Popular African Contemporary Fiction Books
Find contemporary fiction books written by authors from Africa for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (127)
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Western Lane: A Novel by Chetna Maroo EN
KenyaDescription:
A taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, and a young athlete's struggle to transcend herself Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot and its echo. But on the court, she is not alone. She is with her pa. She is with Ged, a thirteen-year-old boy with his own formidable talent. She... continue
Malawi123.
Whites Can Dance Too by Kalaf Epalanga EN
AngolaDescription:
An exhilarating debut novel told through three different voices, Whites Can Dance Too is Kalaf Epalanga's reflection on and celebration of the music of his homeland, the intertwining of cultural roots, and freedom and love. It took being caught at a border without proper documents for me to realise I'd always been a prisoner of sorts. Kuduro had been my passport to the world, thanks to it I'd travelled to places I'd never dreamed of visiting. But the chickens had come home to roost . . . Hours before performing at one of Europe's most iconic music festivals, Kalaf Epalanga is detained at the b... continue
Liberia
Zambia126.
Wir Gotteskinder by Nana Oforiatta Ayim DE
GhanaDescription:
»Eine mutige Neuerfindung der Einwanderungserzählung, verführerisch, poetisch ... beispiellos.« Taiye Selasi
Maya Mensah ist im deutschen Exil täglich damit konfrontiert, anders zu sein. Auch ihre Eltern sind anders. Ihr Vater ist ein scheuer Intellektueller, und ihre schöne Mutter liebt es, das Geld mit vollen Händen auszugeben und an ihre königliche Abkunft zu erinnern. Doch wenn Maya in der Schule von ihrer glanzvollen Familie erzählt, wird sie verspottet. Beistand leistet ihr einzig ihr Cousin Kojo. Maya ist fasziniert von seinen farbenpr&a... continue
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Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie EN
NigeriaDescription:
The emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a moving short story by the bestselling, award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she's pregnant, he abandons her. But it's Zikora's demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again. Shunned by the speed with which her ideal life fell apart, Zikora turns to reflecting on her mother's painful past and struggle for dignity. Prepa... continue