ekotto EN
Description:
The Chadian writer Nimrod—philosopher, poet, novelist, and essayist—is one of the most dynamic and vital voices in contemporary African literature and thought. Yet little of Nimrod’s writing has been translated into English until now. Introductory material by Frieda Ekotto provides context for Nimrod’s work and demonstrates the urgency of making it available beyond Francophone Africa to a broader global audience. At the heart of this volume are Nimrod’s essays on Léopold Sédar Senghor, a key figure in the literary and aesthetic Négritude movement of the 1930s and president of Senegal from 1945... continue
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The Kaffir of Karthala by Mohamed A. Toihiri EN
ComorosDescription:
Though Mazamba knows he only has a few days left to extract most out of the world, and though he is married, Mazamba "embarks on an affair with a French woman, Aubéri, and comes to look at the world around him with new eyes." He is met with a society of racism, a nation of corruption and a globe of preconceived notions. But he still undertakes the quest to "challenge the status quo while he still can." Toihiri is a courageous and fearless writer. He looks and writes about the world with a different eye; an eye more clear and vivid an eye more brave. From the descriptions of 'a neighborhood whe... continue
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Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir EN
Description:
Anguille is a 17-year-old girl who leaves her rock on the archipelago of Comoros to lose herself at sea. She drifts between two states of mind and between two islands 'in a hollow maze', evoking her memories so as to forget nothing and so as to delay the inevitable outcome. Confronted with the pressing immediacy of imminent death, Anguille recounts the story of her whole life in one long, sustained breath, in a series of brief couplets. But what Anguille recounts, in an assured voice which heralds a shipwreck, is also something other than her life - something much deeper below the ground, or r... continue
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Johnny Mad Dog : A Novel by Emmanuel Dongala EN
CongoDescription:
Life During Wartime, As Seen Through the Eyes of Two Congolese Teenagers Set amid the chaos of West Africa's civil wars, Emmanuel Dongala's striking novel tells the story of two teenagers growing up while rival ethnic groups fight for control of their country. At age sixteen, Johnny is a member of the Death Dealers, a rebel faction bent on seizing power. Even as he is drawn into the rebels' program of terror, Johnny Mad Dog, as he calls himself, retains his youthful exuberance--searching for girls, good times, and adventure. Sixteen-year-old Laokolé, for her part, dreams of finishing high scho... continue