African Biographies and Autobiographies

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Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,908 ratings
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Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia
Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia 3.57 avg rating — 139 ratings
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The Hospital by the River
The Hospital by the River 4.10 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
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Miriam's Song: A Memoir
Miriam's Song: A Memoir 4.20 avg rating — 411 ratings
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Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna 3.89 avg rating — 1,508 ratings
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Me, My Mother, My Life: A journey through pain and healing
Me, My Mother, My Life: A journey through pain and healing 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad 4.24 avg rating — 39,498 ratings
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Veld Girl - Cynthia Stockley: A Recreated Life
Veld Girl - Cynthia Stockley: A Recreated Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Led by Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide
Led by Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide 4.43 avg rating — 2,007 ratings
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A Dream So Big: Our Unlikely Journey to End the Tears of Hunger
A Dream So Big: Our Unlikely Journey to End the Tears of Hunger 4.34 avg rating — 283 ratings
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DK Biography: Nelson Mandela: A Photographic Story of a Life
DK Biography: Nelson Mandela: A Photographic Story of a Life 3.90 avg rating — 138 ratings
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The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice, Countess de Janzé
The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice, Countess de Janzé 3.65 avg rating — 572 ratings
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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust 4.43 avg rating — 46,755 ratings
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Reeva: A Mother's Story
Reeva: A Mother's Story 3.95 avg rating — 269 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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Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes
Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes 3.80 avg rating — 657 ratings
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Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend
Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend 4.19 avg rating — 377 ratings
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Fight for the Forgotten: How a Mixed Martial Artist Stopped Fighting for Himself and Started Fighting for Others
Fight for the Forgotten: How a Mixed Martial Artist Stopped Fighting for Himself and Started Fighting for Others 4.25 avg rating — 227 ratings
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Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants
Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants 3.78 avg rating — 101 ratings
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The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster
The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster 3.77 avg rating — 3,115 ratings
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Heart of Fire: One Girl's Extraordinary Journey from Child Soldier to Soul Singer
Heart of Fire: One Girl's Extraordinary Journey from Child Soldier to Soul Singer 3.72 avg rating — 333 ratings
21.
This Is a Soul: The Mission of Rick Hodes
This Is a Soul: The Mission of Rick Hodes 4.03 avg rating — 341 ratings
23.
Healing Lives
Healing Lives 4.32 avg rating — 240 ratings
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa 4.17 avg rating — 9,387 ratings
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The Boy Who Runs: The Odyssey of Julius Achon
The Boy Who Runs: The Odyssey of Julius Achon 4.22 avg rating — 403 ratings
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Faith Like Potatoes: The Story of a Farmer Who Risked Everything for God
Faith Like Potatoes: The Story of a Farmer Who Risked Everything for God 4.28 avg rating — 455 ratings
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The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe
The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe 4.18 avg rating — 3,579 ratings
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Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 4.18 avg rating — 16,375 ratings
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Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and Africa
Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and Africa 3.70 avg rating — 529 ratings
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Mama Maggie: The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums
Mama Maggie: The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums 4.07 avg rating — 499 ratings
31.
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa 4.28 avg rating — 4,628 ratings
32.
Tea, Scones, and Malaria: A memoir of growing up in Africa
Tea, Scones, and Malaria: A memoir of growing up in Africa 3.92 avg rating — 1,036 ratings
33.
Cathedral of the Wild: An African Journey Home
Cathedral of the Wild: An African Journey Home 4.23 avg rating — 1,639 ratings
34.
A Long Way Gone
A Long Way Gone 4.16 avg rating — 192,418 ratings
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My First Coup d'Etat: And Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa
My First Coup d'Etat: And Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa 3.83 avg rating — 418 ratings
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Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood 3.88 avg rating — 868 ratings
37.
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story 4.09 avg rating — 2,148 ratings
38.
Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm
Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm 3.90 avg rating — 1,171 ratings
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Going to the Mountain: Life Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela
Going to the Mountain: Life Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela 4.02 avg rating — 679 ratings
40.
Dreaming of Lions: My Life in the Wild Places
Dreaming of Lions: My Life in the Wild Places 3.84 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa
Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa
by: Mark Seal
3.86 avg rating — 1,377 ratings
42.
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood 4.10 avg rating — 6,047 ratings
43.
Gods of Noonday: A White Girl's African Life
Gods of Noonday: A White Girl's African Life 3.96 avg rating — 75 ratings
44.
Always Another Country
Always Another Country 4.32 avg rating — 1,075 ratings