Read a book set in Africa

[Emily]

Any genre, so long as it is set in an African country

Possibilities:

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Ghana/America)
The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Sudan)
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (Nigeria)

[Nikki]

I'm considering Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum by Kennedy Odede & Jessica Posner or Homegoing for this category.

[PsychedandLit]

I’m looking at Little Bee by Chris Cleave for this one.

[Stacy]

I’m thinking Girl by Edna O’Brien for this one.

[Jennifer]

Just finished Monique and the Mango Rains, which takes place in Mali and is about a Peace Corp volunteer who befriends the village midwife.

[Willow]

I just finished Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani and I really liked it, but it was a serious, difficult subject matter (terrorism) even if it is a YA book. Highly recommend.

[Lindsay]

I read My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. It takes place in Nigeria. I gave it 3 stars, so not terrible, but not the best. A quick read though.

[Nikki]

Nikki wrote: "I'm considering Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum by Kennedy Odede & Jessica Posner or Homegoing for this category."

Instead I read A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park. It is based on the story of a Lost Boy of Sudan and intertwines with a fictional, but realistic, story of a girl in Sudan in 2009. Highly recommend it!