New Voices

Novels from 2010 onward by writers reshaping the canon.

• The Promise by Damon Galgut, South Africa, 2021
• Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzania, 2020
• The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2019
• The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell, Zambia, 2019
• My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Nigeria, 2018
• At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop, Senegal, 2018
• She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore, Liberia, 2018
• Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Nigeria, 2017
• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, Ghana, 2016
• Lullaby by Leïla Slimani, Morocco, 2016
• Small Country by Gaël Faye, Burundi, 2016
• Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue, Cameroon, 2016
• Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Kenya, 2014
• Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Uganda, 2014
• Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2013
• The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud, Algeria, 2013
• We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 2013
• Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga, Rwanda, 2012
• A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa, Angola, 2012
• The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna, Sierra Leone, 2010
• Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2010