Africa
The vibrant stories and vital perspectives of Africa's changemakers, thought leaders, and cultural icons illuminate the continent's complex history, diverse societies, and ongoing transformation. Through memoirs, analysis, and cultural commentary, these works explore everything from political struggles and economic challenges to athletic excellence and personal journeys that have shaped modern Africa.
Africa Book Summaries
An Ordinary Man
An Autobiography
Africa
Biography
History
Long Walk to Freedom
Biography
History
Africa
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Economics
Politics
International Development
Running with the Kenyans
Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
Sports
Travel
Memoir
Mandela's Way
Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
Biography
History
Self Help
There Was a Country
A Personal History of Biafra
History
Africa
Nigeria
The Tyranny of Experts
Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
Economics
Politics
History
The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
Economics
Politics
International Development
We Should All Be Feminists
Feminism
Essays
Politics
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
Africa
Nigeria
Memoir
Born a Crime
Stories From a South African Childhood
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Feminism
Essays
Womens
Sex and Lies
Feminism
Essays
Morocco
Taking Flight
From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
Memoir
Biography
Africa
I Will Always Write Back
How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Memoir
Biography
Africa
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela
Biography
Africa
Memoir
Long Walk to Freedom
Biography
History
Africa
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
Economics
Africa
Politics
Born a Crime
Stories From a South African Childhood
Memoir
Biography
Humor
Becoming Nigerian
A Guide
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
Nelson Mandela
A Biography
Biography
Africa
History
The Power of Women
A Doctor's Journey of Hope and Healing
Feminism
Africa
War
The Next Africa
An Emerging Continent Becomes a Global Powerhouse
Africa
Economics
Business
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
History
Africa
Politics
Wine to Water
A Bartender's Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World
Memoir
Africa
Biography
Now I Am Known
Memoir
Biography
Adoption
Desert Flower
Biography
Africa
Memoir
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
History
Africa
Books About Books
Tears of the Desert
A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
Africa
Memoir
Biography
A House in the Sky
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens
The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions
Spirituality
Religion
Witchcraft
Things Fall Apart
Classics
Historical Fiction
Africa
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Purple Hibiscus
Africa
Historical Fiction
Nigeria
Kisses from Katie
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Heart of Darkness
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Heart of Darkness
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Chasing Chaos
My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
Memoir
Travel
Africa
Cutting for Stone
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
Lose Your Mother
A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
History
Memoir
Race
The Poisonwood Bible
Historical Fiction
Africa
Classics
The Red Pencil
Poetry
Middle Grade
Historical Fiction
Yemen
Dancing on the Heads of Snakes
History
Politics
Cultural
Woman at Point Zero
Feminism
Egypt
Africa
Americanah
Africa
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Little Bee
Africa
Historical Fiction
Book Club
The Moor's Account
Historical Fiction
Historical
Africa