# African war fiction

Writers include Pepetela, Mia Couto, Ahmadou Kourouma, Emmanuel Dongala, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and others. Set in or written from Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Nigeria and others. First published 1980 to 2019.

## Books

- [Mayombe](https://africantales.net/books/mayombe), Pepetela, Angola, 1980
- [Sleepwalking Land](https://africantales.net/books/sleepwalking-land), Mia Couto, Mozambique, 1992
- [Allah is Not Obliged](https://africantales.net/books/allah-is-not-obliged), Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 2000
- [Johnny Mad Dog](https://africantales.net/books/johnny-mad-dog), Emmanuel Dongala, Republic of the Congo, 2002
- [Half of a Yellow Sun](https://africantales.net/books/half-of-a-yellow-sun), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2006
- [A Long Way Gone](https://africantales.net/books/a-long-way-gone), Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leone, 2007
- [Small Country](https://africantales.net/books/small-country), Gaël Faye, Burundi, 2016
- [At Night All Blood Is Black](https://africantales.net/books/at-night-all-blood-is-black), David Diop, Senegal, 2018
- [The Shadow King](https://africantales.net/books/the-shadow-king), Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2019

## See also

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

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