The 2023 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Book Set In Central Africa/By A Central African Author
Central African countries- Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé & Príncipe.
 Authors in the diaspora are valid entries. 
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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction business history politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

Behold the Dreamers

Imbolo Mbue

400 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

Clemantine Wamariya

275 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
Walking on Cowrie Shells by Nana Nkweti

Walking on Cowrie Shells

Nana Nkweti

185 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging dark reflective slow-paced
In the Belly of the Congo by Blaise Ndala

In the Belly of the Congo

Blaise Ndala

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary race challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced
The Impatient by Djaïli Amadou Amal

The Impatient

Djaïli Amadou Amal

4 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Days Come and Go by Hemley Boum

Days Come and Go

Hemley Boum

350 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Kishi by Antoine Bandele

The Kishi

Tales from Esowon #1

Antoine Bandele

376 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced
Palm Wine Tapper and The Boy at Jericho by Nithy Kasa

Palm Wine Tapper and The Boy at Jericho

Nithy Kasa

80 pages • missing pub info (editions)

Angola is Wherever I Plant My Field by João Melo

Angola is Wherever I Plant My Field

João Melo

180 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction short stories funny hopeful reflective medium-paced