# West African war fiction

Writers include Ahmadou Kourouma, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ishmael Beah and David Diop. Set in or written from Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. First published 2000 to 2018.

## Books

- [Allah is Not Obliged](https://africantales.net/books/allah-is-not-obliged), Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast, 2000
- [Half of a Yellow Sun](https://africantales.net/books/half-of-a-yellow-sun), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria, 2006
- [A Long Way Gone](https://africantales.net/books/a-long-way-gone), Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leone, 2007
- [At Night All Blood Is Black](https://africantales.net/books/at-night-all-blood-is-black), David Diop, Senegal, 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)
- [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)
- [African war fiction](https://africantales.net/genres/war-fiction)

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