Read Around Africa Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Africa.
Best books from Africa (810)
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Du Pain et du Jasmin by Monia Mazigh FR
TunisiaDescription:
1984: les Emeutes du pain -- 2010: la REvolution du jasmin. Deux pEriodes tumultueuses vEcues A prEs de trente ans de distance par une mEre et sa fille. Nadia quitte sa Tunisie natale pendant les Emeutes qui secouent le pays en 1984. REvoltEe contre ses parents, elle est surtout indignEe par la culture du silence et la soumission que la jeunesse ne peut plus tolErer. ReniEe par sa famille, elle Emigre au Canada et y refait sa vie. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, sa fille, Lila, encouragEe par sa mEre, sEjourne A Tunis chez un couple ami, Tante Neila et Oncle Mounir. Elle fera face A une autre rEvolu... continue
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Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi EN
UgandaDescription:
Uganda's history reimagined through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan in an award-winning debut.
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Abyssinian Chronicles : A Novel by Moses Isegawa EN
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Every once in a while there emerges a literary voice with the power and urgency to immerse readers deep within a previously "invisible" culture. From a young African writer who has already earned comparisons to Salman Rushdie and Gabriel Garcia Marquez comes this masterful saga of life in 20th-century Uganda. The teller of this panoramic tale is Mugezi, a quick-witted, sharp-eyed man whose life encompasses the traditional and the modern, the peaceful and the insanely violent, the despotic and the democratic. Born in a rural community in the early 1960s, he is raised by his grandfather, a depos... continue
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A Bigger Picture : My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis by Vanessa Nakate EN
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Leading climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate brings her fierce and fearless spirit to the biggest issue of our time. Nakate's mere presence has revealed rampant inequalities within the climate justice movement. While attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Nakate's image was cropped out of a photo by the Associated Press. The photo featured the four other activists, who were all white. It highlighted the call Nakate has been making all along: for both environmental and social justice on behalf of those who have been omitted from the climate discussion and who are now deman... continue
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A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi EN
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“Makumbi is such an honest, truthful writer. . . . I loved every single page.” —Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage A Best Book of the Year at TIME; The Washington Post; O, the Oprah Magazine; BBC Winner of the Jhalak Prize In her thirteenth year, Kirabo confronts a piercing question: who is my mother? Kirabo has been raised by women in the small Ugandan village of Nattetta—her grandmother, her best friend, and her many aunts—but the absence of her mother follows her like a shadow. Seeking answers from Nsuuta, the local witch, Kirabo learns about the woman who birthed her, who she dis... continue
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The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi EN
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A dazzling feminist coming of age tale from the award-winning author of Kintu
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The Greedy Barbarian : A Novel by Kakwenza Rukirabashaija EN
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When Bekunda and her toddler son, Kayibanda, cross an international border, they are in dire straits and desperately need sanctuary, human kindness and divine favor. The new country gives them sanctuary, the natives show them kindness and the local spirits do the miraculous on their behalf. But can Kayibanda be as gracious to his new country as it has been to him? Can he overcome his profoundly flawed nature, which appears to be hereditary?
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Crónicas abisinias by Moses Isegawa ES
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Al igual que Hijos de la medianoche de Salman Rushdie y Cien años de soledad de Gabriel García Márquez, Cronicas abisinias de Moses Isegawa cuenta una fascinante historia del África del siglo XX que tiene una visión apasionante y un alcance impresionante.
En el centro de esta inolvidable historia está Mugezi, un joven que logra superar el reino infernal de Idi Amin y experimenta de primera mano los aspectos más aplastantes de Uganda. Resiste la opresión de su distante padre y la crueldad de su madre en nombre del celo católico. So... continue
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Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol by Okot p'Bitek EN
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Two African literary works by Okot P'Bitek available together in the African Writers Series.