published 1969, avg rating 4.16 — Amos Tutuola was born in 1920, Abeokuta in Western Nigeria and died in 1997. Violence surrounds him, yet he remains unscathed: a woman asks him the time, then leaps in front of a train; after a mine riot, he watches hoses sweep scattered body parts off the floor. 10,914 ratings — The most represented African country is South Africa, with three wins out of twenty-two nominations, followed by Nigeria, with two wins out of five nominations, and Zimbabwe, with four nominations, and Ghana, with three. Then, just as Yusuf begins to comprehend the choices required of him, he and everyone around him must adjust to the new reality of European colonialism. Ayanna is a free spirit, elements of her almost celestial, particularly when she finds herself at one with the sea. A contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit of a young poultry farmer named Chinonso. But when he asks Korede for Ayoola’s phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and how far she’s willing to go to protect her. 2,134 ratings — CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. His closest friend, a brilliant, idealistic lawyer, is sentenced to prison for his anti-apartheid “terrorist” activities ― in part because Martin refused to help him. Imprisoned, Michael is unable to bear confinement and escapes, determined to live with dignity. But his son-in-law Albert, an MP with a special interest in the War Crimes Bill, has other ideas. Here, the subjects of taboo are widely explored. A subversively brilliant study of love, Swimming Home reveals how the most devastating secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves. Although her work has been translated from Arabic to English, you get the sense that no emotion or feeling has been lost. Dinaw Mengestu was also one of the best African authors who have contributed greatly in the field of African literature. Now her second promises same. He died early 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts, aged of 82 years old. The Cairo Trilogy is a panoramic three-part work written to explain the sensitivity and mentality of the people who lived in Cairo from the 1900s to the 1940s. This is Andre Brink’s story of a society on the edge of collapse, spurred to profound self realization. The consequence of this trip is the final surprise in this extraordinary exploration of passionate individual existences.

So far, he has written two novels titled “The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears” which was established in 2007 and “How to Read the Air” established in 2010. In 1988 Saul Adler (a narcissistic, young historian) is hit by a car on the Abbey Road. African Bookstore We are pleased to provide books on the African experience world wide, as well as books on the African American experience from your favorite African American authors. 7 Recent Books on African History for the History Nerd In You These books by black authors cover a range of historical events, eras and figures that highlight the rich history of the continent. The top 100 list was launched in Accra, Ghana, on February 18, 2002 and the Awards Presentation Gala took place in Cape Town on 28 July. published 2004, avg rating 3.85 — Busby has described the array of contributors as “an amazing party guest list”. Ayanna is a free spirit, elements of her almost celestial, particularly when she finds herself at one with the sea. 148,513 ratings — And he will befriend a hippy, Rainer, who may or may not be a Stasi agent, but will certainly return to haunt him in middle age. The ASC Library, Documentation and Information Department has compiled a dossier on Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century project.

Wole Soyinka, Ake: The Years of Childhood, 1981 Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins’ laughter rings throughout the house. In the Country of Men is a stunning depiction of a child confronted with the private fallout of a public nightmare. It reminds us of the writer’s role in ensuring history is not erased. [4][5], After a fairly successful beginning, the series faced difficulties that mirrored those that faced the continent. When Frank returns, Laurence meets him by telling him everything’s changed. Paul Bannerman, an ecologist in South Africa, believes he understands the trajectory of his life, with the usual markers of vocation and marriage. This website aims to celebrate, promote and present books written by African authors to a global audience. Lit Hub Weekly: August 26 – 30, 2019 – Conspiratorium.

Berlin, 1952. Mia Couto, Terra Sonâmbula 1992 Adichie’s works are primarily character-driven, interweaving the background of her native Nigeria and social and political events into the narrative. In these pages, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America: Mustafa al-Zamori, called Estebanico.

African Writers Series (AWS) is a series of books by African writers that has been published by Heinemann since 1962. https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/global/virtual-libraries/african_studies/literature.html, H-Africa/H-AfrLitCine This, then, is the stunning story of their trek together, how they find in each other their mutual need and humanity, and finally how their days together turn into an unforgettable, tender love story.

Be(com)ing Nigerian provides an insight into the realities of life in Nigerian politics, religion, civil society, diaspora, the media. A short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends: “Femi makes three, you know. The central figure in this historical novel written in Sesotho, is Chaka Zulu. published 2018, avg rating 4.52 — [6][7], The AWS was relaunched by Pearson Education in 2011.

Penniless, homeless, we watch as he gets further and further away from his dream and from home. Their young trumpet-player Hieronymus Falk, declared a musical genius by none other than Louis Armstrong, is arrested in a Paris café. Falk is a jazz legend. And then one day Suleiman sees his father across the square of a busy marketplace, his face wrapped in a pair of dark sunglasses. It includes poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars, listed by country. Barely a day goes by without headlines and media reports about refugees and the “migrant crisis”. He was the first African author from a French-speaking African country.

And a secret Frank has been keeping from Laurence since their first day of friendship—the married poor black woman Frank has been sleeping with off and on for years, sometimes for money—comes to light, in a way, when the woman comes to Laurence at the end of the clinic to tell him she needs an abortion, and that it must be done at her home. Within a year, Estebanico is one of only four crew members to survive. Set in the new South Africa and in an Arab village in the desert. Yet delve deeper and we see she is a troubled character.