The 2024 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Book By An East African Author
East African countries- Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia and Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Authors in the diaspora are valid entries. 
All books added
Matigari: Roman by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Matigari: Roman

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

206 pages • missing pub info (editions)

Truth is a Flightless Bird by Akbar Hussain

Truth is a Flightless Bird

Akbar Hussain

296 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction crime thriller challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

The House of Rust

Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

258 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Vanessa Nakate by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Vanessa Nakate

Little People, Big Dreams

Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

32 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Chimpanzee Whisperer: A Life of Love and Loss, Compassion and Conservation by Jane Morris Goodall, David Blissett, Stany Nyandwi, Stany Nyandwi

The Chimpanzee Whisperer: A Life of Love and Loss, Compassion and Conservation

Jane Morris Goodall, David Blissett, Stany Nyandwi, Stany Nyandwi

232 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Let Me Call You Back by Jackson Biko

Let Me Call You Back

Jackson Biko

201 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction literary
Nomadentochter by Waris Dirie, Jeanne d' Haem

Nomadentochter

Waris Dirie, Jeanne d' Haem

288 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

The Old Drift

Namwali Serpell

576 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional medium-paced
All Your Children, Scattered by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse

All Your Children, Scattered

Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary informative inspiring tense medium-paced
Bird Summons by Leila Aboulela

Bird Summons

Leila Aboulela

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced