African classics
Writers include Thomas Mofolo, Naguib Mahfouz, Alan Paton, Amos Tutuola, Camara Laye and others. Set in or written from Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana and others. First published 1925 to 1988.
- Chaka by Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho, 1925
- Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1947
- Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, South Africa, 1948
- The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola, Nigeria, 1952
- The Dark Child by Camara Laye, Guinea, 1953
- The Pillar of Salt by Albert Memmi, Tunisia, 1953
- Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1956
- Nedjma by Kateb Yacine, Algeria, 1956
- Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono, Cameroon, 1956
- Mission to Kala by Mongo Beti, Cameroon, 1957
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1958
- God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène, Senegal, 1960
- Ambiguous Adventure by Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegal, 1961
- Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1964
- Weep Not, Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1964
- Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, Sudan, 1966
- Song of Lawino by Okot p'Bitek, Uganda, 1966
- A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1967
- The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah, Ghana, 1968
- The Suns of Independence by Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 1968
- When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head, Botswana, 1968
- 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
- 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
- Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee, South Africa, 1980
- Mayombe by Pepetela, Angola, 1980
- Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwe, 1988