African Fiction

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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,092 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,462 ratings
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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,123 ratings
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Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,511 ratings
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So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating β€” 11,639 ratings
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Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating β€” 114,210 ratings
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Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,281 ratings
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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 4.08 avg rating β€” 15,436 ratings
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Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating β€” 78,544 ratings
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The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating β€” 48,401 ratings
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The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,315,562 ratings
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Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating β€” 22,079 ratings
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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 3.87 avg rating β€” 3,379 ratings
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The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,143 ratings
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God's Bits of Wood
God's Bits of Wood 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,057 ratings
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Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #3)
Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #3) 3.79 avg rating β€” 8,932 ratings
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The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating β€” 779,778 ratings
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The River Between
The River Between 3.79 avg rating β€” 5,150 ratings
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The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3)
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3) 4.46 avg rating β€” 4,947 ratings
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A Man of the People
A Man of the People 3.89 avg rating β€” 5,430 ratings
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Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating β€” 417,375 ratings
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 273,171 ratings
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Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating β€” 14,270 ratings
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A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat 3.88 avg rating β€” 6,514 ratings
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We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating β€” 23,067 ratings
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The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by: Ben Okri
3.73 avg rating β€” 13,392 ratings
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No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2)
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2) 3.87 avg rating β€” 12,585 ratings
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Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating β€” 34,743 ratings
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Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child 3.90 avg rating β€” 4,098 ratings
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Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating β€” 32,266 ratings
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Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,434 ratings
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The Joys of Motherhood
The Joys of Motherhood 4.21 avg rating β€” 8,107 ratings
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July's People
July's People 3.51 avg rating β€” 8,096 ratings
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The Palm-Wine Drinkard
The Palm-Wine Drinkard 3.73 avg rating β€” 3,577 ratings
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GraceLand
GraceLand 3.79 avg rating β€” 2,660 ratings
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Allah Is Not Obliged
Allah Is Not Obliged 3.68 avg rating β€” 2,316 ratings
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The Dark Child
The Dark Child 3.70 avg rating β€” 2,493 ratings
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The Fishermen
The Fishermen 3.88 avg rating β€” 21,351 ratings
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,748 ratings
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Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,491 ratings
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Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K 3.87 avg rating β€” 20,651 ratings
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Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 12,203 ratings
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Paradise
Paradise 3.60 avg rating β€” 12,591 ratings
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A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,359 ratings
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The Grass Is Singing
The Grass Is Singing 3.83 avg rating β€” 14,769 ratings
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating β€” 332,410 ratings
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Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating β€” 84,455 ratings
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Houseboy
Houseboy 3.73 avg rating β€” 2,316 ratings
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Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,891 ratings
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When Rain Clouds Gather
When Rain Clouds Gather 3.84 avg rating β€” 1,682 ratings
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #4)
The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #4) 4.01 avg rating β€” 41,968 ratings
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Measuring Time
Measuring Time 3.85 avg rating β€” 641 ratings
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The Heart of Redness
The Heart of Redness
by: Zakes Mda
3.72 avg rating β€” 1,627 ratings
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Burger's Daughter
Burger's Daughter 3.50 avg rating β€” 2,264 ratings
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On Black Sisters Street
On Black Sisters Street 3.88 avg rating β€” 2,699 ratings
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In the Heart of the Country
In the Heart of the Country 3.68 avg rating β€” 3,684 ratings
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears 3.71 avg rating β€” 8,732 ratings
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Say You're One of Them
Say You're One of Them 3.55 avg rating β€” 16,253 ratings
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The Kraals of Ulundi: A Novel of the Zulu War
The Kraals of Ulundi: A Novel of the Zulu War 4.48 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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The Hairdresser of Harare
The Hairdresser of Harare 3.62 avg rating β€” 2,943 ratings
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De pest
De pest 4.02 avg rating β€” 300,339 ratings
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Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3)
Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #3) 3.99 avg rating β€” 45,394 ratings
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The River and the Source
The River and the Source 4.26 avg rating β€” 887 ratings
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Wizard of the Crow
Wizard of the Crow 4.22 avg rating β€” 3,646 ratings
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Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross 3.93 avg rating β€” 2,032 ratings
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I Do Not Come to You by Chance
I Do Not Come to You by Chance 3.94 avg rating β€” 3,701 ratings
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Petals of Blood
Petals of Blood 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,566 ratings
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Open City
Open City
by: Teju Cole
3.49 avg rating β€” 17,168 ratings
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Coconut
Coconut 3.65 avg rating β€” 1,922 ratings
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Baking Cakes in Kigali
Baking Cakes in Kigali 3.69 avg rating β€” 6,850 ratings
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Stay with Me
Stay with Me 4.06 avg rating β€” 63,585 ratings
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Every Day Is for the Thief
Every Day Is for the Thief
by: Teju Cole
3.69 avg rating β€” 7,750 ratings
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Fools and Other Stories
Fools and Other Stories 3.92 avg rating β€” 251 ratings
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Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,810 ratings
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Part-Time Monster Hunter (Kat Drummond, #1)
Part-Time Monster Hunter (Kat Drummond, #1) 3.88 avg rating β€” 687 ratings
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Amkoullel, l'enfant Peul
Amkoullel, l'enfant Peul 4.37 avg rating β€” 404 ratings
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Whitethorn
Whitethorn 4.14 avg rating β€” 3,313 ratings
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The Interpreters
The Interpreters 3.45 avg rating β€” 632 ratings
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Woman at Point Zero
Woman at Point Zero 4.21 avg rating β€” 27,035 ratings
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A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali 3.95 avg rating β€” 4,461 ratings
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Sleepwalking Land
Sleepwalking Land
by: Mia Couto
4.01 avg rating β€” 5,928 ratings
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A Guide to the Birds of East Africa (Mr Malik #1)
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa (Mr Malik #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 4,152 ratings
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A Question of Power
A Question of Power 3.69 avg rating β€” 1,106 ratings
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The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Girl with the Louding Voice 4.42 avg rating β€” 167,328 ratings
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Two Thousand Seasons
Two Thousand Seasons 4.43 avg rating β€” 381 ratings
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The Death of Vivek Oji
The Death of Vivek Oji 4.12 avg rating β€” 66,341 ratings
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Maps
Maps 3.73 avg rating β€” 992 ratings
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Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman 3.79 avg rating β€” 5,157 ratings
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Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English
Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,044 ratings
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Maru
Maru 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,515 ratings
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Dust
Dust 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,667 ratings
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Ways of Dying (Toloki #1)
Ways of Dying (Toloki #1)
by: Zakes Mda
3.89 avg rating β€” 1,940 ratings
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Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women 3.23 avg rating β€” 4,198 ratings
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Our Lady of the Nile
Our Lady of the Nile 3.77 avg rating β€” 3,385 ratings
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NobodyΒ΄s Children
NobodyΒ΄s Children 3.83 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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Midaq Alley
Midaq Alley 3.87 avg rating β€” 13,044 ratings
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The Old Man and the Medal
The Old Man and the Medal 3.62 avg rating β€” 458 ratings
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Second Class Citizen
Second Class Citizen 4.09 avg rating β€” 4,597 ratings
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A Beautiful Place to Die (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #1)
A Beautiful Place to Die (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 3,971 ratings
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The Burning of Rags
The Burning of Rags 3.96 avg rating β€” 68 ratings
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