African Books

A Listmania! list by Is (Tokyo)
 
Purple Hibiscus
1.  Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The list author says:
  "Shortlisted for the Orange Prize. A young girl growing up in a violent Nigerian household."
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)

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The Famished Road
2.  The Famished Road by Ben Okri
The list author says:
  "This won a big prize,though I'm afraid I can't remember which... well, nevemind - it was well deserved, anyway! African magic realism."
£6.39   Used & New from: £0.01
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)
3.  The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics) by Naguib Mahfouz
The list author says:
  "This time it's the Nobel Prize! Whoa! Egyptian streetlife brought to spicey life."
£19.99   Used & New from: £9.95
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Burger's Daughter
4.  Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer
The list author says:
  "Another Nobel Prize... compassionate story-telling from South Africa."
£5.99   Used & New from: £0.29
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

The Madonna of Excelsior
5.  The Madonna of Excelsior by Zakes Mda
The list author says:
  "The story of a South-African township told through the life of one woman."
Used & New from: £0.79
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
6.  Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
The list author says:
  "Autobiography of a white childhood in Zimbabwe."
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)

Nervous Conditions
7.  Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
The list author says:
  "Zimbabwe in the 60's and 70's"
Used & New from: £0.15
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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West With The Night (Virago Travellers)
8.  West With The Night (Virago Travellers) by Beryl Markham
The list author says:
  "An autobiography by pilot Markham, depicting life in colonial Kenya"
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Dry White Season
9.  Dry White Season by Andre Brink
The list author says:
  "Another prolific South African, writing about ordinary people under apartheid."
£6.39   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Petals of Blood (Penguin Modern Classics)
10.  Petals of Blood (Penguin Modern Classics) by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
The list author says:
  "Murder mystery/political satire - an unexpected but successful combo!"
£9.09   Used & New from: £3.38
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Disgrace
11.  Disgrace by J M Coetzee
The list author says:
  "Sexual harrassment, poetry, the loss of racial privilege... it's all here. Oh, and guess what? It won the Booker. Coetzee is also a Nobel Prize laureate."
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (104 customer reviews)

Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation
12.  Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation by Alan Paton
The list author says:
  "A classic novel about apartheid"
£6.29   Used & New from: £1.89
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)

The Poisonwood Bible
13.  The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The list author says:
  "A novel set in Belgian Congo in 1959, written by an American author, The Poisonwood Bible tells the story of a despotic missionary and his daughters."
£5.12   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (148 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Exterminate All the Brutes: One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Ge
14.  Exterminate All the Brutes: One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Ge by Sven Lindqvist
The list author says:
  "Another book that isn't strictly African, as it is written by a Swede. A very interesting but also very disturbing account of colonial crimes against humanity."
Used & New from: £12.25
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Ways of Dying (Southern African Writing)
15.  Ways of Dying (Southern African Writing) by Zakes Mda
The list author says:
  "It's Mda again... a professional mourners journey from village to city is heartbreaking and tender."
Used & New from: £1.08
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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