Africa Book Summaries

Behold the Dreamers Summary
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue 2016 400 pages
3.95
83.8K ratings
Book Club
Africa
Contemporary
We Should All Be Feminists Summary
We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2012 52 pages
4.40
316.8K ratings
Feminism
Essays
Politics
Dream Count Summary
Dream Count
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2025 416 pages
3.92
11.5K ratings
Literary Fiction
Africa
Contemporary
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
8.1K ratings
Economics
Africa
Politics
An Ordinary Man Summary
An Ordinary Man
An Autobiography
by Paul Rusesabagina 2006 224 pages
4.19
6.7K ratings
Africa
Biography
History
A House in the Sky Summary
A House in the Sky
by Amanda Lindhout 2013 373 pages
4.27
69.9K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Tsotsi Summary
Tsotsi
by Athol Fugard 1979 232 pages
3.59
2.1K ratings
Africa
South Africa
Contemporary
The Bottom Billion Summary
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
by Paul Collier 2007 205 pages
3.85
7.9K ratings
Economics
Politics
International Development
The Gods Are Not to Blame Summary
The Gods Are Not to Blame
by Ola Rotimi 1971 72 pages
4.00
1.0K ratings
Plays
African Literature
Nigeria
Woman at Point Zero Summary
Woman at Point Zero
by Nawal El Saadawi 1975 108 pages
4.20
26.0K ratings
Feminism
Egypt
Africa
Hlomu the Wife Summary
Hlomu the Wife
by Dudu Busani-Dube 2020
4.41
3.4K ratings
Romance
Love
Romantic
The Red Pencil Summary
The Red Pencil
by Andrea Davis Pinkney 2014 336 pages
3.91
7.3K ratings
Poetry
Middle Grade
Historical Fiction
Taking Flight Summary
Taking Flight
From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
by Michaela DePrince 2014 256 pages
4.25
5.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Africa
Kisses from Katie Summary
Kisses from Katie
by Katie Davis Majors 2011 275 pages
4.39
34.4K ratings
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Cutting for Stone Summary
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese 2009 560 pages
4.33
412.7K ratings
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Africa
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages
4.44
162.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
I Will Always Write Back Summary
I Will Always Write Back
How One Letter Changed Two Lives
by Caitlin Alifirenka 2015 392 pages
4.38
28.6K ratings
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Second Class Citizen Summary
Second Class Citizen
by Buchi Emecheta 1974 174 pages
4.09
4.5K ratings
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
Africa Is Not a Country Summary
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
by Dipo Faloyin 2022 385 pages
4.41
8.2K ratings
History
Africa
Politics
Little Bee Summary
Little Bee
by Chris Cleave 2008 271 pages
3.72
246.3K ratings
Book Club
Africa
Historical Fiction
Desert Flower Summary
Desert Flower
by Waris Dirie 1998 256 pages
4.24
38.7K ratings
Biography
Africa
Memoir
The Moor's Account Summary
The Moor's Account
by Laila Lalami 2014 321 pages
4.04
12.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Morocco
The House of Hunger Summary
The House of Hunger
by Dambudzo Marechera 1978 160 pages
3.96
1.2K ratings
Africa
Short Stories
Zimbabwe
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.11
773.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
Purple Hibiscus Summary
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2003 336 pages
4.18
134.4K ratings
Africa
Historical Fiction
Nigeria
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Summary
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2017 63 pages
4.51
86.1K ratings
Feminism
Essays
Womens
Things Fall Apart Summary
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe 1958 215 pages
3.74
398.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Africa
Lose Your Mother Summary
Lose Your Mother
A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
by Saidiya Hartman 2007 288 pages
4.29
2.5K ratings
History
Memoir
Race
Sex and Lies Summary
Sex and Lies
by Leïla Slimani 2017 176 pages
3.96
4.5K ratings
Feminism
Essays
Morocco
Mandela's Way Summary
Mandela's Way
Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
by Richard Stengel 2009 243 pages
4.11
3.1K ratings
Biography
History
Self Help
Lagoon Summary
Lagoon
by Nnedi Okorafor 2014 306 pages
3.63
8.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Africa
Americanah Summary
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013 477 pages
4.32
396.5K ratings
Book Club
Africa
Contemporary
Devil on the Cross Summary
Devil on the Cross
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1980 256 pages
3.93
2.0K ratings
Africa
Classics
Kenya
The White Man's Burden Summary
The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
by William Easterly 2006 448 pages
3.84
5.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
International Development
There Was a Country Summary
There Was a Country
A Personal History of Biafra
by Chinua Achebe 2012 352 pages
4.03
2.7K ratings
History
Africa
Nigeria
The Next Africa Summary
The Next Africa
An Emerging Continent Becomes a Global Powerhouse
by Jake Bright 2015 304 pages
3.88
85 ratings
Africa
Economics
Business
Running with the Kenyans Summary
Running with the Kenyans
Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
by Adharanand Finn 2010 288 pages
3.94
9.8K ratings
Sports
Travel
Memoir
Chasing Chaos Summary
Chasing Chaos
My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
by Jessica Alexander 2013 400 pages
4.09
3.0K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Africa
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Summary
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn 2022 384 pages
3.76
17.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens Summary
Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens
The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions
by Lilith Dorsey 2020 240 pages
4.13
562 ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Witchcraft
Nelson Mandela Summary
Nelson Mandela
A Biography
by Martin Meredith 1997 596 pages
4.16
336 ratings
Biography
Africa
History
Becoming Nigerian Summary
Becoming Nigerian
A Guide
by Elnathan John 2019 160 pages
3.96
604 ratings
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
Wine to Water Summary
Wine to Water
A Bartender's Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World
by Doc Hendley 2012 304 pages
3.95
777 ratings
Memoir
Africa
Biography
The Healing Wisdom of Africa Summary
The Healing Wisdom of Africa
Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1998 352 pages
4.47
435 ratings
Spirituality
Africa
Religion
Black Hawk Down Summary
Black Hawk Down
A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden 1999 386 pages
4.30
67.5K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
The Sheltering Sky Summary
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles 1949 342 pages
3.89
29.8K ratings
Classics
Africa
Travel
Aid on the Edge of Chaos Summary
Aid on the Edge of Chaos
Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World
by Ben Ramalingam 2013 480 pages
3.88
149 ratings
International Development
Economics
Africa
The Tyranny of Experts Summary
The Tyranny of Experts
Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
by William Easterly 2014 416 pages
3.87
1.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Capitalist Nigger Summary
Capitalist Nigger
The Road to Success: A Spider-Web Doctrine
by Chika A. Onyeani 2000 208 pages
3.58
470 ratings
Africa
Race
Nigeria
Disgrace Summary
Disgrace
by J.M. Coetzee 1999 220 pages
3.86
113.0K ratings
Africa
South Africa
Classics
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