# Central African literature

Writers include Ferdinand Oyono, Mongo Beti, Pepetela, Emmanuel Dongala, Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel and others. Set in or written from Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Republic of the Congo. First published 1956 to 2016.

## Books

- [Houseboy](https://africantales.net/books/houseboy), Ferdinand Oyono, Cameroon, 1956
- [Mission to Kala](https://africantales.net/books/mission-to-kala), Mongo Beti, Cameroon, 1957
- [Mayombe](https://africantales.net/books/mayombe), Pepetela, Angola, 1980
- [Johnny Mad Dog](https://africantales.net/books/johnny-mad-dog), Emmanuel Dongala, Republic of the Congo, 2002
- [By Night the Mountain Burns](https://africantales.net/books/by-night-the-mountain-burns), Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, Equatorial Guinea, 2008
- [A General Theory of Oblivion](https://africantales.net/books/a-general-theory-of-oblivion), José Eduardo Agualusa, Angola, 2012
- [Tram 83](https://africantales.net/books/tram-83), Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014
- [Behold the Dreamers](https://africantales.net/books/behold-the-dreamers), Imbolo Mbue, Cameroon, 2016

## See also

- [Central African classics](https://africantales.net/regions/central-africa/classic)
- [Central African literary fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/central-africa/literary-fiction)

Source: https://africantales.net/regions/central-africa