Africa

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Books about Africa, the continent and its countries, also history.
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
10,601 members
193 reviews
4
3 Members
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2
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
23,421 members
461 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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3
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
26,445 members
431 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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4
The Heart of the Matter
by Graham Greene
5,574 members
91 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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5
The Grass Is Singing
by Doris Lessing
2,438 members
79 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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6
Out of Africa
by Isak Dinesen
5,822 members
111 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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7
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
28,724 members
539 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
15,292 members
426 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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9
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
9,600 members
343 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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10
Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976
by Piero Gleijeses
96 members
1 review
4.2
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11
Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia
by Tim Bascom
59 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
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12
Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
7,238 members
321 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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13
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7,923 members
317 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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14
Nervous Conditions
by Tsitsi Dangarembga
2,410 members
51 reviews
4
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15
A Burnt-Out Case
by Graham Greene
2,080 members
30 reviews
3.8
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16
Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption
by Katie Davis Majors
1,480 members
22 reviews
½ 4.3
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17
Journey Without Maps
by Graham Greene
832 members
15 reviews
½ 3.5
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18
When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa
by Robert H. Bates
70 members
1 review
3.8
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19
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles
4,776 members
89 reviews
3.9
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20
A Grain of Wheat
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
1,130 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
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21
Our Votes, Our Guns: Robert Mugabe and the Tragedy of Zimbabwe
by Martin Meredith
170 members
1 review
3.9
Member
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22
The Shadow of the Sun
by Ryszard Kapuściński
2,318 members
54 reviews
4.2
Member
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23
Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the 20th Century
by Benjamin A. Valentino
46 members
3.9
Member
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24
Disgrace
by J. M. Coetzee
11,848 members
299 reviews
3.9
Member
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25
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5,353 members
191 reviews
4
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26
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
by John Steptoe
5,084 members
215 reviews
4.2
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27
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
by Alexandra Fuller
3,761 members
113 reviews
3.9
Member
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28
Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)
by Saint Augustine
2,766 members
24 reviews
3.9
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29
Bill Bryson's African Diary
by Bill Bryson
1,402 members
40 reviews
½ 3.3
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30
In the Country of Men
by Hisham Matar
1,401 members
64 reviews
½ 3.7
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31
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
by D. T. Niane
827 members
8 reviews
3.8
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32
The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda
by Scott Straus
66 members
1 review
½ 4.5
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33
The Ra Expeditions
by Thor Heyerdahl
804 members
15 reviews
3.8
Member
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34
The African Colonial State in Comparative Perspective
by M. Crawford Young
34 members
2
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35
Petals of Blood
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
880 members
15 reviews
3.9
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36
The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa
by Patricia McKissack
227 members
3 reviews
3
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37
Mine Boy
by Peter Abrahams
219 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
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38
Who Fears Death
by Nnedi Okorafor
2,607 members
117 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
39
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
by Mark Mathabane
1,440 members
15 reviews
4
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40
The Histories
by Herodotus
11,558 members
98 reviews
4.1
Member
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41
Midaq Alley
by Naguib Mahfouz
1,621 members
38 reviews
3.8
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42
Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder
by Daniel Chirot
72 members
1 review
½ 3.6
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43
A Bend in the River
by V. S. Naipaul
3,480 members
58 reviews
½ 3.7
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44
Paradise
by Abdulrazak Gurnah
856 members
37 reviews
½ 3.7
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45
A history of ancient Egypt
by Nicolas Grimal
516 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
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46
The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon
by Dan Eldon
392 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
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47
Centennial
by James A. Michener
3,289 members
44 reviews
4
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48
Building the Rule of Law
by Jennifer A. Widner
19 members
3
Member
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49
States and Power in Africa
by Jeffrey Herbst
125 members
2 reviews
4
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50
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
12,592 members
189 reviews
3.9
Member
gypsysmom
52
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
10,598 members
567 reviews
½ 4.3
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53
The Making of South Africa: Culture and Politics
by Aran S. MacKinnon Ph. D.
5 members
3
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54
Tandia
by Bryce Courtenay
964 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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55
The Power of One
by Bryce Courtenay
5,155 members
117 reviews
½ 4.3
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56
King Solomon's Mines
by H. Rider Haggard
6,262 members
141 reviews
½ 3.6
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57
Arrow of God
by Chinua Achebe
1,469 members
29 reviews
½ 3.7
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58
July's People
by Nadine Gordimer
2,007 members
47 reviews
½ 3.5
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59
Five Weeks in a Balloon
by Jules Verne
1,846 members
48 reviews
½ 3.6
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60
Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa
by Stephen Lewis
474 members
7 reviews
4.2
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61
The Tomorrow-Tamer and Other Stories
by Margaret Laurence
126 members
2 reviews
4
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The Other Hand
by Chris Cleave
9,166 members
550 reviews
½ 3.7
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Child of Dandelions
by Shenaaz Nanji
147 members
9 reviews
4
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The Egyptian
by Mika Waltari
2,447 members
59 reviews
½ 4.3
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66
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
53,266 members
875 reviews
4.2
67
Congo
by Michael Crichton
8,805 members
100 reviews
½ 3.3
68
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
8,092 members
412 reviews
½ 4.4
69
Tears of the Giraffe
by Alexander McCall Smith
7,520 members
163 reviews
3.8
70
Binti
by Nnedi Okorafor
3,597 members
294 reviews
3.9
71
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
by William Kamkwamba
3,184 members
148 reviews
4.1
72
Swing Time
by Zadie Smith
3,019 members
112 reviews
½ 3.6
73
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue
2,393 members
117 reviews
3.9
74
The Thing Around Your Neck
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2,218 members
76 reviews
4.1
75
Zoo City
by Lauren Beukes
1,650 members
117 reviews
½ 3.7
76
Stay with Me
by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
1,540 members
80 reviews
3.9
77
Binti: Home
by Nnedi Okorafor
1,457 members
104 reviews
4
78
Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life
by J. M. Coetzee
1,237 members
29 reviews
3.9
79
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
by Alexander McCall Smith
1,213 members
62 reviews
3.9
80
Binti: The Night Masquerade
by Nnedi Okorafor
1,183 members
85 reviews
3.9
81
Lagoon
by Nnedi Okorafor
1,107 members
51 reviews
½ 3.6
82
Tangerine
by Christine Mangan
1,031 members
52 reviews
½ 3.3
83
The Three
by Sarah Lotz
851 members
49 reviews
½ 3.3
84
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
by Clemantine Wamariya
758 members
43 reviews
4.1
86
Redemption in Indigo
by Karen Lord
715 members
50 reviews
3.9
87
The Book of Phoenix
by Nnedi Okorafor
697 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
88
Let It Come Down
by Paul Bowles
636 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
89
The Spider's House
by Paul Bowles
609 members
7 reviews
3.8
90
Wife of the Gods
by Kwei Quartey
603 members
83 reviews
3.8
91
What We Lose
by Zinzi Clemmons
596 members
27 reviews
½ 3.7
92
A Beautiful Place to Die
by Malla Nunn
588 members
40 reviews
4
93
A Carrion Death
by Michael Stanley
420 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
94
Absolution
by Patrick Flanery
291 members
41 reviews
3.8
95
Black Mad Wheel
by Josh Malerman
291 members
12 reviews
3.2
96
The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu
by Michael Stanley
240 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
97
Chronicle of a Last Summer: A Novel of Egypt
by Yasmine El Rashidi
211 members
67 reviews
½ 3.3
99
Let the Dead Lie
by Malla Nunn
185 members
13 reviews
3.9
100
Children of the Street
by Kwei Quartey
167 members
12 reviews
3.8