Zambia

Books in this genre are set in or about Zambia.

The Old Drift
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Patchwork (Penguin African Writers)
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
The Mourning Bird
The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
A Cowrie of Hope
Scribbling the Cat
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari (Mrs. Pollifax, #5)
Leaving Before the Rains Come
Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival on the Streets of Lusaka – An NPR Book of the Year and Gripping Narrative Nonfiction Masterpiece
Baking Cakes in Kigali
The Eye of the Leopard
Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People
The Furrows
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
121 books — 115 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

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
239 books — 63 voters


Thabo Katlholo
A Motswana in Zambia or Zimbabwe was referred to as gwerekwere and so was a Zimbabwean or Zambian in Botswana. Post-colonialism tragedy.
Thabo Katlholo, The Mud Hut I Grew Upon

Alexandra Fuller
There is a madman who lives on the road to Mkushi. Every full moon he comes out onto the tarmac and digs a deep trench across the road. Dad would like to find the madman and bring him back to the farm. 'Think what a strong bugger he is, eh?' 'Yes, but you could only get him to work when there was a full moon.' 'Which is twice as hard as any other Zambian. ...more
Alexandra Fuller, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

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