# African books of the 2010s

Writers include Aminatta Forna, Maaza Mengiste, Binyavanga Wainaina, Scholastique Mukasonga, José Eduardo Agualusa and others. Set in or written from Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and others. First published 2010 to 2019.

## Books

- [The Memory of Love](https://africantales.net/books/the-memory-of-love), Aminatta Forna, Sierra Leone, 2010
- [Beneath the Lion's Gaze](https://africantales.net/books/beneath-the-lion-s-gaze), Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2010
- [One Day I Will Write About This Place](https://africantales.net/books/one-day-i-will-write-about-this-place), Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenya, 2011
- [Our Lady of the Nile](https://africantales.net/books/our-lady-of-the-nile), Scholastique Mukasonga, Rwanda, 2012
- [A General Theory of Oblivion](https://africantales.net/books/a-general-theory-of-oblivion), José Eduardo Agualusa, Angola, 2012
- [Americanah](https://africantales.net/books/americanah), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2013
- [The Meursault Investigation](https://africantales.net/books/the-meursault-investigation), Kamel Daoud, Algeria, 2013
- [We Need New Names](https://africantales.net/books/we-need-new-names), NoViolet Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 2013
- [Dust](https://africantales.net/books/dust), Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Kenya, 2014
- [Kintu](https://africantales.net/books/kintu), Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Uganda, 2014
- [Tram 83](https://africantales.net/books/tram-83), Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014
- [Homegoing](https://africantales.net/books/homegoing), Yaa Gyasi, Ghana, 2016
- [The Return](https://africantales.net/books/the-return), Hisham Matar, Libya, 2016
- [Lullaby](https://africantales.net/books/lullaby), Leïla Slimani, Morocco, 2016
- [Small Country](https://africantales.net/books/small-country), Gaël Faye, Burundi, 2016
- [Born a Crime](https://africantales.net/books/born-a-crime), Trevor Noah, South Africa, 2016
- [Behold the Dreamers](https://africantales.net/books/behold-the-dreamers), Imbolo Mbue, Cameroon, 2016
- [Stay With Me](https://africantales.net/books/stay-with-me), Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Nigeria, 2017
- [My Sister, the Serial Killer](https://africantales.net/books/my-sister-the-serial-killer), Oyinkan Braithwaite, Nigeria, 2018
- [At Night All Blood Is Black](https://africantales.net/books/at-night-all-blood-is-black), David Diop, Senegal, 2018
- [She Would Be King](https://africantales.net/books/she-would-be-king), Wayétu Moore, Liberia, 2018
- [The Shadow King](https://africantales.net/books/the-shadow-king), Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2019
- [The Old Drift](https://africantales.net/books/the-old-drift), Namwali Serpell, Zambia, 2019

Source: https://africantales.net/decades/2010s