Contemporary African Fiction

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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,115 ratings
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Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,264 ratings
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The First Woman
The First Woman 4.15 avg rating β€” 8,335 ratings
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Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions, #1)
Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 22,077 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,451 ratings
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Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,490 ratings
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The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Girl with the Louding Voice 4.42 avg rating β€” 167,318 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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Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold 3.94 avg rating β€” 17,170 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€” 15,432 ratings
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Stay with Me
Stay with Me 4.06 avg rating β€” 63,582 ratings
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating β€” 778,755 ratings
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating β€” 332,386 ratings
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Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating β€” 158,641 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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This Mournable Body
This Mournable Body 3.33 avg rating β€” 4,834 ratings
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Sweet Medicine
Sweet Medicine 3.33 avg rating β€” 227 ratings
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That Reminds Me
That Reminds Me 3.82 avg rating β€” 1,490 ratings
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The First Rule of Survival (Col Vaughn de Vries, #1)
The First Rule of Survival (Col Vaughn de Vries, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 474 ratings
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Freshwater
Freshwater 4.01 avg rating β€” 35,600 ratings
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Stay with Me
Stay with Me 4.06 avg rating β€” 63,582 ratings
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The Returnees
The Returnees 3.22 avg rating β€” 174 ratings
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The Serpentine Road (Col Vaughn de Vries #2)
The Serpentine Road (Col Vaughn de Vries #2) 4.07 avg rating β€” 219 ratings
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Secret Son
Secret Son 3.51 avg rating β€” 1,696 ratings
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Butter Honey Pig Bread
Butter Honey Pig Bread 4.30 avg rating β€” 12,761 ratings
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Zoo City
Zoo City 3.62 avg rating β€” 11,529 ratings
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Fimi sile Forever: Heaven gave it to me
Fimi sile Forever: Heaven gave it to me really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney 3.60 avg rating β€” 876 ratings
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A Broken People's Playlist
A Broken People's Playlist 4.29 avg rating β€” 2,594 ratings
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Pet
Pet 4.14 avg rating β€” 33,364 ratings
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The Mechanics of Yenagoa
The Mechanics of Yenagoa 3.80 avg rating β€” 671 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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Fine Boys
Fine Boys 3.88 avg rating β€” 297 ratings
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Not Just Another Interlude
Not Just Another Interlude 3.81 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
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In the Company of Men
In the Company of Men 3.82 avg rating β€” 832 ratings
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Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right
Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,208 ratings
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of OrΓ―sha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of OrΓ―sha, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 245,789 ratings
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Not My Time to Die
Not My Time to Die 4.46 avg rating β€” 158 ratings
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Tale of a Boon's Wife
Tale of a Boon's Wife 4.28 avg rating β€” 132 ratings
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Indigo
Indigo 4.26 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,747 ratings
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On Ajayi Crowther Street
On Ajayi Crowther Street 3.95 avg rating β€” 235 ratings
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La Bastarda
La Bastarda 3.53 avg rating β€” 1,231 ratings
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Bitter (Pet #0.5)
Bitter (Pet #0.5) 4.11 avg rating β€” 6,791 ratings
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My Totem Came Calling
My Totem Came Calling 3.56 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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Tropic of Violence
Tropic of Violence 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,566 ratings
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An Ordinary Wonder
An Ordinary Wonder 4.30 avg rating β€” 862 ratings
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The Madwoman of Serrano
The Madwoman of Serrano 3.35 avg rating β€” 146 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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The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy
The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy 4.01 avg rating β€” 2,336 ratings
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Black Sunday
Black Sunday 3.64 avg rating β€” 2,910 ratings
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Nudibranch
Nudibranch 3.40 avg rating β€” 303 ratings
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The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 54,588 ratings
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Conjure Women
Conjure Women 3.87 avg rating β€” 18,420 ratings
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A Small Silence
A Small Silence 3.32 avg rating β€” 91 ratings
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Incomplete Solutions
Incomplete Solutions 3.91 avg rating β€” 139 ratings
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An Act of Defiance
An Act of Defiance 3.93 avg rating β€” 146 ratings
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The Curse Of Happiness
The Curse Of Happiness 4.24 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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House of Stone
House of Stone 3.80 avg rating β€” 1,020 ratings
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Born on a Tuesday
Born on a Tuesday 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,598 ratings
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The Book of Not
The Book of Not 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,595 ratings
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Silence Is My Mother Tongue
Silence Is My Mother Tongue 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,074 ratings
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bone
bone 4.14 avg rating β€” 8,355 ratings
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The Shadow King
The Shadow King 3.66 avg rating β€” 14,622 ratings
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Better Never than Late
Better Never than Late 3.91 avg rating β€” 329 ratings
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The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir 4.23 avg rating β€” 3,069 ratings
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Night Dancer
Night Dancer 3.71 avg rating β€” 247 ratings
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Lakiriboto Chronicles: A History of Badly Behaved Women
Lakiriboto Chronicles: A History of Badly Behaved Women 3.88 avg rating β€” 243 ratings
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Travellers
Travellers 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,289 ratings
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I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays
I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays 4.30 avg rating β€” 4,092 ratings
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Harmattan Rain
Harmattan Rain 3.99 avg rating β€” 164 ratings
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A Bit of Difference
A Bit of Difference
by: Sefi Atta
3.43 avg rating β€” 474 ratings
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A Particular Kind of Black Man
A Particular Kind of Black Man 3.91 avg rating β€” 1,211 ratings
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Bitter Leaf
Bitter Leaf 3.39 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
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The Blessed Girl
The Blessed Girl 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,099 ratings
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Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,810 ratings
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Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 16,589 ratings