African books of the 1970s

Writers include Nuruddin Farah, Bessie Head, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mohamed Choukri, Wole Soyinka and others. Set in or written from Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco and others. First published 1970 to 1979.

• From a Crooked Rib by Nuruddin Farah, Somalia, 1970
• Maru by Bessie Head, Botswana, 1971
• The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali, 1973
• For Bread Alone by Mohamed Choukri, Morocco, 1973
• Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, 1975
• Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt, 1975
• Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana, 1977
• Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1977
• The House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwe, 1978
• The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta, Nigeria, 1979
• So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, Senegal, 1979