I read a lot of African literature, so thought I would create an ongoing record, separate from my primary blog, of that reading. There is sadly little of African books on the web, so here is my small contribution . . . From Zimbabwe . . .
NOT ANOTHER DAY by Julius Chingono
HAIRDRESSER OF HARARE by Tendai Huchu
ABSENT by John Eppel
ELEGY FOR EASTERLY by Petina Gappah
THIS SEPTEMBER SUN by Bryony Rheam
THE LAST RESORT by Douglas Rogers
THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Irene Sabatini
THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK by Doris Lessing
STARLINGS LAUGHING by June Vendall Clark and again
RIP Julius Chingono
FLY FISHING FOR SHARKS by Andrew Alexander
BURNT TOAST ON SUNDAYS by Roland K Hill
NERVOUS CONDITIONS by Tsitsi Dangarembga
HOW TO WIN THE CAINE PRIZE
ZIMBABWEAN WINS THE CAINE PRIZE
From Kenya . . .
ONE DAY I WILL WRITE ABOUT THIS PLACE by Binyavanga Wainaina
THE RIVER AND THE SOURCE by Margaret A Ogola
I DREAMED OF AFRICA by Kuki Gallmann
IT'S OUR TURN TO EAT by Michela Wrong
MY KENYA DAYS by Wilfred Thesiger
WIZARD OF THE CROW by Ngugi wa Thiongo
OUT OF AFRICA by Karen Blixen
WHITE MISCHIEF by James Fox
From Nigeria . . .
I DO NOT COME TO YOU BY CHANCE by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
SAY YOU'RE ON OF THEM by Uwem Akpan
THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe
OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN by Ola Rotimi
THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe
THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From Ghana . . .
DILEMMA OF A GHOST by Ama Ata Aidoo
From DRC . . .
KING LEOPOLD'S GHOST by Adam Hochschild
From Egypt . . .
PALACE OF DESIRE by Naguib Mahfouz
