What I’ve read from Africa in the last decade
From Zimbabwe . . .
THE BOOK OF MEMORY by Pettina Gappah
LEAVING BEFORE THE RAINS COME by Alexandra Fuller
THE DEATH OF REX NHONGO by CB George
NOT ANOTHER DAY by Julius Chingono
KITTY AND THE PRINCE by Ben Shephard
HAIRDRESSER OF HARARE by Tendai Huchu
ABSENT by John Eppel
ELEGY FOR EASTERLY by Petina Gappah
THIS SEPTEMBER SUN by Bryony Rheam
THE LAST RESORT by Douglas Rogers
THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Irene Sabatini
THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK by Doris Lessing
STARLINGS LAUGHING by June Vendall Clark and again
RIP Julius Chingono
FLY FISHING FOR SHARKS by Andrew Alexander
BURNT TOAST ON SUNDAYS by Roland K Hill
NERVOUS CONDITIONS by Tsitsi Dangarembga
HOW TO WIN THE CAINE PRIZE
ZIMBABWEAN WINS THE CAINE PRIZE
COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS by Alexandra Fuller
THE TOE-RAGS by Daphne Anderson
THE DEATH OF REX NHONGO by CB George
LIKE SODIUM IN WATER by Hayden Eastwood
From Kenya . . .
ONE DAY I WILL WRITE ABOUT THIS PLACE by Binyavanga Wainaina
THE RIVER AND THE SOURCE by Margaret A Ogola
I DREAMED OF AFRICA by Kuki Gallmann
IT’S OUR TURN TO EAT by Michela Wrong
MY KENYA DAYS by Wilfred Thesiger
WIZARD OF THE CROW by Ngugi wa Thiongo
OUT OF AFRICA by Karen Blixen
WHITE MISCHIEF by James Fox
FLAME TREES OF THIKA by Elspeth Huxley
From South Africa . . .
YOUNG BLOOD by Sifiso Mzobe
ZOO CITY by Lauren Beukes
THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM by Olive Schreiner
CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan Paton
From Nigeria . . .
I DO NOT COME TO YOU BY CHANCE by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
SAY YOU’RE ON OF THEM by Uwem Akpan
THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe
OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN by Ola Rotimi
THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe
THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
THE FISHERMEN by Chigozi Obioma
MY MERCEDES IS BIGGER THAN YOURS by Nkem Nwankwo
MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER by Oyinkan Braithwaite
BARACOON by Zora Neale Hurston
From Ghana . . .
DILEMMA OF A GHOST by Ama Ata Aidoo
HOMECOMING by Yaa Gyasi
From DRC . . .
KING LEOPOLD’S GHOST by Adam Hochschild
STANLEY by Time Jeal
From Egypt . . .
PALACE OF DESIRE by Naguib Mahfouz
DEATH ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie
THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING by Alaa al Aswany
From Zambia . . .
THE AFRICA HOUSE by Christina Lamb
From Rwanda . . .
A SUNDAY AT THE POOL IN KIGALI BY Gil Courtemanche
From Libya . . .
THE RETURN by Hisham Matar
From Gambia . . .
A SEASON IN SINJI by JL Carr
From Togo . . .