Working my way through historical fictions around the world, and Africa has been the toughest for me to find good recommendations on. Everyone says Things Fall Apart, which is amazing, but I’ve read it already. Appreciate any recs! by sesit36456
Bulawayoland on April 17, 2026 10:10 pm Mongo Beti’s The Poor Christ of Bomba is pretty believable Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People
TheBigBoner on April 17, 2026 10:20 pm Chimamanda Ngozie Adiche has a few (Half of a Yellow Sun is one) Its not by an African author but Poisonwood Bible is a masterpiece
BohoKat_3397 on April 17, 2026 10:29 pm The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a classic you should try. The movie Apocalypse Now is a modern retelling (set in Vietnam instead of Africa).
Impressive-Peace2115 on April 17, 2026 10:37 pm – h{{Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire}} – Zimbabwe – h{{The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste}} – Ethiopia
avidreader_1410 on April 17, 2026 10:41 pm Suzanna Arruda’s “Jade deCameron” books Something of Value, by Robert Ruark The Heart of Redness, by Zakes Mda Beyond teh Door of No Return, by David Diop Chaka, by Thomas Mofolo
LewsterMcGavin on April 17, 2026 10:44 pm Love me some Wilbur Smith. A Time to Die is great. Boyish indulgence
pastorallandscape on April 17, 2026 10:44 pm Anything by Scholastique Mukasonga (I loved Kibogo) The River Between The Yacoubian Building
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Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
Mongo Beti’s The Poor Christ of Bomba is pretty believable
Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People
The Poisonwood Bible
Chimamanda Ngozie Adiche has a few (Half of a Yellow Sun is one)
Its not by an African author but Poisonwood Bible is a masterpiece
The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a classic you should try. The movie Apocalypse Now is a modern retelling (set in Vietnam instead of Africa).
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
– h{{Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire}} – Zimbabwe
– h{{The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste}} – Ethiopia
Suzanna Arruda’s “Jade deCameron” books
Something of Value, by Robert Ruark
The Heart of Redness, by Zakes Mda
Beyond teh Door of No Return, by David Diop
Chaka, by Thomas Mofolo
The Burning Shore by Wilbur Smith
Love me some Wilbur Smith. A Time to Die is great. Boyish indulgence
Anything by Scholastique Mukasonga (I loved Kibogo)
The River Between
The Yacoubian Building