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• A Kind of Madness

  Stories

  Okonkwo, Uche, 1988-

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  Short Stories. Okonkwo grew up in Lagos, Nigeria.

• A Long Way From Douala

  Lobe, Max, 1986-

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  Fiction. Lobe was born in Douala, Cameroon.

• Behold the Dreamers

  a Novel

  Mbue, Imbolo,

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  Fiction. Makumbi was born in Kampala, Uganda.

• This Mournable Body

  a Novel

  Dangarembga, Tsitsi,

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  Fiction. Dandarembga was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

• Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

  Nwaubani, Adaobi,

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  Fiction. Nwaubani was born in Nigeria.

• Call and Response

  Stories

  Moeng, Gothataone,

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  Short Stories. Moeng was born in Botswana.

• Crooked Seeds

  a Novel

  Jennings, Karen, 1982-

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  Fiction. Jennings was born in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Elsewhere, Home

  Aboulela, Leila, 1964-

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  Fiction. Aboula was born and raised in Khartoum, Sudan.

• Glory

  a Novel

  Bulawayo, NoViolet,

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  Fiction. Bulawayo grew up in Zimbabwe.

• Captive: New Short Fiction From Africa

  Various Authors

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  Short Stories. Featuring eleven authors from Africa and the African Diaspora.

• Nightbloom

  Medie, Peace A.,

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  Fiction. Medie was born in Liberia and moved to Ghana as a child.

• In the Shadow of the Fall

  Ogundiran, Tobi,

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  Science Fiction/Fantasy. Ogundiran was born and raised Nigeria.

• Lost Ark Dreaming

  Okungbowa, Suyi Davies,

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  Science Fiction/Fantasy. Davies Okungbowa was born in Benin, City Nigeria.

• Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

  a Novel

  Kuku, Damilare,

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  Fiction. Kuku is a Nigerian author.

• Palace Walk

  Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006-

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  Fiction. Maḥfūz was born in Cairo, Egypt.

• Sacred River

  a Novel

  Cheney-Coker, Syl, 1945-

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  Historical Fiction. Cheney-Coker is from Freetown, Sierra Leone.

• Shubeik Lubeik

  Muḥammad, Dīnā,

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  Graphic Novel. Muhammad was born in Cairo, Egypt.

• So Long a Letter

  Bâ, Mariama

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  Epistolary Novel. Bâ is from Dakar, Senegal.

• The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

  Mengestu, Dinaw, 1978-

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  Fiction. Mengestu was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His family moved to the US seeking political asylum when he was two years old.

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

  Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

  Kamkwamba, William, 1987-

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  Nonfiction. Kamkwamba is from Malawi.