Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

1.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,090 ratings
2.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating — 32,265 ratings
3.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating — 11,638 ratings
4.
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions 4.04 avg rating — 22,077 ratings
5.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,322 ratings
6.
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 — 4,947 ratings
7.
God's Bits of Wood
God's Bits of Wood 3.98 avg rating — 3,057 ratings
8.
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by: Ben Okri
3.73 avg rating — 13,392 ratings
9.
Woman at Point Zero
Woman at Point Zero 4.21 avg rating — 27,032 ratings
10.
Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K 3.87 avg rating — 20,649 ratings
11.
Aké: The Years of Childhood
Aké: The Years of Childhood 3.86 avg rating — 1,977 ratings
12.
The Joys of Motherhood
The Joys of Motherhood 4.21 avg rating — 8,107 ratings
13.
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 3.87 avg rating — 3,379 ratings
14.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season 4.06 avg rating — 4,358 ratings
15.
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
The Palm-Wine Drinkard 3.73 avg rating — 3,577 ratings
16.
The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo
The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo 3.48 avg rating — 727 ratings
17.
Chaka
Chaka 3.62 avg rating — 664 ratings
18.
Abyssinian Chronicles
Abyssinian Chronicles 3.54 avg rating — 882 ratings
19.
Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #3)
Arrow of God (The African Trilogy, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 8,932 ratings
20.
Forest of a Thousand Daemons: A Hunter's Saga
Forest of a Thousand Daemons: A Hunter's Saga 4.12 avg rating — 819 ratings
20.
The Dark Child
The Dark Child 3.70 avg rating — 2,492 ratings
22.
Butterfly Burning
Butterfly Burning 3.59 avg rating — 617 ratings
23.
Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman 3.79 avg rating — 5,157 ratings
24.
Sleepwalking Land
Sleepwalking Land
by: Mia Couto
4.01 avg rating — 5,927 ratings
25.
Soundjata ou l'épopée mandingue
Soundjata ou l'épopée mandingue 3.65 avg rating — 2,711 ratings
26.
A Question of Power
A Question of Power 3.69 avg rating — 1,106 ratings
27.
Burger's Daughter
Burger's Daughter 3.50 avg rating — 2,264 ratings
28.
A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat 3.88 avg rating — 6,513 ratings
29.
Mamy Wata and the Monster (English)
Mamy Wata and the Monster (English) 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
30.
Anowa
Anowa 3.80 avg rating — 283 ratings
31.
Maps
Maps 3.73 avg rating — 992 ratings
32.
The Fortunes of Wangrin
The Fortunes of Wangrin 4.01 avg rating — 366 ratings
33.
The Poor Christ of Bomba
The Poor Christ of Bomba 3.77 avg rating — 330 ratings
34.
The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge 3.97 avg rating — 171 ratings
35.
Le Passé Simple
Le Passé Simple 3.39 avg rating — 442 ratings
36.
Riwan ou le chemin de sable
Riwan ou le chemin de sable
by: Ken Bugul
3.85 avg rating — 93 ratings
37.
In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture
In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture 3.91 avg rating — 191 ratings
38.
Zayni Barakat. I misteri del Cairo
Zayni Barakat. I misteri del Cairo 3.87 avg rating — 3,759 ratings
39.
Les Contes d'Amadou Koumba
Les Contes d'Amadou Koumba 3.91 avg rating — 109 ratings
40.
Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night
Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night 3.92 avg rating — 123 ratings
41.
L'Aventure ambiguë
L'Aventure ambiguë 3.62 avg rating — 1,304 ratings
42.
The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg
The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
43.
Indaba My Children
Indaba My Children 4.41 avg rating — 436 ratings
43.
The Beggars' Strike
The Beggars' Strike 3.81 avg rating — 593 ratings
45.
The Old Man and the Medal
The Old Man and the Medal 3.62 avg rating — 458 ratings
46.
Les Soleils des indépendances
Les Soleils des indépendances 3.59 avg rating — 780 ratings
47.
Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto
Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto 3.82 avg rating — 434 ratings
48.
Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa
Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa 4.09 avg rating — 3,243 ratings
49.
Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah 4.22 avg rating — 189 ratings
50.
Sosu's Call
Sosu's Call 3.99 avg rating — 101 ratings
50.
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade 3.68 avg rating — 1,313 ratings
52.
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality 4.49 avg rating — 1,534 ratings
53.
Climbié, (African writers series)
Climbié, (African writers series) 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings
54.
The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar
The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings
55.
Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society
Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society 3.93 avg rating — 107 ratings
56.
Stories from a Shona Childhood
Stories from a Shona Childhood 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings
57.
The House of Hunger
The House of Hunger 3.96 avg rating — 1,232 ratings
57.
Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross 3.93 avg rating — 2,032 ratings
59.
Murambi, The Book of Bones
Murambi, The Book of Bones 4.21 avg rating — 928 ratings
60.
Nedjma
Nedjma 3.51 avg rating — 695 ratings
61.
Nós Matámos o Cão Tinhoso
Nós Matámos o Cão Tinhoso 3.81 avg rating — 808 ratings
61.
The History of the Yorubas
The History of the Yorubas 3.89 avg rating — 87 ratings
63.
Ualalapi (Uma Terra sem amos)
Ualalapi (Uma Terra sem amos) 3.91 avg rating — 92 ratings
64.
Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism
Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism 4.15 avg rating — 264 ratings
65.
Labyrinths (Heinemann African Writers Series)
Labyrinths (Heinemann African Writers Series) 3.91 avg rating — 81 ratings
66.
The Colonizer and the Colonized
The Colonizer and the Colonized 4.20 avg rating — 1,920 ratings
67.
The Wrath of the Ancestors
The Wrath of the Ancestors 3.55 avg rating — 47 ratings
68.
al-Mawt `ala al-asfalt
al-Mawt `ala al-asfalt 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
69.
Un attiéké pour Elgass
Un attiéké pour Elgass 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
70.
Oeuvre Poetique
Oeuvre Poetique 3.88 avg rating — 175 ratings
71.
Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings of Amilcar Cabral (Monthly Review Press Classic Titles, 3)
Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings of Amilcar Cabral (Monthly Review Press Classic Titles, 3) 4.25 avg rating — 114 ratings
72.
La vie et demie
La vie et demie 3.52 avg rating — 227 ratings
73.
Le mauvais sang: Suivi de "Feu de brousse" - et "À triche coeur"
Le mauvais sang: Suivi de "Feu de brousse" - et "À triche coeur" 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
73.
Native Life in South Africa
Native Life in South Africa 3.81 avg rating — 64 ratings
75.
Sur La Philosophie Africaine
Sur La Philosophie Africaine 3.68 avg rating — 34 ratings
76.
Adventures of a Breath
Adventures of a Breath 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
77.
La nuit sacrée
La nuit sacrée 3.55 avg rating — 1,650 ratings
78.
Karingana ua Karingana
Karingana ua Karingana 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
79.
ثلاثية محمد ديب، النول، الحريق، الدار الكبيرة
ثلاثية محمد ديب، النول، الحريق، الدار الكبيرة 4.12 avg rating — 82 ratings
80.
The Blood Knot: A Play in Three Acts
The Blood Knot: A Play in Three Acts 3.66 avg rating — 93 ratings
81.
Bones
Bones 3.79 avg rating — 151 ratings
82.
Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena
Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena 3.94 avg rating — 258 ratings
83.
La canción de Lawino
La canción de Lawino 3.75 avg rating — 55 ratings
84.
A Geração da Utopia
A Geração da Utopia
by: Pepetela
4.30 avg rating — 545 ratings
85.
Le jeune homme de sable: Roman (Écrits)
Le jeune homme de sable: Roman (Écrits) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
86.
Third World Express
Third World Express really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
87.
Utenzi wa vita vya uhuru
Utenzi wa vita vya uhuru 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
88.
Nós, os do Makulusu
Nós, os do Makulusu 3.78 avg rating — 49 ratings
89.
Amal'eZulu
Amal'eZulu 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
90.
Accumulation on a World Scale: A Critique of the Theory of Underdevelopment (2 Volumes)
Accumulation on a World Scale: A Critique of the Theory of Underdevelopment (2 Volumes) 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings
91.
Os nacionalismos africanos
Os nacionalismos africanos 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
92.
Kiswahili. Past, Present and Future Horizons
Kiswahili. Past, Present and Future Horizons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
93.
Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation : The Practice and Its Prevention (Minority Rights Publications)
Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation : The Practice and Its Prevention (Minority Rights Publications) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
94.
Ethiopia Unbound
Ethiopia Unbound 3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings
95.
Facing Mount Kenya
Facing Mount Kenya 3.85 avg rating — 404 ratings
96.
Histoire De L'afrique Noire: D'hier à Demain
Histoire De L'afrique Noire: D'hier à Demain really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
97.
Beyond the Masks (Critical Psychology Series)
Beyond the Masks (Critical Psychology Series) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
98.
The soul of the white ant
The soul of the white ant 4.17 avg rating — 303 ratings
99.
The Struggle For Mozambique
The Struggle For Mozambique 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings
100.
The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985
The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985 4.36 avg rating — 56 ratings