# African books of the 1960s

Writers include Ousmane Sembène, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Chinua Achebe, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Tayeb Salih and others. Set in or written from Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and others. First published 1960 to 1968.

## Books

- [God's Bits of Wood](https://africantales.net/books/god-s-bits-of-wood), Ousmane Sembène, Senegal, 1960
- [Ambiguous Adventure](https://africantales.net/books/ambiguous-adventure), Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegal, 1961
- [Arrow of God](https://africantales.net/books/arrow-of-god), Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1964
- [Weep Not, Child](https://africantales.net/books/weep-not-child), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1964
- [Season of Migration to the North](https://africantales.net/books/season-of-migration-to-the-north), Tayeb Salih, Sudan, 1966
- [Song of Lawino](https://africantales.net/books/song-of-lawino), Okot p'Bitek, Uganda, 1966
- [A Grain of Wheat](https://africantales.net/books/a-grain-of-wheat), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1967
- [The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born](https://africantales.net/books/the-beautyful-ones-are-not-yet-born), Ayi Kwei Armah, Ghana, 1968
- [The Suns of Independence](https://africantales.net/books/the-suns-of-independence), Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 1968
- [When Rain Clouds Gather](https://africantales.net/books/when-rain-clouds-gather), Bessie Head, Botswana, 1968

Source: https://africantales.net/decades/1960s