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Africana

  • December 20, 2023
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#2

Discourse on Colonialism

Discourse on Colonialism
ByAimé Césaire,Joan Pinkham(Translator)

1950 • 29 Readers • 102 pages • 4.4

#3

The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays

The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays
ByChinua Achebe

2009 • 4 Readers • 172 pages

#4

Critique of Black Reason

Critique of Black Reason
ByAchille Mbembe,Laurent Dubois(Translator)

2013 • 5 Readers • 228 pages

#5

On the postcolony

On the postcolony
ByJ.-A Mbembé

2 Readers

#6

The Wretched of the Earth

The Wretched of the Earth
ByFrantz Fanon,Richard Philcox(Translator)

1961 • 158 Readers • 320 pages • 4.3

#7

Decolonising the Mind

Decolonising the Mind
ByNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o

1981 • 7 Readers • 114 pages

#8

State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic

State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic
ByLouisa Lombard

2 Readers • 304 pages

#9

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The Lights of Pointe-Noire
ByAlain Mabanckou

2 Readers • 5

#10

Africana

Africana
ByKwame Anthony Appiah,Henry Louis Gates Jr.

1999 • 2 Readers • 2,144 pages

#11

Running the Rift

Running the Rift
ByNaomi Benaron

2010 • 13 Readers • 4.3

#13

Bill Bryson's African Diary

Bill Bryson's African Diary
ByBill Bryson

2002 • 21 Readers • 55 pages • 3.4

#14

Prester John

Prester John
ByJohn Buchan

4 Readers • 3

#16

Making Sense of the Central African Republic

Making Sense of the Central African Republic
ByTatiana Carayannis(editor),Louisa Lombard(Editor)

2015 • 1 Reader

#17

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Surprised by Laughter
ByStephen Carr

2004 • 1 Reader

#18

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Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument
ByPatrick Chabal,Jean-Pascal Daloz

1999 • 2 Readers

#19

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Harare North
ByBrian Chikwava

2 Readers

#20

The Childhood of Jesus

#1 of 3 in Jesus Trilogy

The Childhood of Jesus
ByJ.M. Coetzee

2013 • 13 Readers • 277 pages • 3.7

#21

The Schooldays of Jesus

#2 of 3 in Jesus Trilogy

The Schooldays of Jesus
ByJ.M. Coetzee

2016 • 9 Readers • 274 pages • 5

#22

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Living by the Gun in Chad: Combatants, Impunity and State Formation
ByMarielle Debos,Andrew Brown(Translator)

2013 • 1 Reader

#24

A Hologram for the King

A Hologram for the King
ByDave Eggers

2012 • 36 Readers • 312 pages • 3.2

#25

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
ByAlexandra Fuller

2011 • 11 Readers • 256 pages • 4.5

#26

No Time Like The Present

No Time Like The Present
ByNadine Gordimer

2010 • 2 Readers • 421 pages

#27

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The Bushman Myth: The Making of a Namibian Underclass
ByRobert J. Gordon,Stuart Sholto Douglas

1992 • 1 Reader

#28

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Sudan: A Novel of Suspense
ByNinie Hammon

2009 • 1 Reader

#30

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The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
ByElspeth Huxley

4 Readers • 4

#31

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Bay of Tigers: An African Odyssey
ByPedro Rosa Mendes

2 Readers

#33

Lagoon

Lagoon
ByNnedi Okorafor

2014 • 100 Readers • 306 pages • 3.6

#34

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
ByWalter Rodney

1971 • 114 Readers • 433 pages • 3.8

#35

The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe

The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe
ByDouglas Rogers

2009 • 5 Readers • 320 pages • 3.5

#36

Blue Shoes and Happiness

#7 of 22 in No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Blue Shoes and Happiness
ByAlexander McCall Smith

2006 • 21 Readers • 227 pages • 3.6

#37

Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo

Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo
ByAnjan Sundaram

2013 • 6 Readers • 288 pages • 3

#39

Uhuru Street: Short Stories

Uhuru Street: Short Stories
ByM.G. Vassanji

1991 • 1 Reader

#40

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The land God made in anger: Reflections on a journey through South West Africa,
ByJon Manchip White

1 Reader

#41

It's Our Turn to Eat

It's Our Turn to Eat
ByMichela Wrong

5 Readers • 4

#42

We Are All Birds of Uganda

We Are All Birds of Uganda
ByHafsa Zayyan

2021 • 19 Readers • 319 pages • 5

#43

Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful

Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful
ByKwame Brathwaite(Photographer),Tanisha C. Ford(Contributor)

2019 • 1 Reader

#44

Afropean

Afropean
ByJohny Pitts

2019 • 9 Readers • 416 pages

#45

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
ByAlexandra Fuller

2001 • 30 Readers • 324 pages • 4.1

#46

Faces of Africa

Faces of Africa
ByCarol Beckwith,Angela Fisher

2004 • 1 Reader

#47

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Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture

Afrotopia
ByWilson Jeremiah Moses

1998 • 1 Reader • 328 pages

#48

How Beautiful We Were

How Beautiful We Were
ByImbolo Mbue

2021 • 95 Readers • 4

#49

Todd Webb in Africa: Outside the Frame

Todd Webb in Africa: Outside the Frame
ByAimee Bessire,Erin Hyde Nolan

1 Reader

#50

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Afrika er ikke for alle
ByTania Michelet

1 Reader • 116 pages • 3

#51

Notes on Grief

Notes on Grief
ByChimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2021 • 81 Readers • 80 pages • 4.3

#52

Small Country

Small Country
ByGaël Faye,Sarah Ardizzone(Translator)

2016 • 16 Readers • 183 pages • 4

#53

Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century

Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century
ByMelanie Bunce(editor),Suzanne Franks(Editor)

2016 • 1 Reader

#54

We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists
ByChimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2012 • 548 Readers • 64 pages • 4.4

#55

Say You're One of Them

Say You're One of Them
ByUwem Akpan

2008 • 19 Readers • 368 pages • 3.3

#56

Dreams in a Time of War

#1 of 4 in Memoirs

Dreams in a Time of War
ByNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o

2005 • 3 Readers • 256 pages

#57

Travels with My Father - An Autobiographical Novel

Travels with My Father - An Autobiographical Novel
ByKaren Jennings

2016 • 1 Reader • 177 pages

#58

An Island

An Island
ByKaren Jennings

2022 • 9 Readers • 225 pages • 4

#60

We Need New Names

We Need New Names
ByNoViolet Bulawayo

2013 • 38 Readers • 218 pages • 4.1

#61

Teorier om sand

Teorier om sand
ByKristin Hauge

2021 • 1 Reader • 247 pages • 4

#62

Looking for transwonderland

Looking for transwonderland
ByNoo Saro-Wiwa

2012 • 4 Readers • 311 pages

#63

The Shadow of the Sun

The Shadow of the Sun
ByRyszard Kapuściński,Klara Glowczewska(Translator)

1998 • 21 Readers • 325 pages • 3.6

#64

Black Power: Three Books from Exile: The Color Curtain / Black Power / White Man, Listen!

Black Power: Three Books from Exile: The Color Curtain / Black Power / White Man, Listen!
ByRichard Wright

1974 • 1 Reader

#65

Travels with Herodotus

Travels with Herodotus
ByRyszard Kapuscinski

2008 • 2 Readers • 323 pages • 4

#66

Reisen til Kilimanjaro

Reisen til Kilimanjaro
ByAnders Ehnmark

1993 • 1 Reader • 161 pages • 5

#67

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Travelling While Black
ByNanjala Nyabola

5 Readers • 4.5

#68

Africas Long Road Since Independence

Africas Long Road Since Independence
ByKeith Somerville

2015 • 1 Reader • 496 pages

#69

The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912

The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
ByThomas Pakenham

1991 • 1 Reader • 738 pages

#70

My Sister, the Serial Killer

My Sister, the Serial Killer
ByOyinkan Braithwaite

2018 • 657 Readers • 226 pages • 3.7

#71

Vindens Låga

Vindens Låga
ByPer Wästberg

1 Reader • 5

#72

Eldens skugga

Eldens skugga
ByPer Wästberg,Harry Forsblom(Translator)

1986 • 1 Reader • 5

#73

Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away

Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
ByChristie Watson

2011 • 7 Readers • 449 pages • 4

#74

Venture to the Interior

Venture to the Interior
ByLaurens van der Post

1952 • 2 Readers • 4

#75

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Avenue Patrice Lumumba
ByGuy Tillim(Photographer)

2009 • 1 Reader • 5

#76

Dark Star Safari

Dark Star Safari
ByPaul Theroux

2002 • 27 Readers • 485 pages • 4.3

#77

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The Last Train to Zona Verde: Overland from Cape Town to Angola
ByPaul Theroux

2012 • 2 Readers • 4

#78

FACING THE CONGO

FACING THE CONGO
ByJeffrey Tayler

2000 • 1 Reader • 3

#79

The writer in modern africa

The writer in modern africa
ByPer Wästberg(Editor)

1 Reader

#80

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz
ByMichela Wrong

5 Readers • 3.5

#81

Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad

Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad
ByMichela Wrong

2021 • 10 Readers

#82

American Spy

American Spy
ByLauren Wilkinson

2019 • 80 Readers • 292 pages • 3.6

#83

One Day I Will Write about This Place

One Day I Will Write about This Place
ByBinyavanga Wainaina

2011 • 1 Reader

#84

Å lese verden: Fra imperieblikk og postkolonialisme til verdenslitteratur og økokritikk

Å lese verden: Fra imperieblikk og postkolonialisme til verdenslitteratur og økokritikk
ByTonje Vold

1 Reader • 464 pages

#85

The Palm-Wine Drinkard & My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

The Palm-Wine Drinkard & My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
ByAmos Tutuola

1952 • 3 Readers • 307 pages • 4

#86

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The Gunny Sack
ByM.G. Vassanji

1989 • 1 Reader

#88

Amriika

Amriika
ByM.G. Vassanji

1999 • 1 Reader

#89

No New Land

No New Land
ByM.G. Vassanji

1991 • 2 Readers • 208 pages • 3

#90

A Place Within

A Place Within
ByM. G. Vassanji

1 Reader

#92

Congo: The Epic History of a People

Congo: The Epic History of a People
ByDavid Van Reybrouck

2010 • 3 Readers • 622 pages

#93

Travel Light, Move Fast

Travel Light, Move Fast
ByAlexandra Fuller

2019 • 7 Readers • 272 pages • 5

#94

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Jungle Lovers
ByPaul Theroux

1971 • 1 Reader • 4

#95

Weep Not, Child

Weep Not, Child
ByNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o

1964 • 2 Readers • 136 pages • 3

#96

The River Between

The River Between
ByNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o

1965 • 11 Readers • 152 pages • 5

#97

In a Free State

In a Free State
ByV.S. Naipaul

1971 • 7 Readers • 246 pages • 5

#98

A Bend in the River

A Bend in the River
ByV.S. Naipaul

1979 • 41 Readers • 326 pages • 4

#99

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#5 of 6 in Benny Griessel

Icarus
ByMEYER DEON

2015 • 2 Readers • 4

#100

Black Diamond

Black Diamond
ByZakes Mda

2009 • 2 Readers • 207 pages • 3

#101

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

#1 of 22 in No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
ByAlexander McCall Smith

1998 • 175 Readers • 233 pages • 3.5

#102

Tears of the Giraffe

#2 of 22 in No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Tears of the Giraffe
ByAlexander McCall Smith

2000 • 39 Readers • 217 pages • 3.9

#103

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Behold the Dreamers
ByMbue Imbolo

2016 • 1 Reader • 4

#104

African Silences

#2 of 3 in The African Trilogy

African Silences
ByPeter Matthiessen

1991 • 1 Reader • 5

#106

The Grass Is Singing

The Grass Is Singing
ByDoris Lessing

1950 • 27 Readers • 217 pages • 3.5

#107

Hard er mitt lands lov

Hard er mitt lands lov
ByTore Kvæven

2011 • 1 Reader • 539 pages • 3

#108

More Than Just a Game

More Than Just a Game
ByChuck Korr,Marvin Close

2008 • 2 Readers • 336 pages • 3

#109

Der savannen ender

Der savannen ender
ByGunnar Kopperud

2017 • 1 Reader • 352 pages • 3

#110

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Den hvite apen
ByGunnar Kopperud

1 Reader • 159 pages • 5

#111

Vi som elsket Afrika

Vi som elsket Afrika
ByGunnar Kopperud

1 Reader • 204 pages • 4