To learn a bit about the huge and varied continent, I’ve been reading some great fiction, much of it by women from countries in Africa:
I can happily recommend any of the following selection:
- The Granta Book of the African Stort Story, Helon Habila (ed)
- Kintu, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
- The Forgiven, Laurence Osborne
- My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Hold, Michael Donkor
- House of Stone, Novato Rosa Tshuma
- Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
- Stay With Me, Ayobami Adebayo
- Purple Hibiscus, Chiamanda Ngozie Aciche
- When Victims Become Killers, Mahmood Mamdani
- Behold the Dreamers, Imbolo Mbue
- Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Ultimate Tragedy, Abdulai Sila
- The Happy Marriage, Tahar Ben Jellou
- The Hundred Wells of Salaga, Ayesha Harruna Attah
- The Devil that Danced on the Water, Aminatta Forna
- One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir, Binyavanga Wainaina
- Black Moses, Alain Mabanckou
- Reading the Ceiling, Dayo Forster
- What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky, Lesley Nneka Arimah
- The House of Hunger, Dambudzo Marechera
- Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote, Ahmadou Kourouma
- This Mournable Body, Tsitsi Damgarembga
Due South 