# African books of the 2000s

Writers include Ahmadou Kourouma, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Neshani Andreas, Emmanuel Dongala, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and others. Set in or written from Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Libya, Malawi, Namibia and others. First published 2000 to 2009.

## Books

- [Allah is Not Obliged](https://africantales.net/books/allah-is-not-obliged), Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 2000
- [By the Sea](https://africantales.net/books/by-the-sea), Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzania, 2001
- [The Purple Violet of Oshaantu](https://africantales.net/books/the-purple-violet-of-oshaantu), Neshani Andreas, Namibia, 2001
- [Johnny Mad Dog](https://africantales.net/books/johnny-mad-dog), Emmanuel Dongala, Republic of the Congo, 2002
- [Purple Hibiscus](https://africantales.net/books/purple-hibiscus), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2003
- [Half of a Yellow Sun](https://africantales.net/books/half-of-a-yellow-sun), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2006
- [In the Country of Men](https://africantales.net/books/in-the-country-of-men), Hisham Matar, Libya, 2006
- [A Long Way Gone](https://africantales.net/books/a-long-way-gone), Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leone, 2007
- [The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears](https://africantales.net/books/the-beautiful-things-that-heaven-bears), Dinaw Mengestu, Ethiopia, 2007
- [The Bite of The Mango](https://africantales.net/books/the-bite-of-the-mango), Mariatu Kamara, Sierra Leone, 2008
- [By Night the Mountain Burns](https://africantales.net/books/by-night-the-mountain-burns), Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, Equatorial Guinea, 2008
- [The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind](https://africantales.net/books/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind), William Kamkwamba, Malawi, 2009

Source: https://africantales.net/decades/2000s