I'm joining in the fun on this challenge set by bfertig. I'll update this post as I read across Africa. I have no certain goal in mind, just seeing where my reading takes me. I will try to stick to books actually set in each country, if not the author will be a native. I guess I'll include some past reads since there's going to be no time limit.
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana:
Maru (African Writers Series);
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency * Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Rep
* Chad
* Congo
* Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire)
* Djibouti
* Egypt:
Woman At Point Zero * Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea Bissau
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria:
The Thing Around Your Neck,
Half of a Yellow Sun,
The Icarus Girl,
No Longer at Ease * Reunion
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Principe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* Sudan:
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur * Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zanzibar
* Zimbabwe
Message edited by its author, Nov 29, 2009, 1:37pm.
Hi what a great idea. I just checked and I have read books about 25 -30 of the countries. You missed Western Sahara on your list. It is located just south of Morocco.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency was a light and quick read. I have no plans to read the rest of the series. Anyone curious about this more recently popular series should definitely read this the first book. It has a decent plot and will hold your attention but, I can see how this series can get old quickly. This is great for reading in between some more substantial reads.
Precious Ramotswe is a fanciful character as the female protagonist of the book. When she decides to use her "inheritance" to start a business deemed unconventional for women, especially in Botswana, where she gets involved in some mostly lightweight sleuthing.
Just read and reviewed
Woman At Point Zero for this challenge and two others. It's
here. I really enjoyed it. I can't wait to read more by this feminist author.
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