It seems like a lot of the highly recommended African authors I've come across are a part of the African diaspora. Any African authors you can recommend that reside in Africa or were at least raised/educated/spent a large chunk of their lives living in Africa?
by Brentothy
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Americanah (Nigerian)
Nadine Gordimer – The Pickup (South African)
Tsitsi Dangarembga – Nervous Conditions (Zimbabwean)
Zoë Wicomb – You can’t get lost in Cape Town (South African)
Leonora Miano – Season of the Shadow (Cameroonian)
N.Gordimer, July’s people
Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase