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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

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
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
Yemen Summary
Yemen
Dancing on the Heads of Snakes
by Victoria Clark 2010 328 pages
3.70
262 ratings
History
Politics
Cultural
The Afrikaners Summary
The Afrikaners
Biography of a People
by Hermann Giliomee 2003 720 pages
4.17
130 ratings
History
Africa
South Africa
Jock of the Bushveld Summary
Jock of the Bushveld
by J. Percy FitzPatrick 1907 280 pages
4.08
1.5K ratings
Africa
Classics
South Africa
Illegal Summary
Illegal
by Eoin Colfer 2017 144 pages
4.21
9.8K ratings
Graphic Novels
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Tears of the Desert Summary
Tears of the Desert
A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
by Halima Bashir 2008 316 pages
4.23
4.2K ratings
Africa
Memoir
Biography
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2 Summary
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
1962 - 1994
by Nelson Mandela 2003 450 pages
4.41
572 ratings
Biography
History
Africa
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts Summary
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
by Joshua Hammer 2016 280 pages
3.49
12.1K ratings
History
Africa
Books About Books
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela Summary
Good Morning, Mr. Mandela
by Zelda la Grange 2014 384 pages
3.80
1.4K ratings
Biography
Africa
Memoir
Aman Summary
Aman
The Story of a Somali Girl
by Virginia Lee Barnes 1994 368 pages
3.78
794 ratings
Biography
Africa
Somalia
Now I Am Known Summary
Now I Am Known
by Peter Mutabazi 2022 224 pages
4.78
816 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Adoption
In Sorcery's Shadow Summary
In Sorcery's Shadow
A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger
by Paul Stoller 1989 252 pages
3.96
280 ratings
Anthropology
Africa
Niger
A Broken People's Playlist Summary
A Broken People's Playlist
by Chimeka Garricks 2020 255 pages
4.30
2.4K ratings
Short Stories
Africa
Nigeria
You Must Set Forth at Dawn Summary
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
by Wole Soyinka 2006 528 pages
4.02
503 ratings
Africa
Memoir
Nigeria
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts Summary
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
by Baba Ifa Karade 1994 144 pages
4.24
492 ratings
Religion
Spirituality
Africa
The Ends of the Earth Summary
The Ends of the Earth
From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
by Robert D. Kaplan 1996 496 pages
4.12
1.5K ratings
Travel
History
Politics
White Malice Summary
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
by Susan Williams 2021 651 pages
4.18
723 ratings
History
Africa
Politics
This Strange Eventful History Summary
This Strange Eventful History
by Claire Messud 2024 448 pages
3.58
4.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Africa
The Smell of Apples Summary
The Smell of Apples
by Mark Behr 1993 200 pages
3.55
1.3K ratings
South Africa
Africa
Historical Fiction
The Looting Machine Summary
The Looting Machine
Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
by Tom Burgis 2015 352 pages
4.04
2.7K ratings
Africa
History
Politics
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty Summary
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty
by Vendela Vida 2015 224 pages
3.45
7.5K ratings
Mystery
Travel
Book Club
The Pirates of Somalia Summary
The Pirates of Somalia
Inside Their Hidden World
by Jay Bahadur 2011 300 pages
3.55
1.4K ratings
Africa
History
Somalia
In the Country of Others Summary
In the Country of Others
by Leïla Slimani 2020 305 pages
3.77
16.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
France
Africa
The Bone Woman Summary
The Bone Woman
A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
by Clea Koff 2001 304 pages
4.01
2.9K ratings
Anthropology
History
Africa
Ethiopia Summary
Ethiopia
Recipes and traditions from the horn of Africa
by Yohanis Gebreyesus 2018 335 pages
4.23
143 ratings
Cookbooks
Food
Cooking
Facing the Lion Summary
Facing the Lion
Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton 2003 128 pages
3.89
1.5K ratings
Africa
Memoir
Biography
The Desert and the Sea Summary
The Desert and the Sea
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
by Michael Scott Moore 2018 480 pages
3.97
2.4K ratings
Memoir
Africa
Biography
Arabesque Summary
Arabesque
A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon
by Claudia Roden 2005 342 pages
4.10
1.9K ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Bankrupting the Third World Summary
Bankrupting the Third World
by James Morcan 2015 102 pages
4.38
91 ratings
Spanish Literature
Poverty
Africa
The Nigerwife Summary
The Nigerwife
by Vanessa Walters 2023 320 pages
3.55
6.1K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Africa
El sueño del celta Summary
El sueño del celta
by Mario Vargas Llosa 2010 464 pages
3.84
9.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Africa
The Lioness of Morocco Summary
The Lioness of Morocco
by Julia Drosten 2017 450 pages
4.12
17.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Romance
Surrender or Starve Summary
Surrender or Starve
Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea
by Robert D. Kaplan 1988 222 pages
3.66
463 ratings
Africa
History
Travel
Song of the Nightingale Summary
Song of the Nightingale
One Woman's True Story of Faith & Persecution in Eritrea
by Helen Berhane 2009 113 pages
4.35
167 ratings
Biography
Africa
Christian
Oil on Water Summary
Oil on Water
by Helon Habila 2010 239 pages
3.55
2.0K ratings
Africa
Nigeria
African Literature
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