# West African political fiction

Writers include Seydou Badian, Ousmane Sembène, Ayi Kwei Armah and Ahmadou Kourouma. Set in or written from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali and Senegal. First published 1957 to 1968.

## Books

- [Caught in The Storm](https://africantales.net/books/caught-in-the-storm), Seydou Badian, Mali, 1957
- [God's Bits of Wood](https://africantales.net/books/god-s-bits-of-wood), Ousmane Sembène, Senegal, 1960
- [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

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

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