Mauritania

Books in this genre are set in or about Mauritania.

The Desert and the Drum
Guantánamo Diary: Restored Edition
The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa
Deep in the Sahara
Sahara
The Shadow of the Sun
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Angels of Mauritania a...
 
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Mohamed Bouya Bamba
Islam's Black Slaves: The Other Black Diaspora
Travels in Mauritania
Eve out of Her Ruins
Dangerous Love: A True Story of Tragedy, Faith, and Forgiveness in the Muslim World
To the Moon and Timbuktu: A Trek Through the Heart of Africa
Birds of Nabaa: A Mauritanian Tale
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
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
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
547 books — 266 voters

Chasing the Devil by Tim ButcherThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
West Africa
201 books — 87 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)
1,768 books — 1,647 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
Silent Terror by Samuel CottonImmersed in West Africa by Terry ListerThe Kingdom of Emptiness by Tom GambleThe Last Brother by Nathacha AppanahThe Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk
Books set in Mauritania
11 books — 7 voters


Prince Laurent of Belgium
Before I got the Royal endowment, I was not allowed to work. I always wanted to. And I have always been contradicted on that front. I have never asked to depend on others, I have always wanted to be independent. That's why I want to do these projects. ...more
Prince Laurent of Belgium

Prince Laurent of Belgium
Colonel Gaddafi was sitting under a tree that I had planted, we had planted several thousand hectares of forest there in Mauritania. He was sitting there under that tree and he was drinking the salted coffee that the Bedouins drink. And he was impressed. He asked me to work out a project with him in Libya as well.
Prince Laurent of Belgium

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