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A book by an African author

Some recommendations:

  • The kindness of enemies - Leila Aboulela (Egyptian).
  • The book of memory - Petina Gappah (Zimbabwean).
  • Ties that tether - Jane Igharo (Nigerian-Canadian).
  • Everybody looking - Candice Iloh (Nigerian-American).
  • My sister, the serial killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite (Nigerian-British).
  • PET - Akwaeke Emezi (Nigerian).
  • A song of wraiths and ruin - Roseanne A. Brown (Ghanese).
  • Mirage - Somaiya Daud (elements of Moroccan culture).

All books added
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Warsan Shire

80 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

312 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Nervous Conditions

Nervous Conditions #1

Tsitsi Dangarembga

298 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
If You Keep Digging by Keletso Mopai

If You Keep Digging

Keletso Mopai

172 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
Scatterlings by Rešoketšwe Manenzhe

Scatterlings

Rešoketšwe Manenzhe

213 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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