# 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.

## Books

- [Chaka](https://africantales.net/books/chaka), Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho, 1925
- [Weep Not, Child](https://africantales.net/books/weep-not-child), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1964
- [The Fortunes of Wangrin](https://africantales.net/books/the-fortunes-of-wangrin), Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali, 1973
- [Paradise](https://africantales.net/books/paradise), Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzania, 1994
- [Half of a Yellow Sun](https://africantales.net/books/half-of-a-yellow-sun), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2006
- [Beneath the Lion's Gaze](https://africantales.net/books/beneath-the-lion-s-gaze), Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2010
- [Kintu](https://africantales.net/books/kintu), Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Uganda, 2014
- [Homegoing](https://africantales.net/books/homegoing), Yaa Gyasi, Ghana, 2016
- [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
- [Afterlives](https://africantales.net/books/afterlives), Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzania, 2020

## See also

- [West African historical fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/historical-fiction)
- [East African historical fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/east-africa/historical-fiction)

Source: https://africantales.net/genres/historical-fiction