African historical fiction
Writers include Thomas Mofolo, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and others. Set in or written from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali and others. First published 1925 to 2020.
- Chaka by Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho, 1925
- Weep Not, Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1964
- The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali, 1973
- Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzania, 1994
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2006
- Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2010
- Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Uganda, 2014
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, Ghana, 2016
- She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore, Liberia, 2018
- The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2019
- The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell, Zambia, 2019
- Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzania, 2020