The Gambia

Books in this genre are set in or about the Gambia.

Reading the Ceiling
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
The Sun Will Soon Shine
Swing Time
Folk Tales and Fables from the Gambia. Volume 1
The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, the Gambia
Chaff on the wind: A novel (M novels)
Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
Second Round
Hunters & Crocodiles (UNESCO Collection of Representatives Works. Treasures of Ora)
The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhat the Earl Desires by Aliyah BurkeThe Highest Price to Pay by Maisey YatesOf Fear and Faith by N.D. JonesShe Fell In Love With A Vicious Man by Tafiska Nyasulu Ndovi
Africans in Romance
39 books — 10 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,733 books — 1,840 voters
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAya by Marguerite AbouetNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaUnbowed by Wangari Maathai
Tour d'Afrique
70 books — 19 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxSo Many Africas by Jill KandelKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayJourney Without Maps by Graham Greene
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Africa
109 books — 112 voters
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia SamatarEverfair by Nisi ShawlBlood Scion by Deborah FalayeChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiNot So Stories by David Thomas Moore
Africa-Influenced Epic Fantasy
21 books — 7 voters


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