# 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.

## Books

- [The Palm-Wine Drinkard](https://africantales.net/books/the-palm-wine-drinkard), Amos Tutuola, Nigeria, 1952
- [The Dark Child](https://africantales.net/books/the-dark-child), Camara Laye, Guinea, 1953
- [Caught in The Storm](https://africantales.net/books/caught-in-the-storm), Seydou Badian, Mali, 1957
- [Things Fall Apart](https://africantales.net/books/things-fall-apart), Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1958
- [God's Bits of Wood](https://africantales.net/books/god-s-bits-of-wood), Ousmane Sembène, Senegal, 1960
- [Ambiguous Adventure](https://africantales.net/books/ambiguous-adventure), Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegal, 1961
- [Arrow of God](https://africantales.net/books/arrow-of-god), Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, 1964
- [The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born](https://africantales.net/books/the-beautyful-ones-are-not-yet-born), Ayi Kwei Armah, Ghana, 1968
- [The Suns of Independence](https://africantales.net/books/the-suns-of-independence), Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 1968
- [The Fortunes of Wangrin](https://africantales.net/books/the-fortunes-of-wangrin), Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali, 1973
- [Death and the King's Horseman](https://africantales.net/books/death-and-the-king-s-horseman), Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, 1975
- [Our Sister Killjoy](https://africantales.net/books/our-sister-killjoy), Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana, 1977
- [The Joys of Motherhood](https://africantales.net/books/the-joys-of-motherhood), Buchi Emecheta, Nigeria, 1979
- [So Long a Letter](https://africantales.net/books/so-long-a-letter), Mariama Bâ, Senegal, 1979
- [Aké: The Years of Childhood](https://africantales.net/books/ake-the-years-of-childhood), Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, 1981
- [The Famished Road](https://africantales.net/books/the-famished-road), Ben Okri, Nigeria, 1991
- [Allah is Not Obliged](https://africantales.net/books/allah-is-not-obliged), Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 2000
- [Purple Hibiscus](https://africantales.net/books/purple-hibiscus), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2003
- [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
- [The Bite of The Mango](https://africantales.net/books/the-bite-of-the-mango), Mariatu Kamara, Sierra Leone, 2008
- [The Memory of Love](https://africantales.net/books/the-memory-of-love), Aminatta Forna, Sierra Leone, 2010
- [Americanah](https://africantales.net/books/americanah), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2013
- [Homegoing](https://africantales.net/books/homegoing), Yaa Gyasi, Ghana, 2016
- [Stay With Me](https://africantales.net/books/stay-with-me), Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Nigeria, 2017
- [My Sister, the Serial Killer](https://africantales.net/books/my-sister-the-serial-killer), Oyinkan Braithwaite, Nigeria, 2018
- [At Night All Blood Is Black](https://africantales.net/books/at-night-all-blood-is-black), David Diop, Senegal, 2018
- [She Would Be King](https://africantales.net/books/she-would-be-king), Wayétu Moore, Liberia, 2018

## See also

- [West African classics](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/classic)
- [West African plays](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/drama)
- [West African historical fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/historical-fiction)
- [West African literary fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/literary-fiction)
- [West African memoirs](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/memoir)
- [West African political fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/political-fiction)
- [West African war fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/war-fiction)

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