# West African memoirs

Writers include Camara Laye, Wole Soyinka, Ishmael Beah and Mariatu Kamara. Set in or written from Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. First published 1953 to 2008.

## Books

- [The Dark Child](https://africantales.net/books/the-dark-child), Camara Laye, Guinea, 1953
- [Aké: The Years of Childhood](https://africantales.net/books/ake-the-years-of-childhood), Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, 1981
- [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

## 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)
- [West African historical fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/historical-fiction)
- [West African literary fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/west-africa/literary-fiction)
- [African memoirs](https://africantales.net/genres/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/memoir