A list of some African literature I recommend reading.
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The African Triology by Chinua Achebe
Fiction
Non-Fiction
The African Triology by Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe tells the story of Okonkwo, a respected leader in an Igbo village in Nigeria, and the dramatic changes that occur with the arrival of British colonial rule.
Things Fall Apart
The second part of the African Trilogy series
Arrow of God
The final book in the African Triology series
No Longer at Ease
Fiction
Life and love during the Nigerian civil war
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Paperback
Two brothers decide their future during the Kenyan war against colonialists
Weep Not, Child | Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Non-Fiction
"Breaking Point" is a book by Nigerian investigative journalist David Hundeyin detailing his personal and professional struggles against Nigeria's corrupt establishments, which forced him into seeking asylum in Ghana and resulted in attempts to abduc...
Breaking Point: Journalist's Quest in Nigeria
Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, arguing that true African freedom cannot exist without the complete liberation of women.
Sankara contends that women's oppression is a fundamental aspect of societal injustice, intertwined wi...
Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle by Thomas Sankara
