As and When: Intro to Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies - hosted by joemkl

Someone from Africa
Read an autobiography, memoir, or biography of someone from Africa.
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The Translator: A Memoir by Daoud Hari

The Translator: A Memoir

Daoud Hari

224 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
La Kahina: la reine berbère by Simon Treins
La Kahina: la reine berbère
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Simon Treins

La Kahina: la reine berbère

Simon Treins

56 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction comics historical
Call Me American: A Memoir by Abdi Nor Iftin

Call Me American: A Memoir

Abdi Nor Iftin

10 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

264 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

Haben Girma

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself by Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself

Olaudah Equiano

256 pages • first pub 1789 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth by Colleen Darnell, John Darnell

Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth

Colleen Darnell, John Darnell

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
These Bones Will Rise Again by Panashe Chigumadzi

These Bones Will Rise Again

Panashe Chigumadzi

144 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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