# 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.

## Books

- [Chaka](https://africantales.net/books/chaka), Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho, 1925
- [Midaq Alley](https://africantales.net/books/midaq-alley), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1947
- [Cry, the Beloved Country](https://africantales.net/books/cry-the-beloved-country), Alan Paton, South Africa, 1948
- [The Palm-Wine Drinkard](https://africantales.net/books/the-palm-wine-drinkard), Amos Tutuola, Nigeria, 1952
- [The Dark Child](https://africantales.net/books/the-dark-child), Camara Laye, Guinea, 1953
- [The Pillar of Salt](https://africantales.net/books/the-pillar-of-salt), Albert Memmi, Tunisia, 1953
- [Palace Walk](https://africantales.net/books/palace-walk), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1956
- [Nedjma](https://africantales.net/books/nedjma), Kateb Yacine, Algeria, 1956
- [Houseboy](https://africantales.net/books/houseboy), Ferdinand Oyono, Cameroon, 1956
- [Mission to Kala](https://africantales.net/books/mission-to-kala), Mongo Beti, Cameroon, 1957
- [Things Fall Apart](https://africantales.net/books/things-fall-apart), Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1958
- [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
- [From a Crooked Rib](https://africantales.net/books/from-a-crooked-rib), Nuruddin Farah, Somalia, 1970
- [Maru](https://africantales.net/books/maru), Bessie Head, Botswana, 1971
- [The Fortunes of Wangrin](https://africantales.net/books/the-fortunes-of-wangrin), Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali, 1973
- [For Bread Alone](https://africantales.net/books/for-bread-alone), Mohamed Choukri, Morocco, 1973
- [Death and the King's Horseman](https://africantales.net/books/death-and-the-king-s-horseman), Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, 1975
- [The House of Hunger](https://africantales.net/books/the-house-of-hunger), Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwe, 1978
- [The Joys of Motherhood](https://africantales.net/books/the-joys-of-motherhood), Buchi Emecheta, Nigeria, 1979
- [So Long a Letter](https://africantales.net/books/so-long-a-letter), Mariama Bâ, Senegal, 1979
- [Waiting for the Barbarians](https://africantales.net/books/waiting-for-the-barbarians), J. M. Coetzee, South Africa, 1980
- [Mayombe](https://africantales.net/books/mayombe), Pepetela, Angola, 1980
- [Nervous Conditions](https://africantales.net/books/nervous-conditions), Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwe, 1988

## See also

- [North African classics](https://africantales.net/regions/north-africa/classic)
- [West African classics](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/classic)
- [Central African classics](https://africantales.net/regions/central-africa/classic)
- [East African classics](https://africantales.net/regions/east-africa/classic)
- [Southern African classics](https://africantales.net/regions/southern-africa/classic)

Source: https://africantales.net/genres/classic