10 excellent African Women Writers

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Nervous Conditions
1.  Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
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  "A classic novel of a young girl's growth and development from Zimbabwe. One of the best novels from the continent"
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Fiela's Child
2.  Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee
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  "Originally written in Afrikaans, this South African novel is a moving tale about parental love -  and its opposite."
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The Slave Girl
3.  The Slave Girl by Buchi Emecheta
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  "Nigerian Buchi Emecheta is the 'Grand Old Lady' of African fiction"
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So Long a Letter (African Writers Series)
4.  So Long a Letter (African Writers Series) by Mariama Ba
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  "This is the story of a poligamous marriage, in Senegal, seen from the first wife's point of view."
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The Collector of Treasures: and Other Botswana Village Tales (Heinemann African Writers Series)
5.  The Collector of Treasures: and Other Botswana Village Tales (Heinemann African Writers Series) by Ms Bessie Head
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  "Poignant short stories by a master story teller from Botswana"
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Our Sister Kill Joy
6.  Our Sister Kill Joy by Ama Ata Aidoo
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  "An early work by the well-known Ghanese writer. Also published by Longmans"
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Neighbours: The Story of a Murder (Heinemann African Writers Series)
7.  Neighbours: The Story of a Murder (Heinemann African Writers Series) by Lilia Momple
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  "Mozambican Momple tells about the horrors of foreign attacks as felt by the civilians living in the capital during the 'civil' war."
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The Story of an African Farm (Oxford World's Classics)
8.  The Story of an African Farm (Oxford World's Classics) by Olive Schreiner
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  "Not an easy read by any means, but with the unmistakable flavour of a Victorian classic"
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Memoirs from the Women's Prison (Literature of the Middle East)
9.  Memoirs from the Women's Prison (Literature of the Middle East) by Nawal El Saadawi
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  "This is the powerful account of the months leading Egyptian feminist Nawal el Sa'adawi spent in prison"
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Collected African Stories: This Was the Old Chief's Country v. 1
10.  Collected African Stories: This Was the Old Chief's Country v. 1 by Doris May Lessing
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  "Whether Lessing really is 'African' or not, is rather irrelevant I think. These are amongst  the finest short stories I have ever read."
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The Icarus Girl
11.  The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
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  "An unusual blend of Nigerian and English views of 'normality'"
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My Son's Story
12.  My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer
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  "Her best novel to date, in my view"
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Half of a Yellow Sun
13.  Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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  "Adichie's second novel, set during the civil war in Biafra, is even more interesting than her best selling first novel"
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