# African political fiction

Writers include Seydou Badian, Ousmane Sembène, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Ayi Kwei Armah, Ahmadou Kourouma and others. Set in or written from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Senegal and others. First published 1957 to 2006.

## Books

- [Caught in The Storm](https://africantales.net/books/caught-in-the-storm), Seydou Badian, Mali, 1957
- [God's Bits of Wood](https://africantales.net/books/god-s-bits-of-wood), Ousmane Sembène, Senegal, 1960
- [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
- [Petals of Blood](https://africantales.net/books/petals-of-blood), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1977
- [Waiting for the Barbarians](https://africantales.net/books/waiting-for-the-barbarians), J. M. Coetzee, South Africa, 1980
- [July's People](https://africantales.net/books/july-s-people), Nadine Gordimer, South Africa, 1981
- [In the Country of Men](https://africantales.net/books/in-the-country-of-men), Hisham Matar, Libya, 2006

## See also

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

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