# Library

## Books

- [A General Theory of Oblivion](https://africantales.net/books/a-general-theory-of-oblivion), José Eduardo Agualusa, Angola, 2012
- [A Grain of Wheat](https://africantales.net/books/a-grain-of-wheat), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1967
- [A Long Way Gone](https://africantales.net/books/a-long-way-gone), Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leone, 2007
- [Abyssinian Chronicles](https://africantales.net/books/abyssinian-chronicles), Moses Isegawa, Uganda, 1998
- [Afterlives](https://africantales.net/books/afterlives), Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzania, 2020
- [Aké: The Years of Childhood](https://africantales.net/books/ake-the-years-of-childhood), Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, 1981
- [Allah is Not Obliged](https://africantales.net/books/allah-is-not-obliged), Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 2000
- [Ambiguous Adventure](https://africantales.net/books/ambiguous-adventure), Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegal, 1961
- [Americanah](https://africantales.net/books/americanah), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2013
- [Arrow of God](https://africantales.net/books/arrow-of-god), Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1964
- [At Night All Blood Is Black](https://africantales.net/books/at-night-all-blood-is-black), David Diop, Senegal, 2018
- [Behold the Dreamers](https://africantales.net/books/behold-the-dreamers), Imbolo Mbue, Cameroon, 2016
- [Beneath the Lion's Gaze](https://africantales.net/books/beneath-the-lion-s-gaze), Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2010
- [Born a Crime](https://africantales.net/books/born-a-crime), Trevor Noah, South Africa, 2016
- [By Night the Mountain Burns](https://africantales.net/books/by-night-the-mountain-burns), Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, Equatorial Guinea, 2008
- [By the Sea](https://africantales.net/books/by-the-sea), Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzania, 2001
- [Caught in The Storm](https://africantales.net/books/caught-in-the-storm), Seydou Badian, Mali, 1957
- [Chaka](https://africantales.net/books/chaka), Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho, 1925
- [Cry, the Beloved Country](https://africantales.net/books/cry-the-beloved-country), Alan Paton, South Africa, 1948
- [Death and the King's Horseman](https://africantales.net/books/death-and-the-king-s-horseman), Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, 1975
- [Disgrace](https://africantales.net/books/disgrace), J. M. Coetzee, South Africa, 1999
- [Dust](https://africantales.net/books/dust), Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Kenya, 2014
- [For Bread Alone](https://africantales.net/books/for-bread-alone), Mohamed Choukri, Morocco, 1973
- [From a Crooked Rib](https://africantales.net/books/from-a-crooked-rib), Nuruddin Farah, Somalia, 1970
- [God's Bits of Wood](https://africantales.net/books/god-s-bits-of-wood), Ousmane Sembène, Senegal, 1960
- [Half of a Yellow Sun](https://africantales.net/books/half-of-a-yellow-sun), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2006
- [Homegoing](https://africantales.net/books/homegoing), Yaa Gyasi, Ghana, 2016
- [Houseboy](https://africantales.net/books/houseboy), Ferdinand Oyono, Cameroon, 1956
- [In the Country of Men](https://africantales.net/books/in-the-country-of-men), Hisham Matar, Libya, 2006
- [Johnny Mad Dog](https://africantales.net/books/johnny-mad-dog), Emmanuel Dongala, Republic of the Congo, 2002
- [July's People](https://africantales.net/books/july-s-people), Nadine Gordimer, South Africa, 1981
- [Kintu](https://africantales.net/books/kintu), Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Uganda, 2014
- [Long Walk to Freedom](https://africantales.net/books/long-walk-to-freedom), Nelson Mandela, South Africa, 1994
- [Lullaby](https://africantales.net/books/lullaby), Leïla Slimani, Morocco, 2016
- [Maps](https://africantales.net/books/maps), Nuruddin Farah, Somalia, 1986
- [Maru](https://africantales.net/books/maru), Bessie Head, Botswana, 1971
- [Mayombe](https://africantales.net/books/mayombe), Pepetela, Angola, 1980
- [Midaq Alley](https://africantales.net/books/midaq-alley), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1947
- [Mission to Kala](https://africantales.net/books/mission-to-kala), Mongo Beti, Cameroon, 1957
- [Mother to Mother](https://africantales.net/books/mother-to-mother), Sindiwe Magona, South Africa, 1998
- [My Sister, the Serial Killer](https://africantales.net/books/my-sister-the-serial-killer), Oyinkan Braithwaite, Nigeria, 2018
- [Nedjma](https://africantales.net/books/nedjma), Kateb Yacine, Algeria, 1956
- [Nervous Conditions](https://africantales.net/books/nervous-conditions), Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwe, 1988
- [One Day I Will Write About This Place](https://africantales.net/books/one-day-i-will-write-about-this-place), Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenya, 2011
- [Our Lady of the Nile](https://africantales.net/books/our-lady-of-the-nile), Scholastique Mukasonga, Rwanda, 2012
- [Our Sister Killjoy](https://africantales.net/books/our-sister-killjoy), Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana, 1977
- [Palace Walk](https://africantales.net/books/palace-walk), Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt, 1956
- [Paradise](https://africantales.net/books/paradise), Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzania, 1994
- [Petals of Blood](https://africantales.net/books/petals-of-blood), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1977
- [Purple Hibiscus](https://africantales.net/books/purple-hibiscus), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2003
- [Season of Migration to the North](https://africantales.net/books/season-of-migration-to-the-north), Tayeb Salih, Sudan, 1966
- [She Would Be King](https://africantales.net/books/she-would-be-king), Wayétu Moore, Liberia, 2018
- [Sleepwalking Land](https://africantales.net/books/sleepwalking-land), Mia Couto, Mozambique, 1992
- [Small Country](https://africantales.net/books/small-country), Gaël Faye, Burundi, 2016
- [So Long a Letter](https://africantales.net/books/so-long-a-letter), Mariama Bâ, Senegal, 1979
- [Song of Lawino](https://africantales.net/books/song-of-lawino), Okot p'Bitek, Uganda, 1966
- [Stay With Me](https://africantales.net/books/stay-with-me), Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Nigeria, 2017
- [The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears](https://africantales.net/books/the-beautiful-things-that-heaven-bears), Dinaw Mengestu, Ethiopia, 2007
- [The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born](https://africantales.net/books/the-beautyful-ones-are-not-yet-born), Ayi Kwei Armah, Ghana, 1968
- [The Bite of The Mango](https://africantales.net/books/the-bite-of-the-mango), Mariatu Kamara, Sierra Leone, 2008
- [The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind](https://africantales.net/books/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind), William Kamkwamba, Malawi, 2009
- [The Dark Child](https://africantales.net/books/the-dark-child), Camara Laye, Guinea, 1953
- [The Famished Road](https://africantales.net/books/the-famished-road), Ben Okri, Nigeria, 1991
- [The Fortunes of Wangrin](https://africantales.net/books/the-fortunes-of-wangrin), Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali, 1973
- [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
- [The Memory of Love](https://africantales.net/books/the-memory-of-love), Aminatta Forna, Sierra Leone, 2010
- [The Meursault Investigation](https://africantales.net/books/the-meursault-investigation), Kamel Daoud, Algeria, 2013
- [The Old Drift](https://africantales.net/books/the-old-drift), Namwali Serpell, Zambia, 2019
- [The Palm-Wine Drinkard](https://africantales.net/books/the-palm-wine-drinkard), Amos Tutuola, Nigeria, 1952
- [The Pillar of Salt](https://africantales.net/books/the-pillar-of-salt), Albert Memmi, Tunisia, 1953
- [The Promise](https://africantales.net/books/the-promise), Damon Galgut, South Africa, 2021
- [The Purple Violet of Oshaantu](https://africantales.net/books/the-purple-violet-of-oshaantu), Neshani Andreas, Namibia, 2001
- [The Return](https://africantales.net/books/the-return), Hisham Matar, Libya, 2016
- [The Sand Child](https://africantales.net/books/the-sand-child), Tahar Ben Jelloun, Morocco, 1985
- [The Shadow King](https://africantales.net/books/the-shadow-king), Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia, 2019
- [The Suns of Independence](https://africantales.net/books/the-suns-of-independence), Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 1968
- [Things Fall Apart](https://africantales.net/books/things-fall-apart), Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1958
- [Tram 83](https://africantales.net/books/tram-83), Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014
- [Waiting for the Barbarians](https://africantales.net/books/waiting-for-the-barbarians), J. M. Coetzee, South Africa, 1980
- [We Need New Names](https://africantales.net/books/we-need-new-names), NoViolet Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 2013
- [Weep Not, Child](https://africantales.net/books/weep-not-child), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1964
- [When Rain Clouds Gather](https://africantales.net/books/when-rain-clouds-gather), Bessie Head, Botswana, 1968
- [Woman at Point Zero](https://africantales.net/books/woman-at-point-zero), Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt, 1975

Source: https://africantales.net/library