Popular African Romance Books
Find romance books written by authors from Africa for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (34)
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A cor do Hibisco by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie PT
NigeriaDescription:
Os limites do mundo da jovem Kambili são definidos pelos muros da luxuosa propriedade da família e pelas regras de um pai repressivo. O dia-a-dia é regulado por horários: rezar, dormir, estudar e rezar ainda mais. A sua vida é privilegiada mas o ambiente familiar é tenso. Quando um golpe militar ameaça fazer desmoronar a Nigéria, o pai de Kambili envia-a, juntamente com o irmão, para casa da tia. É aí, nessa casa cheia de energia e riso, que ela descobre todo um novo mundo onde os livros não são proibidos, os aromas a caril e noz-moscada impregnam o ar, e a alegria dos primos ecoa.Esta visita ... continue
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A gorda : romance by Isabela Figueiredo PT
Country: Africa / 
Mozambique
Mozambique
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Maria Luísa, a heroína deste romance, é uma bela rapariga, inteligente, boa aluna, voluntariosa e com uma forte personalidade. E é gorda. E isto, esta característica física, incomoda-a de tal modo que coloca tudo o resto em causa. Na adolescência, sofre e aguenta, em silêncio, as piadas e os insultos dos colegas. Fica esquecida, ao lado da mais feia das suas colegas, no baile dos finalistas do colégio. Mas não desiste, não se verga, e vai em frente, gorda, à procura de uma vida que valha a pena viver.
Uganda4.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie EN
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WINNER 2013 – National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction FINALIST 2014 – Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction FINALIST 2014 – Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction LONGLISTED 2015 – International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award A searing new novel, at once sweeping and intimate, by the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun: a story of love and race centered around a man and woman from Nigeria who seemed destined to be together—until the choices they are forced to make tear them apart. Ifemelu—beautiful, self-assured—left Nigeria 15 years ago, and now studies in Princeton as a Graduate Fellow. ... continue
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Butterfly Burning by Yvonne Vera EN
ZimbabweDescription:
Butterfly Burning brings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American readers for the first time. Set in Makokoba, a black township, in the late l940s, the novel is an intensely bittersweet love story.
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Call Me by Your Name : A Novel by André Aciman EN
EgyptDescription:
The sudden and powerful attraction between a teenage boy and a summer guest at his parents' house on the Italian Riviera has a profound and lasting influence that will mark them both for a lifetime.
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Changes : A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo EN
GhanaDescription:
Changes explores the complex world in which the lives of professional working women have changed sharply, but the cultural assumptions of men's lives have not. Witty and compelling, Aidoo's novel, according to Manthia Diawara, "inaugurates a new realist style in African literature." "Aidoo writes with intense power in a novel that, in examining the role of women in modern African society, also sheds light on women's problems around the globe."-Publishers Weekly (starred review) Suggested for course use in: African literature African studies Family Studies Ama Ata Aidoo, one of Ghana's most dis... continue
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Find Me : A Novel by André Aciman EN
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Elio believes he has left behind his first love - but as an affair with an older man intensifies, his thoughts turn to the past and to Oliver. Oliver, a college professor, husband and father, is preparing to leave New York. The imminent trip stirs up longing and regret, awakening an old desire and propelling him towards a decision that could change everything. In Call Me By Your Name, we fell in love with Oliver and Elio. Find Me returns to these unforgettable characters, exploring how love can ripple out from the past and into the future.
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Honey and Spice by Bola Babalola EN
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⭐ A REESE'S BOOK CLUB AND TIKTOK BOOK CLUB PICK ⭐ The fresh, utterly addictive rom-com you've been waiting for - from Sunday Times bestselling author Bolu Babalola. 'A triumph' BETH O'LEARY 'Hilarious, hot and heartfelt' MEG CABOT 'Romantic, sexy, fun, delicious and important' MARIAN KEYES __________ Kiki Banjo is an expert in relationship-evasion. In fact, she has made it her mission to protect the women of Whitewell University from the dangers of players and heartbreak, supplying advice, tips and essentials to paying men no mind on her student radio show, Brown Sugar. And then Kiki meets dis... continue