Read Around Africa Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Africa.
Best books from Africa (893)
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La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono EN
Country: Africa / 
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Description:
This coming-of-age story from Equatorial Guinea chronicles a teenage girl's quest to find out who she is.
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El metro by Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo ES
Country: Africa / Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Description:
Lambert Obama Ondo immigrates to Span in search of a better life but what price will he have to pay for it?
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Arde el monte de noche by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel ES
Country: Africa / Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Description:
La novela está ambientada en una de las islas de Guinea Ecuatorial (posiblemente Annabon, donde nació el autor; Guinea Ecuatorial fue la única colonia que tuvo España en el África Subsahariana.
El narrador es una hombre que cuenta recuerdos de su infancia en la isla, en la que habitan solamente dos hombres blancos, el representante de la Corona Española y el sacerdote. Lo más peculiar del ambiente, es que se trata de un lugar profundamente aislado, y sus habitantes tienen una idea muy vaga de la existencia de otros hombres en otros lugares. La ... continue
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The Gurugu Pledge by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel EN
Country: Africa / Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Description:
Informed by first-hand accounts, this strangely funny yet chilling refugees' tale offers a distinctly African perspective on a global crisis.
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La albina del dinero by Trifonia Melibea Obono ES
Country: Africa / Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Description:
La albina del dinero, obra de la escritora ecuatoguineana Trifonia Melibea, aborda la situación de la mujer en la Guinea Ecuatorial actual a través de la historia de una chica albina, el asesinato de la cual comporta el choque de dos clanes enfrentados. Una lectura, coeditada por Altaïr y Casa África, que denuncia la opresión heteropatriarcal de las mujeres fang, que "lloran en voz alta de noche. Lloran en voz baja de día".
Trifonia Melibea. Periodista, docente e investigadora sobre temas de género en África. Profesora en la Univ... continue
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Heart of Fire by Senait Mehari EN
EritreaDescription:
One girl's extraordinary journey from child soldier to soul singer.
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The Consequences of Love by Sulaiman Addonia EN
Description:
It is summer in Jeddah but Naser's life seems bleak. An immigrant in an unfriendly land, his friends have fled town for cooler climes and left him to his dead-end job and the scrutiny of the religious police, who keep watch through the shaded windows of their government jeeps. He spends his time writing to his mother in Africa and yearning to meet a woman - but in a country that separates men and women with walls and veils he feels increasingly trapped. Then, one of the black-clad women drops a piece of paper at his feet, instructing him to follow her pink shoes and suddenly his black-and-whit... continue
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Gratitude in Low Voices : A Memoir by Dawit Gebremichael Habte EN
Description:
“A candid, inspiring memoir of cultural and historical importance” from an Eritrean-Ethiopian War refugee (Michael Bloomberg). Dawit Gebremichael Habte fled his homeland of Eritrea as a teenager. In the midst of the ongoing Eritrean-Ethiopian war, Dawit and his sisters crossed illegally into Kenya. Without their parents or documents to help their passage, they experienced the abuse and neglect known by so many refugees around the world. But Dawit refused to give up. He stayed resilient and positive. Journeying to the United States under asylum—and still a boy—Dawit found a new purpose in an un... continue
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My Fathers' Daughter : A Story of Family and Belonging by Hannah Pool EN
Description:
What do you wear to meet your father for the first time? In 2004, Hannah Pool knew more about next season's lipstick colors than she did about Africa: a beauty editor for The Guardian newspaper, she juggled lattes and cocktails, handbags and hangouts through her twenties just like any other beautiful, independent Londoner. Her white, English adoptive relatives were beloved to her and were all the family she needed. Okay, if I treat it as a first date, then I'm on home turf. What image do I want to put across?...Classic, rather than trendy, and if my G-string doesn't pop out, I should be able t... continue