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New Releases Tagged "Africa"

Cursed Daughters
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
Futility
Firstborn of the Sun
The Stolen Queen
Cursed Daughters
Dream Count
Notes on Grief
Death of the Author
The Message
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Gabriel's Moon
Maame
Transcendent Kingdom
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
All the Glimmering Stars
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
The Death of Vivek Oji
Ce que je sais de toi
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
The Poisonwood Bible
Homegoing
Half of a Yellow Sun
Americanah
Heart of Darkness
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
Purple Hibiscus
Cutting for Stone
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Out of Africa
Cry, the Beloved Country
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,753 books — 1,632 voters
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Of Kings and Queens
450 books — 197 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithOut of Africa by Isak DinesenDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best books for an African Safari
475 books — 525 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Women Around the World
1,159 books — 431 voters


Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe lord it over a continent ten times its size? Why does needy Africa continue to let its wealth meet the needs of those outside its borders and then follow behind with hands outstretched for a loan of the very wealth it let go? How did we arrive at this, that the best leader is the one that knows how to beg for a share of what he has already given away at the price of ...more
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow

Ryszard Kapuściński
The continent is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the greatest simplification, for the sake of convenience, can we say 'Africa'. In reality, except as a geographical appellation, Africa does not exist. ...more
Ryszard Kapuściński, The Cobra's Heart

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