Ethiopia

Books in this genre are set in or about Ethiopia.

Cutting for Stone
The Shadow King
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Sweetness in the Belly
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
The Wife's Tale: A Personal History
A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991
Yes, Chef
Black Dove White Raven
Say You're One of Them
All Our Names
How to Read the Air
I Didn't Do It for You by Michela WrongBrothers at War by Tekeste NegashHeart of Fire by Senait G. MehariEritrea and Ethiopia by Tekeste NegashMy Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Azieb Pool
Eritrea
9 books — 3 voters
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)
1,759 books — 1,638 voters

ልጅነት by ዘነበ ወላሐተታ ዘርዐ ያዕቆብ ወሐተታ ወልደ ሕይወት by ዘርዐ ያዕቆብመንግሥትና የሕዝብ አስተዳደር by ገብረሕይወት ባይከዳኝተረት ተረት የመሰረት by ሀዲስ ዓለማየሁኗሪ አልባ ጎጆዎች by በዕውቀቱ ስዩም
Endalk Ena Mahder Book List
34 books — 8 voters
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia SamatarThe Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose UtomiSon of the Storm by Suyi Davies OkungbowaEverfair by Nisi ShawlBlood Scion by Deborah Falaye
Africa-Influenced Epic Fantasy
21 books — 8 voters


Marc Secchia
You think!” cried Mama. “She’s just a-looking after your backside and mine.” But at least her arms let up. Shioni could breathe again. “It’d take five of her to look after your backside.” Mama seemed to find his rudeness amusing. A beaming smile lit up her round face like the sun leaping above the hills of Abyssinia in the morning. “Better a plump, well-padded rump, than the rear end of a skinny goat like you, eh?
Marc Secchia, The Enchanted Castle

Susan Block
Deep in the heart of the hot, wet African rainforest, there lives a tribe of peacemakers who share a multiplicity of pleasures and make a very special kind of love. South of the sprawling Congo River, in the midst of war-ravaged territory, some 2,000 miles from the arid Ethiopian desert where the oldest human fossils have been found, lies this lush and steamy jungle paradise, the only natural habitat of the bonobo.
Susan Block, The Bonobo Way

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