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PART 3

Mauritania
1. Guatánamo Diary by Mohamedo Ould Slahi
Niger
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Nigeria
1. There Was A Country by Chinuae Achebe
2. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3. The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
4. Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
5. Under the Udala Tree by Chinelo Okparanta
6. Be(com)ing Nigerian by Elnathan John
7. Efuru by Flora Nwapa
8. And After Many Days by Jowhor Ile
Senegal
1. So Long A Letter by Mariama Bâ (translated by Modupe Bode-Thomas)
2. God’s Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène (translated by Francis Price)
3. The Belly of the Atlantic by Fatou Diome (translated by Lulu Norman and Ros Schwartz)
4. Ambiguous Adventure by Cheikh Hamidou Kane (translated by Katherine Woods)
Sierra Leone
1. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
2. The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar by Syl Cheney-Coker
Togo
1. An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie (translated by James Kirkup)
2. Do They Hear You When You Cry? By Fauziya Kassindja

PART TWO

Equatorial Guinea
1. The Gurugu Pledge by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
Gabon
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Sao Tome and Principe
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East Africa
Burundi
1. Baho! By Roland Rugero (translated by Christopher Schaefer)
Comoros
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Djibouti
1. In the United States of Africa by Abdourahman A. Waberi (translated by David Ball and Nicole Ball)
Eritrea
My Fathers’ Daughter by Hannah Pool
Ethiopia
1. The Afersata by Sahle Sellassie
2. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
3. The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Kenya
1. Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
2. Dust by Yvonne Adhiamb Owuor
3. Nairobi Heat by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
4. The Last Villains of Molo by Kinyanjui Kombani
5. One Day I will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina
Madagascar
1. Return to the Enchanted Island by Johary Ravaloson (Translated by Allison M. Charette)
Malawi
1. No Easy Task by Kachingwe Aubrey
2. The Boy Who Harnessed Wind by Willaim Kamkwamba
3. I Will Try by Legson Kayira

PART ONE
Let’s dig deep into the collective work of different authors .
I hope this is a useful resource for you. And let’s continue to diversify out bookshelves.

Central Africa
Angola
1. Rainy Season by José Eduardo Agualusa (translated by Daniedl Hahn)
2. Blue Dahlia, Black Gold by Daniel Metcalfe
3. The Return of the Water Spirit by Pepetela (translated by Luís R Mitras)
4. Good Morning Comrades by Ondjaki (translated by Stephen Henighan)
Cameroon
1. Mission to Kala by Beti Mongo (translated by Peter Green)
2. Houseboy by Oyono Ferdinand (translated by John Reed)
3. Dark Heart of the Night by Léonora Miano (translated by Tamsin Black)
4. Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Central African Republic
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Chad
1. Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid (translated by Karen Haire Hoeing)
Republic of the Congo
1. Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou (translated by Helen Stevenson)
2. Johnny Mad Dog by Emmanuel Boundzéki Dongala
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1. Before the Birth of the Moon by Valentin Y Mudimbe
2. Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila (translated by Roland Glasser)
3. Life and a Half by Sony Labou Tansi (translated by Alison Dundy)


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