West Africa

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Chasing the Devil
Chasing the Devil 4.13 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,132 ratings
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,431 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,491 ratings
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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,158 ratings
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Segu (Ségou, #1)
Segu (Ségou, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
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Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,814 ratings
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The House at Sugar Beach
The House at Sugar Beach 3.91 avg rating — 8,008 ratings
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Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women 3.23 avg rating — 4,198 ratings
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears 4.04 avg rating — 26,311 ratings
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Little Bee
Little Bee 3.72 avg rating — 247,090 ratings
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God's Bits of Wood
God's Bits of Wood 3.98 avg rating — 3,057 ratings
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So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating — 11,643 ratings
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Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau (Travels With Terry Book 1)
Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau (Travels With Terry Book 1) 4.29 avg rating — 118 ratings
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The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter 3.96 avg rating — 30,378 ratings
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Do They Hear You When You Cry
Do They Hear You When You Cry 4.12 avg rating — 4,776 ratings
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Aya (Aya, #1)
Aya (Aya, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 7,049 ratings
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A New Day Dawns (Travels With Terry, #2)
A New Day Dawns (Travels With Terry, #2) 4.66 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating — 14,271 ratings
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Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah 3.85 avg rating — 4,491 ratings
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Aké: The Years of Childhood
Aké: The Years of Childhood 3.86 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
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The Bite of the Mango
The Bite of the Mango 3.98 avg rating — 4,204 ratings
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There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra 4.03 avg rating — 2,728 ratings
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Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali 4.17 avg rating — 4,984 ratings
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Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah
Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah 3.63 avg rating — 303 ratings
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Squirting Milk at Chameleons: An Accidental African
Squirting Milk at Chameleons: An Accidental African 4.16 avg rating — 161 ratings
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Sunjata: Warrior King of Mali [A West African Legend]
Sunjata: Warrior King of Mali [A West African Legend] 3.63 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Show Me the Magic: Travels Round Benin by Taxi
Show Me the Magic: Travels Round Benin by Taxi 3.75 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions 3.90 avg rating — 2,471 ratings
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Love's Affliction
Love's Affliction 4.05 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,360 ratings
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This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President 3.99 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
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King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village 3.90 avg rating — 2,537 ratings
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Women and Collective Action in Africa: Development, Democratization, and Empowerment, with Special Focus on Sierra Leone
Women and Collective Action in Africa: Development, Democratization, and Empowerment, with Special Focus on Sierra Leone 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Powder Necklace
Powder Necklace 3.82 avg rating — 251 ratings
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She Called Me Woman
She Called Me Woman 3.96 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali 3.65 avg rating — 2,711 ratings
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Radiance of Tomorrow
Radiance of Tomorrow 3.86 avg rating — 4,673 ratings
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The Girl Who Can
The Girl Who Can 3.96 avg rating — 232 ratings
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The Ghost of Sani Abacha
The Ghost of Sani Abacha 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Cruellest Journey: 600 Miles by Canoe to the Legendary City of Timbuktu
The Cruellest Journey: 600 Miles by Canoe to the Legendary City of Timbuktu 3.94 avg rating — 717 ratings
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The Dark Child
The Dark Child 3.70 avg rating — 2,494 ratings
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Iron Butterfly: A Novel of Africa
Iron Butterfly: A Novel of Africa really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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So Much for Democracy
So Much for Democracy 3.71 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Shifting Allegiances: A Nigerian's story of Nigeria, America and Culture Shock
Shifting Allegiances: A Nigerian's story of Nigeria, America and Culture Shock 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings
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A Rebel Star
A Rebel Star it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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In the Belly of the Elephant: A Memoir of Africa
In the Belly of the Elephant: A Memoir of Africa 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Embassy: A Story of War and Diplomacy
The Embassy: A Story of War and Diplomacy 4.25 avg rating — 65 ratings
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A Wall Is Just A Wall
A Wall Is Just A Wall liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts 3.49 avg rating — 12,191 ratings
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Kleur bekennen
Kleur bekennen liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Making War in Cote d'Ivoire
Making War in Cote d'Ivoire 3.69 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Gods of Noonday: A White Girl's African Life
Gods of Noonday: A White Girl's African Life 3.96 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Welcome Home: A Travel Guide to Ghana
Welcome Home: A Travel Guide to Ghana
by: Lora Krof
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Girl
Girl 3.53 avg rating — 8,142 ratings
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One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference 4.33 avg rating — 860 ratings
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Lion Shaped Mountain
Lion Shaped Mountain 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The White Shadow
The White Shadow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Boy from Boadua: One African’s Journey of Hunger and Sacrifice in Pursuit of a Dream
The Boy from Boadua: One African’s Journey of Hunger and Sacrifice in Pursuit of a Dream 4.80 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Masquerade
Masquerade 3.92 avg rating — 3,950 ratings
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Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution
Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution 3.88 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 7,129 ratings
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Anansi Does the Impossible!: An Ashanti Tale
Anansi Does the Impossible!: An Ashanti Tale 3.86 avg rating — 237 ratings
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To Saint Patrick
To Saint Patrick 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa
Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa 3.79 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 3.87 avg rating — 3,380 ratings
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To Timbuktu
To Timbuktu 3.86 avg rating — 265 ratings
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Son of a Gun
Son of a Gun 3.79 avg rating — 285 ratings
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American Warlord: A True Story
American Warlord: A True Story 3.72 avg rating — 255 ratings
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The Clever Monkey: A Folktale from West Africa
The Clever Monkey: A Folktale from West Africa 3.96 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Een sluier van zand
Een sluier van zand 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Travels in the White Man's Grave
Travels in the White Man's Grave 3.76 avg rating — 84 ratings
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A Different Sun
A Different Sun 3.66 avg rating — 740 ratings
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The Kingdom of Emptiness
The Kingdom of Emptiness really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia 4.35 avg rating — 2,046 ratings
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Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote
Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote 3.85 avg rating — 449 ratings
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Myth and Reality in the Rain Forest: How Conservation Strategies Are Failing in West Africa
Myth and Reality in the Rain Forest: How Conservation Strategies Are Failing in West Africa 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Ohia and the thief: Legends from West Africa
Ohia and the thief: Legends from West Africa 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Bitter Side of Sweet
The Bitter Side of Sweet 4.23 avg rating — 3,684 ratings
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Sundiata: Lion King of Mali
Sundiata: Lion King of Mali 3.99 avg rating — 307 ratings
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The Hunterman and the Crocodile
The Hunterman and the Crocodile 3.90 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Fine Boys
Fine Boys 3.88 avg rating — 297 ratings
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The Joys of Motherhood
The Joys of Motherhood 4.21 avg rating — 8,109 ratings
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And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation
And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation 4.27 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Changes: A Love Story
Changes: A Love Story 3.79 avg rating — 2,053 ratings
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Choosing the Hero
Choosing the Hero 3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa
Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa 4.02 avg rating — 668 ratings
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Dromen van water
Dromen van water 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating — 332,528 ratings
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Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah 4.37 avg rating — 3,244 ratings
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White Hippo (Antelope Books)
White Hippo (Antelope Books) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Sosu's Call
Sosu's Call 3.99 avg rating — 101 ratings
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The Baobabs of Tete and Other Stories
The Baobabs of Tete and Other Stories
by: Kari Dako
3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria
The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria 3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings
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A Hippo Banquet
A Hippo Banquet 3.09 avg rating — 461 ratings
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What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky 4.09 avg rating — 16,034 ratings
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Djoliba Crossing: Journeys Into West African Music and Culture
Djoliba Crossing: Journeys Into West African Music and Culture 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Einde van een imperium 1 (#1)
Einde van een imperium 1 (#1) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race
Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race 4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Taduno's Song
Taduno's Song 3.56 avg rating — 613 ratings
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