# 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.

## 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
- [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
- [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

## See also

- [West African literature](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa)
- [African classics](https://africantales.net/genres/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/classic