Read Around Africa Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Africa.
Best books from Africa (1152)
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La femme sans sépulture by Assia Djebar FR
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La Femme sans sépulture, c'est Zoulikha, héroïne oubliée de la guerre d'Algérie, montée au maquis au printemps 1957 et portée disparue deux ans plus tard, après son arrestation par l'armée française. Femme exceptionnelle, si vivante dans sa réalité de mère, d'amante, d'amie, d'opposante politique, dans son engagement absolu et douloureux, dans sa démarche de liberté qui scelle sa vie depuis l'enfance et qui ne l'a jamais quittée, sa présence irradiante flotte à jamais au-dessus de Césarée... Autour de Zoulikha s'animent d'autres figures de l'ombre, paysannes autant que citadines, vivant au quo... continue
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Divorce Islamic Style by Amara Lakhous EN
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From the author of Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio The Italian secret service has received intel that a group of Muslim immigrants based in Rome's Viale Marconi neighborhood is planning a terrorist attack. Christian Mazzari, a young Sicilian court translator who speaks perfect Arabic, goes undercover to infiltrate the group and learn who its leaders are. Christian poses as Issa, a recently arrived Tunisian in search of a place to sleep and a job. He soon meets Sofia, a young Egyptian immigrant whose life with her husband, Said a.k.a Felice, an architect who has reinv... continue
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Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous EN
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The immigrant tenants of a building in Rome offer skewed accounts of a murder in this prize-winning satire by the Algerian-born Italian author (Publishers Weekly). Piazza Vittorio is home to a polyglot community of immigrants who have come to Rome from all over the world. But when a tenant is murdered in the building’s elevator, the delicate balance is thrown into disarray. As each of the victim’s neighbors is questioned by the police, readers are offered an all-access pass into the most colorful neighborhood in contemporary Rome. With language as colorful as the neighborhood it describes, eac... continue
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The Djinn's Apple by Djamila Morani EN
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Historical fiction meets crime fiction in The Djinn's Apple, an award-winning YA murder mystery set in the Abbasid period--the golden age of Baghdad. A ruthless murder. A magical herb. A mysterious manuscript. When Nardeen's home is stormed by angry men frantically in search of something--or someone--she is the only one who manages to escape. And after the rest of her family is left behind and murdered, Nardeen sets out on an unyielding mission to bring her family's killers to justice, regardless of the cost...
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De boekhandel van Algiers by Kaouther Adimi NL
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Drie met elkaar verbonden verhalen: de liefde voor literatuur in een leenboekwinkeltje in Algiers, de Algerijnse gschiedenis tussen 1930 en 2017 en hoe de situatie nu wordt gezien door Ryad uit Parijs.
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The Stars of Algiers by Aziz Chouaki EN
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"The Star of Algiers powerfully depicts youth in distress, caught between the lure of the West and the mosque." —BIBA "We share his stage fright before each new gig. We are fired with his boundless energy. And once we've taken off, we come crashing down with him . . . Everything is human, alive and transparent." —Elle, France Moussa Massy's ambitions extend far beyond the three-room apartment he shares with the other thirteen members of his family in Algiers. A gifted performer of modern Kabyle song, he is as inspired by Prince and Michael Jackson as he is by Arab and Algerian traditional musi... continue
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Confessions by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) EN
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One of the most influential religious books in the Christian tradition recalls crucial events in the author's life: his mid-4th-century origins in rural Algeria; the rise to a lavish lifestyle at the imperial court in Milan; his struggle with sexual desires; eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and marriage; and recovery of his Catholic faith.
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Astérix et le griffon by Jean-Yves Ferri FR
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Astérix, Obélix, Idéfix et Panoramix partent en quête d'une étrange et terrifiante créature. ©Electre 2022.
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Les sirènes de Bagdad by Yasmina Khadra FR
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A young boy arrives in the capital, Baghdad. His university life has barely begun when the US military bombards him. Forced to leave the once bustling city and the girl he's fallen in love with, he returns to a poor village deep in the desert. However, war relentlessly pursues him. US forces raid this simple village in the dead of night, hunting down terrorists and killing and humiliating his father in front of his terrified family. With his dignity shattered, the young man leaves his home alone for Baghdad, seeking ultimate revenge.
In her novel, Yasmina Khadeha depicts the rapidly ch... continue