Senegal

Books in this genre are set in or about Senegal.

So Long a Letter
At Night All Blood is Black
La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
God's Bits of Wood
Xala
Ambiguous Adventure
Three Strong Women
Scarlet Song
Beyond the Door of No Return
Le Ventre de l'Atlantique
The Beggars' Strike
Le Baobab Fou
Brotherhood
Doomi Golo―The Hidden Notebooks (African Humanities and the Arts)
No Heaven for Good Boys
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

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
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

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
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforEverfair by Nisi ShawlLagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
SF & F Atlas - Africa
57 books — 16 voters


Marie NDiaye
The beam of light flashed across her own face and she thought, Yes, me, Khady Demba, still happy to utter her name silently and to sense its apt harmony with the precise, satisfying image she had of her own features and of the Khady heart that dwelled within her to which no one but she had access.
Marie NDiaye, Three Strong Women

Nelson Mandela
The gracefulness of the slender fishing boats that glided into the harbor in Dakar was equaled only by the elegance of the Senegalese women who sailed through the city in flowing robes and turbaned heads. I wandered through the nearby marketplace, intoxicated by the exotic spices and perfumes. The Senegalese are a handsome people and I enjoyed the brief time that Oliver and I spent in their country. The society showed how disparate elements-- French, Islamic, and African-- can mingle to create a ...more
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

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