Books About Africa

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Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart
Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart 3.98 avg rating — 11,890 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 — 273,173 ratings
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Yohannes Ishi
Yohannes Ishi 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,833 ratings
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Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,909 ratings
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,108 ratings
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 294,138 ratings
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood 3.97 avg rating — 56,659 ratings
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Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,336 ratings
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Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,541 ratings
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The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 93,092 ratings
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Tsotsi
Tsotsi 3.59 avg rating — 2,097 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,482 ratings
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So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating — 11,641 ratings
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Sarah's Gift
Sarah's Gift 3.61 avg rating — 23 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 — 15,435 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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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
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Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,409 ratings
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An Elephant in My Kitchen
An Elephant in My Kitchen 4.39 avg rating — 6,109 ratings
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope 4.07 avg rating — 31,882 ratings
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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,146 ratings
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Mark's Strength
Mark's Strength 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Lyrics Alley
Lyrics Alley 3.79 avg rating — 1,534 ratings
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Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating — 32,270 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 — 4,152 ratings
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In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man 4.36 avg rating — 8,858 ratings
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Janju, The voice of one girl
Janju, The voice of one girl it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Biko
Biko 4.24 avg rating — 1,470 ratings
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Circling the Sun
Circling the Sun 3.94 avg rating — 81,020 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 — 778,862 ratings
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The Hairdresser of Harare
The Hairdresser of Harare 3.62 avg rating — 2,943 ratings
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The African Queen
The African Queen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,132 ratings
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The Old Drift
The Old Drift 3.73 avg rating — 7,423 ratings
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The Lost Cities of Africa
The Lost Cities of Africa 3.95 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Broken Pottery: The Life of an African Girl
Broken Pottery: The Life of an African Girl 3.86 avg rating — 14 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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Little Bee
Little Bee 3.72 avg rating — 247,088 ratings
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A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season 4.06 avg rating — 4,359 ratings
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Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 33,673 ratings
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The Way of Orisa: Empowering Your Life Through the Ancient African Religion of Ifa
The Way of Orisa: Empowering Your Life Through the Ancient African Religion of Ifa 3.93 avg rating — 224 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 — 192,426 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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Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa 4.33 avg rating — 1,315 ratings
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The Last Savanna
The Last Savanna
by: Mike Bond
3.45 avg rating — 1,713 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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Numen Yeye
Numen Yeye 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Ivory Needle
The Ivory Needle 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Amie: An African Adventure
Amie: An African Adventure 4.06 avg rating — 379 ratings
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South Africa's High Treason Club: The White Separatist Boeremag Conspirators on Trial
South Africa's High Treason Club: The White Separatist Boeremag Conspirators on Trial it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Travel Light, Move Fast
Travel Light, Move Fast 4.04 avg rating — 2,319 ratings
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Африканская книга
Африканская книга 4.07 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Quiet Violence of Dreams
The Quiet Violence of Dreams 4.34 avg rating — 376 ratings
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Africa
Africa 4.72 avg rating — 155 ratings
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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives 4.36 avg rating — 14,153 ratings
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The Newlywed's Window: The 2022 Mukana Press Anthology of African Writing
The Newlywed's Window: The 2022 Mukana Press Anthology of African Writing 4.10 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Thembe's Cloth
Thembe's Cloth 4.68 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Sunset Tales
Sunset Tales 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Amie and the Child of Africa
Amie and the Child of Africa 4.35 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Leopard at the Door
Leopard at the Door 4.03 avg rating — 6,394 ratings
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The Rhino Crash
The Rhino Crash 4.19 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating — 14,271 ratings
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A Tale from the Heart: Temporary Natives
A Tale from the Heart: Temporary Natives 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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WE DID THAT!: Traveling to Ghana During the 2020 Pandemic
WE DID THAT!: Traveling to Ghana During the 2020 Pandemic 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Send Her Back and Other Stories
Send Her Back and Other Stories 4.09 avg rating — 395 ratings
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The Boy Who Met Jesus: Segatashya of Kibeho
The Boy Who Met Jesus: Segatashya of Kibeho 4.39 avg rating — 1,157 ratings
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Amie Stolen Future
Amie Stolen Future 4.71 avg rating — 65 ratings
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The Garden of Burning Sand
The Garden of Burning Sand 4.06 avg rating — 3,585 ratings
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Girl
Girl 3.53 avg rating — 8,142 ratings
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Bloodlines: A Tale from the Heart of Africa
Bloodlines: A Tale from the Heart of Africa 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Egypt on the Potomac
Egypt on the Potomac 4.58 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa
Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa 4.55 avg rating — 1,779 ratings
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Amie: CUT FOR LIFE (Amie in Africa Book 4)
Amie: CUT FOR LIFE (Amie in Africa Book 4) 4.74 avg rating — 46 ratings
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A Blade of Grass
A Blade of Grass 3.68 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
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Contemporary Design Africa
Contemporary Design Africa 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The African Abroad: The Black Man's Evolution in Western Civilization (Volume One)
The African Abroad: The Black Man's Evolution in Western Civilization (Volume One) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Black Mamba Boy
Black Mamba Boy 3.74 avg rating — 2,311 ratings
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Blood Contract
Blood Contract 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe
The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe 3.89 avg rating — 303 ratings
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African Icons: Ten People Who Built a Continent
African Icons: Ten People Who Built a Continent 4.30 avg rating — 280 ratings
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The African Abroad, Volume Two
The African Abroad, Volume Two 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Zambezi : A Wild Paradise Is about to Erupt
Zambezi : A Wild Paradise Is about to Erupt
by: Tony Park
4.12 avg rating — 931 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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Chai Tea Sunday
Chai Tea Sunday 3.70 avg rating — 986 ratings
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I Am a Girl from Africa
I Am a Girl from Africa 4.31 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
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Africa: Mother of Western Civilization (African-American Heritage Series)
Africa: Mother of Western Civilization (African-American Heritage Series) 4.55 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Sweetness in the Belly
Sweetness in the Belly 3.91 avg rating — 9,460 ratings
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The Money Order; With, White Genesis
The Money Order; With, White Genesis 3.87 avg rating — 206 ratings
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When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa
When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa 3.58 avg rating — 197 ratings
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Black Man of the Nile
Black Man of the Nile 4.51 avg rating — 237 ratings
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Running the Rift
Running the Rift 3.97 avg rating — 7,192 ratings
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No Longer at Ease
No Longer at Ease 3.87 avg rating — 12,586 ratings
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The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women
The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women 4.22 avg rating — 115 ratings
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42 of 147 Negative Confessions 4100 B.C.E
42 of 147 Negative Confessions 4100 B.C.E 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Red Dust
Red Dust 3.61 avg rating — 577 ratings
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The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance
The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance 3.79 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions
Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions 4.13 avg rating — 571 ratings
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Hannibal: The African Warrior
Hannibal: The African Warrior 3.67 avg rating — 369 ratings
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Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country
Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country 3.91 avg rating — 285 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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