Malawi

Books in this genre are set in or about Malawi.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Lower River: A Riveting Literary Thriller – Peace Corps Dream Becomes African Nightmare of Survival
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The Heaven Shop
The Jive Talker: An Artist's Genesis
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Venture to the Interior
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
No Easy Task
And Crocodiles Are Hungry At Night
Laugh with the Moon
Of Chameleons and Gods (African Writers Series)
The Last Twilight by Marjorie M. LiuWild Seed by Octavia E. ButlerTimeless by Gail CarrigerEternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene FrostSerpent's Kiss by Thea Harrison
Paranormal Romance Set in Africa
22 books — 11 voters
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAya by Marguerite AbouetNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Tour d'Afrique
71 books — 21 voters

A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia SamatarThe Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose UtomiSon of the Storm by Suyi Davies OkungbowaBlood Scion by Deborah FalayeEverfair by Nisi Shawl
Africa-Influenced Epic Fantasy
40 books — 10 voters
A Thorned Rose in the Sand by Lea BronsenWhere Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsBest Laid Plans by Stylo FantomeKaribu Keňa by Hana HindrákováDobrovolnice by Hana Hindráková
Romance Novels Set in Africa
112 books — 38 voters


William Kamkwamba
A man in the trading center was caught trying to sell his two young daughters. The buyer had informed the police. People were becoming desperate.
William Kamkwamba, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

William Kamkwamba
If we were going to determine what was broken in the radios, we needed a power source. With no electricity, this meant batteries. [...] we'd walk to the trading center and look for used cells that had been tossed in the waste bins. [...] First we'd test the battery to see if any juice was left in it. We'd attach two wires to the positive and negative ends and connect them to a torch bulb. The brighter the bulb, the stronger the battery. Next we'd flatten the Shake Shake carton and roll it into ...more
William Kamkwamba, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

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