Read Around Africa Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Africa.
Best books from Africa (1155)
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MoroccoDescription:
The baby is dead. It only took a few seconds. When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint and is able to host enviable birthday parties. The couple and nanny become more dependent on each other. But as jealousy, resentment and suspicions increase, Myriam and Paul'... continue
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The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol EN
Description:
Le Divorce meets The Elegance of the Hedgehog in this hilariously entertaining mega-bestseller from France When her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile farm in Kenya with his mistress, Joséphine Cortès is left in an unhappy state of affairs. The mother of two—confident, beautiful teenage Hortense and shy, babyish Zoé—is forced to maintain a stable family life while making ends meet on her meager salary as a medieval history scholar. Meanwhile, Joséphine’s charismatic sister Iris seems to have it all—a wealthy husband, gorgeous looks, and a très chic Paris address—but s... continue
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Jaren van dwaling by Muḥammad Šukrī, Heleen Koesen NL
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Autobiografische roman over het leven van een jonge onderwijzer in Marokko in de jaren '50. Vervolg op "Hongerjaren".
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Le sorcier de Niamina et autres contes de l'Afrique de l'ouest by Marie Féraud FR
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En ce temps là, le Ciel vivait sur la Terre. Mais la Terre eut une fille, Mahura, qui avait un grand défaut : elle travaillait trop. A longueur de journée, elle broyait le mil avec son pilon, et sans cesse son pilon heurtait le front du Ciel. Un jour, le Ciel en eut assez de recevoir des coups. Il prit les nuages et la pluie et s'en alla très haut, le plus loin possible. Mahura fut si désolée qu'elle envoya au Ciel deux magnifiques cadeaux, une pépite d'or et un caillou d'argent : le soleil et la lune. Mais le Ciel ne revint jamais sur la terre... Treize contes d'Afrique, treize récits merveil... continue
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En el jardín del ogro by Leïla Slimani ES
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Adèle tiene 35 años, un marido médico y un niño de pocos años; una vida a la que le falta poco para poder decir que es perfecta. Sin embargo no puede evitar la sensación de vacío que la persigue cada día y que intenta llenar a través del cuerpo: el hambre por lo desconocido, no importa quien o dónde, basta solo un encuentro, un breve intercambio de miradas para encontrar satisfacción.
Despues, Adèle, sabe volver a su vida, a casa, preparar la cena al niño y acostarse al lado de Richard su marido, como s... continue
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Noches de Seda by Aicha Bassry ES
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Aïcha Bassry nos sumerge en un relato misterioso –que, por otra parte, nunca pierde su conexión vivencial–, con elementos que nos evocan nociones subliminales del realismo mágico, entre la superstición y lo onírico, rayanas a la novela hispanoamericana (no es casualidad que Isabel Allende sea una de sus escritoras predilectas), teñida amargamente de un marcado carácter poético. […] Aïcha Bassry nos transmite con la intensidad de una fértil narradora, audaz y directa, cuidando la expresión al detalle pero sin renunciar al severo compromiso que exige el arte de escribir; convirtiendo el mero hec... continue
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The First Wife : A Tale of Polygamy by Paulina Chiziane EN
Country: Africa / 
Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
After twenty years of marriage, Rami discovers that her husband has been living a double--or rather, a quintuple--life. Tony, a senior police officer in Maputo, has apparently been supporting four other families for many years. Rami remains calm in the face of her husband's duplicity and plots to make an honest man out of him. After Tony is forced to marry the four other women--as well as an additional lover--according to polygamist custom, the rival lovers join together to declare their voices and demand their rights. In this brilliantly funny and feverishly scathing critique, a major work fr... continue