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
Behold the Dreamers
Book Club
Africa
Contemporary
Dream Count
Literary Fiction
Africa
Contemporary
We Should All Be Feminists
Feminism
Essays
Politics
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
Economics
Africa
Politics
The Gods Are Not to Blame
Plays
African Literature
Nigeria
Hlomu the Wife
Romance
Love
Romantic
A House in the Sky
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
An Ordinary Man
An Autobiography
Africa
Biography
History
Tsotsi
Africa
South Africa
Contemporary
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Economics
Politics
International Development
Woman at Point Zero
Feminism
Egypt
Africa
Cutting for Stone
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Africa
The Red Pencil
Poetry
Middle Grade
Historical Fiction
Taking Flight
From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
Memoir
Biography
Africa
Kisses from Katie
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Second Class Citizen
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
I Will Always Write Back
How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Little Bee
Book Club
Africa
Historical Fiction
Desert Flower
Biography
Africa
Memoir
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent
History
Africa
Politics
The Moor's Account
Historical Fiction
Historical
Morocco
The House of Hunger
Africa
Short Stories
Zimbabwe
The Poisonwood Bible
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
Purple Hibiscus
Africa
Historical Fiction
Nigeria
Devil on the Cross
Africa
Classics
Kenya
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Book Club
Contemporary
Africa
Things Fall Apart
Classics
Historical Fiction
Africa
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Feminism
Essays
Womens
Lose Your Mother
A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
History
Memoir
Race
Americanah
Book Club
Africa
Contemporary
Sex and Lies
Feminism
Essays
Morocco
Lagoon
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Africa
Mandela's Way
Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
Biography
History
Self Help
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
There Was a Country
A Personal History of Biafra
History
Africa
Nigeria
The Next Africa
An Emerging Continent Becomes a Global Powerhouse
Africa
Economics
Business
Running with the Kenyans
Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
Sports
Travel
Memoir
The Healing Wisdom of Africa
Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
Spirituality
Africa
Religion
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
Romance
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Chasing Chaos
My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
Memoir
Travel
Africa
Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens
The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions
Spirituality
Religion
Witchcraft
Black Hawk Down
A Story of Modern War
History
Military Fiction
War
The Sheltering Sky
Classics
Africa
Travel
Nelson Mandela
A Biography
Biography
Africa
History
Disgrace
Africa
South Africa
Classics
Becoming Nigerian
A Guide
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Picture Books
Biography
Science
Wine to Water
A Bartender's Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World
Memoir
Africa
Biography
Capitalist Nigger
The Road to Success: A Spider-Web Doctrine
Africa
Race
Nigeria
