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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No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
A sharply observed new novel about post-apartheid South Africa from the Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer is one of our most telling contemporary writers. With each new work, she attacks—with a clear-eyed fierceness, a lack of sentimentality, and a deep understanding of the darkest depths of the human soul—her eternal themes: the inextricable link between personal and communal history; the inescapable moral ambiguities of daily life; the political and racial tensions that persist in her homeland, South Africa. And in each new work is fresh evidence of her literary genius: in the sharpness of ... continue
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Angola
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O melhor tempo é o presente by Nadine Gordimer PT
Country: Africa / South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Amantes clandestinos no passado, devido às leis raciais que proibiam relações entre negros e brancos, hoje Jabulile Gumede e Steve Reed vivem numa África do Sul democrática. Ambos foram ativistas que lutaram com todas as forças pelo fim do apartheid, e seus filhos, felizmente, já nasceram em um tempo e em um lugar de liberdade.
Mas à medida que os ideais de uma vida melhor para todos são ameaçados por tensões políticas e raciais, pela ressaca das ambiguidades morais e pelo enorme abismo entre os privilegiados ... continue
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Petals of blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o EN
KenyaDescription:
There has been a murder in the Kenyan village of Ilmorog. Four suspects are placed in detention: headmaster Munira, teacher and political activist Karega, spirited barmaid Wanja and storekeeper Abdulla. But there are no easy solutions to the crime in a place already filled with fear and intimidation. As the murder is investigated, it becomes clear how the lives of suspects and victims are inextricably linked to the fortunes of their village, and to the crisis of modern Kenya itself. Petals of Bloodwas published in 1977 to huge controversy, leading to Ngugi's imprisonment for his portrayal of a... continue
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Preço de Noiva by Buchi Emecheta PT
NigeriaDescription:
Aku-nna é uma jovem igbo que vê a vida ruir após a morte do pai. Junto com a mãe e o irmão, ela precisa deixar a capital, Lagos, e retornar ao povoado rural de Ibuza, onde vai enfrentar as angústias da adolescência e as rígidas tradições patriarcais do seu povo. Lá, ela se apaixona por Chike, filho de uma família próspera, mas descendente de escravos, e esse amor é considerado uma afronta à cultura dos igbos. Só que o casal está disposto a tudo para ficar junto, mesmo sabendo que esse caminho pode levar à tragédia.
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Saara by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk EN
Country: Africa / 
Mauritania
Mauritania
Description:
Mbarek Ould Beyrouk's greatly acclaimed novel Saara was the winner of the prestigious Prix Littéraire Les Afriques 2023. The story is told through three different narrators, Saara, an attractive young woman who is both unconventional, liberated and determined; the Sheikh, a young man who succeeds his father as the leader of a Sufi order striving to live exemplary lives in their oasis community and follow the path to salvation and the Beggar, befriended by Saara and who cares devotedly for his disabled mother and is the voice of the marginalised. It is their story and their lives are intertwine... continue
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Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi EN
Description:
Shigidi is a disgruntled and demotivated nightmare god in the Orisha spirit company, reluctantly answering prayers of his few remaining believers to maintain his existence long enough to find his next drink. When he meets Nneoma, a sort-of succubus with a long and secretive past, everything changes for him. Together, they attempt to break free of his obligations and the restrictions that have bound him to his godhood and navigate the parameters of their new relationship in the shadow of her past. But the elder gods that run the Orisha spirit company have other plans for Shigidi, and they are n... continue
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Silence Is My Mother Tongue : A Novel by Sulaiman Addonia EN
EritreaDescription:
A sensuous, textured novel of life in a refugee camp, long-listed for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction On a hill overlooking a refugee camp in Sudan, a young man strings up bedsheets that, in an act of imaginative resilience, will serve as a screen in his silent cinema. From the cinema he can see all the comings and goings in the camp, especially those of two new arrivals: a girl named Saba, and her mute brother, Hagos. For these siblings, adapting to life in the camp is not easy. Saba mourns the future she lost when she was forced to abandon school, while Hagos, scorned for his inabilit... continue