West African classics
Writers include Amos Tutuola, Camara Laye, Chinua Achebe, Ousmane Sembène, Cheikh Hamidou Kane and others. Set in or written from Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. First published 1952 to 1979.
- The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola, Nigeria, 1952
- The Dark Child by Camara Laye, Guinea, 1953
- 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
- The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta, Nigeria, 1979
- So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, Senegal, 1979