# African books of the 1950s

Writers include Amos Tutuola, Camara Laye, Albert Memmi, Naguib Mahfouz, Kateb Yacine and others. Set in or written from Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria and others. First published 1952 to 1958.

## Books

- [The Palm-Wine Drinkard](https://africantales.net/books/the-palm-wine-drinkard), Amos Tutuola, Nigeria, 1952
- [The Dark Child](https://africantales.net/books/the-dark-child), Camara Laye, Guinea, 1953
- [The Pillar of Salt](https://africantales.net/books/the-pillar-of-salt), Albert Memmi, Tunisia, 1953
- [Palace Walk](https://africantales.net/books/palace-walk), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1956
- [Nedjma](https://africantales.net/books/nedjma), Kateb Yacine, Algeria, 1956
- [Houseboy](https://africantales.net/books/houseboy), Ferdinand Oyono, Cameroon, 1956
- [Caught in The Storm](https://africantales.net/books/caught-in-the-storm), Seydou Badian, Mali, 1957
- [Mission to Kala](https://africantales.net/books/mission-to-kala), Mongo Beti, Cameroon, 1957
- [Things Fall Apart](https://africantales.net/books/things-fall-apart), Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1958

Source: https://africantales.net/decades/1950s