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It's a Continent: Unravelling Africa's history one country at a time by Chinny Ukata, Astrid Madimba

It's a Continent: Unravelling Africa's history one country at a time

Chinny Ukata, Astrid Madimba

349 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
African Science: Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin by Douglas J. Falen

African Science: Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin

Douglas J. Falen

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin by Raouf Mama

Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin

Raouf Mama

138 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
On This Day She: Putting Women Back Into History One Day at a Time by Tania Hershman, Jo Bell, Ailsa Holland

On This Day She: Putting Women Back Into History One Day at a Time

Tania Hershman, Jo Bell, Ailsa Holland

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative inspiring slow-paced
Autobiography of the Lower East Side by Rashidah Ismaili

Autobiography of the Lower East Side

Rashidah Ismaili

238 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced
African Philosophy: Myth and Reality by Paulin J. Hountondji

African Philosophy: Myth and Reality

Paulin J. Hountondji

248 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Snares Without End by Olympe Bhêly-Quenum

Snares Without End

Olympe Bhêly-Quenum

230 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction reflective slow-paced
Voice of the Two Shores by Agnès Agboton

Voice of the Two Shores

Agnès Agboton

190 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry
The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin

The Viceroy of Ouidah

Bruce Chatwin

112 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction historical travel adventurous slow-paced
Children of the Benin Kingdom by Dinah Orji

Children of the Benin Kingdom

Dinah Orji

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

fiction