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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Essa Dama Bate Bué! by Yara Nakahanda Monteiro PT
AngolaDescription:
Vitória nasceu em Angola, mas foi criada em Portugal. A infância, que está longe de idílica (por causa do racismo e da condição de exilada), esconde um trauma: ela nunca conheceu a mãe, uma revolucionária angolana. Narrado com eletricidade, o romance embaralha saudavelmente as formas e as expectativas: é uma história de amor e de guerra, um conto contemporâneo que lida com o passado, um chamado à independência das mulheres como seres políticos.
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Bom dia, camaradas by Ondjaki PT
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Do premiado autor angolano, Bom dia, camaradas resgata de forma lírica a infância de um garoto de classe média num país dividido entre a tradição e o novo. Uma Luanda dos anos 1980 com professores cubanos, escolas entoando hinos matinais e jovens de classe média é o cenário de Bom dia, camaradas. Do universo do romance também fazem parte as lembranças dos cartões de abastecimento, as desigualdades sociais e os conflitos entre modernidade e tradição. Através do olhar lírico de um garoto, o leitor é levado a uma Angola que acabou de se tornar independente e é obrigada a repensar as regras sociai... continue
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The Return of the Water Spirit by Pepetela EN
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In this book Pepetela offers a scathing critique of the modern-day Angolan elite for squandering the sacrifices of the past.
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Théorie générale de l'oubli by José Eduardo Agualusa FR
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Luanda, 1975. À la veille de l'Indépendance, Ludovica, agoraphobe et terrorisée par l'évolution des événements, se retranche dans son appartement en construisant un mur qui en dissimule la porte et la met à l'abri du reste du monde. Ayant transformé sa terrasse en potager elle va vivre là presque trente ans, coupée de tout, avec son chien Fantôme et un cadavre. Ludo a vraiment existé et mené la vie que raconte le roman. En entrelaçant cette histoire avec les aventures tumultueuses des autres personnages, voisins ou entraperçus dans la rue, tous plus ou moins impliqués dans le marasme de la gue... continue
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Our Beautiful Darkness by Ondjaki EN
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A blackout leads two teens to discover the intimacy and vulnerability that can only be shared in darkness in Our Beautiful Darkness, a fully illustrated YA novella from celebrated Angolan author Ondjaki and illustrator António Jorge Gonçalves. Translated from Portuguese by Lyn Miller-Lachmann The light goes out suddenly. And in this absence of light, a pair of teenagers bare their souls. Into the warm silence of the night, they share a conversation filled with their stories and dreams... and maybe even a first kiss. Set against the backdrop of the civil war that ravaged Angola in the 1990s, th... continue
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Autobiography of the Lower East Side : A Novel in Short Stories by Rashidah Ismaili EN
BeninDescription:
"This well established poet makes a brilliant debut in fiction with these complex, poetically detailed, interrelated stories of Blacks from Africa, the Caribbean and the USA who converge and form an artistic community in the early 1960s in the most easterly regions of Alphabet City ." -David Henderson, author of 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky "Ismaili charts the lower East side just prior to the turbulent, revolutionary Sixties, when the influence of Leroi Jones and the Black Arts Movement signaled a cultural sea-change. Her characters persevere through desertion, loss, abandonment and betraya... continue
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Historical Dictionary of Benin by Mathurin C. Houngnikpo, Samuel Decalo EN
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Benin is now perceived of as a model of democracy in Africa because it has successfully established a democratic political system based on consensus and regular and fair elections, and it continues to improve its electoral and parliamentary systems. Since its democracy it has taken important steps towards laying the foundation for the rule of law by establishing stable political institutions that can withstand the test of time. It has also engaged in an important legal, institutional, and regulatory reform to establish a more favorable environment for private initiative. The fourth edition of ... continue
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Snares Without End by Olympe Bhêly-Quénum EN
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A novel, also a philosophical tale in which destiny entraps the innocent protagonist and holds him fast. Some readers have found an affinity in it with Camus' notion of the absurd, while others have preferred to dwell on its evocation of country life in northern Dahomey and the importance of music in the farmers' daily life. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR