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Somalia

Books in this genre are set in or about Somalia.

Somalia Books

Infidel
Desert Flower
The Orchard of Lost Souls
A House in the Sky
Black Mamba Boy
When Stars Are Scattered
Maps
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
Call Me American: A Memoir
Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed
The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert
North of Dawn
The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeNo Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oThe River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
African Writers Series
241 books — 68 voters
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza MengisteMaps by Nuruddin FarahThe Shadow King by Maaza MengisteNotes from the Hyena's Belly by Nega MezlekiaThe Conscript by Gebreyesus Hailu
Reading the Horn of Africa
37 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
562 books — 284 voters
Where Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsSimply Effective by Ron AshkenasLong Walk Home by DiAnn MillsHeart of Africa by Loren LocknerDeadly Safari by Lisa Harris
Contemporary Romance Novels set on the African Continent
64 books — 20 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherChasing the Devil by Tim ButcherSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Great Modern African Reads
91 books — 62 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


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Quotes Tagged “Somalia”

Nadifa Mohamed
“ In her orchard the trees had been born from deaths; they marked and grew from the remains of the children that had passed through her. ”
― Nadifa Mohamed, The Orchard of Lost Souls
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“ The author also participated in Operation Uphold Democracy (in Haiti, a year after the catastrophic denouement of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia). ... Hope was not restored in Somalia. Democracy was not upheld in Haiti. ”
― Stan Goff, Full Spectrum Disorder: The Military in the New American Century
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Videos Tagged “Somalia”

Challenges for women & children in Somalia: Discussing education and conflict with Nuruddin Farah
Challenges for women & children in Somalia: Discussing education and conflict with Nuruddin Farah
Whoever Fears the Sea - a novel
Whoever Fears the Sea - a novel
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Groups Tagged "Somalia"

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