West African literature
Writers include Amos Tutuola, Camara Laye, Seydou Badian, Chinua Achebe, Ousmane Sembène and others. Set in or written from Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria and others. First published 1952 to 2018.
- The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola, Nigeria, 1952
- The Dark Child by Camara Laye, Guinea, 1953
- Caught in The Storm by Seydou Badian, Mali, 1957
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1958
- God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène, Senegal, 1960
- Ambiguous Adventure by Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegal, 1961
- Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1964
- The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah, Ghana, 1968
- The Suns of Independence by Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 1968
- The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali, 1973
- Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, 1975
- Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana, 1977
- The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta, Nigeria, 1979
- So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, Senegal, 1979
- Aké: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, 1981
- The Famished Road by Ben Okri, Nigeria, 1991
- Allah is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 2000
- Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2003
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2006
- A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leone, 2007
- The Bite of The Mango by Mariatu Kamara, Sierra Leone, 2008
- The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna, Sierra Leone, 2010
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2013
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, Ghana, 2016
- Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Nigeria, 2017
- My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Nigeria, 2018
- At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop, Senegal, 2018
- She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore, Liberia, 2018