# East African historical fiction

Writers include Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Maaza Mengiste, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Namwali Serpell. Set in or written from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. First published 1964 to 2020.

## Books

- [Weep Not, Child](https://africantales.net/books/weep-not-child), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenya, 1964
- [Paradise](https://africantales.net/books/paradise), Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tanzania, 1994
- [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
- [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

- [East African literature](https://africantales.net/regions/east-africa)
- [East African classics](https://africantales.net/regions/east-africa/classic)
- [African historical fiction](https://africantales.net/genres/historical-fiction)
- [East African literary fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/east-africa/literary-fiction)
- [East African war fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/east-africa/war-fiction)

Source: https://africantales.net/regions/east-africa/historical-fiction