The 2022 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Book Set In East Africa
 East African countries- Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
 Authors in the diaspora are valid entries. 
All books added
Things They Lost by Okwiri Oduor

Things They Lost

Okwiri Oduor

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction magical realism emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ

So Long a Letter

Mariama Bâ

90 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional 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
Unbury Our Dead With Song by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ

Unbury Our Dead With Song

Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ

249 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary music emotional mysterious medium-paced
Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed

Black Mamba Boy

Nadifa Mohamed

280 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical emotional slow-paced
& This is How to Stay Alive by Shingai Kagunda

& This is How to Stay Alive

Shingai Kagunda

97 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary emotional medium-paced
Bones by Chenjerai Hove

Bones

Chenjerai Hove

116 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Nervous Conditions

Nervous Conditions #1

Tsitsi Dangarembga

10 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 1988 (editions) user-added

fiction classics historical literary 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
Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga

Cockroaches

Scholastique Mukasonga

165 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced