# West African historical fiction

Writers include Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Yaa Gyasi and Wayétu Moore. Set in or written from Ghana, Liberia, Mali and Nigeria. First published 1973 to 2018.

## Books

- [The Fortunes of Wangrin](https://africantales.net/books/the-fortunes-of-wangrin), Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali, 1973
- [Half of a Yellow Sun](https://africantales.net/books/half-of-a-yellow-sun), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2006
- [Homegoing](https://africantales.net/books/homegoing), Yaa Gyasi, Ghana, 2016
- [She Would Be King](https://africantales.net/books/she-would-be-king), Wayétu Moore, Liberia, 2018

## See also

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