My (probably life long) project of reading books about Africa. I am not African American and have no African heritage as far as I know, but I am interested in other cultures, especially Africa right now. So here are the pages I’ve set up for links to reviews about books set in Africa or written by African authors.
Reading Through Northern Africa
Angola (Republic of Angola) The Book of Chameleons by Jose Eduardo Agualusa. Reviewed at The Literary Nomad. Also reviewed at Bookshy: An African Book Lover. Burundi (Republic of Burundi) Dangerously Alive: An African Adventure of Faith Under Fire by Simon Guillebaud. Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder. Having survived civil war and genocide, Deo …
Across the Limpopo: A Family’s Hazardous 4000 Mile Journey Through Africa by Michael Nicholson. Comoros (Union of the Comoros) Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti) Eritrea (State of Eritrea) Song Of The Nightingale: One Woman’s True Story of Faith and Persecution in Eritrea by Helen Berhane. Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) Cutting for Stone by Abraham …
Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel by Jeffrey Tayler. Recommended by Nancy Pearl in Book Lust To Go. Between Terror and Tourism: An Overland Journey Across North Africa by Michael Mewshaw. Recommended by Nancy Pearl in Book Lust To Go. My Mercedes is Not for Sale: From Amsterdam to …
Botswana (Republic of Botswana) The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. (and all its sequels) Lesotho (Kingdom of Lesotho) Madagascar (Republic of Madagascar) Malawi (Republic of Malawi) The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. Reviewed at Capricious Reader. Semicolon review here. Laugh With the Moon by Shana …
Benin (Republic of Benin) Biafra (now a part of Nigeria) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Sunset in Biafra by Elechi Amadi. Burkina Faso Cape Verde (Republic of Cape Verde Côte d’Ivoire (Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Ivory Coast) Gambia (Republic of The Gambia) Ghana (Republic of Ghana) The Beautyful Ones Are Not …
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MaryHelen
1/16/2012 at 7:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I am thrilled to find books that connect the social studies content area. It helps to build background knowledge. I learned of your blog through the Comment Challenge.
The Book Whisperer
3/31/2012 at 9:18 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This is brilliant! Thank you so much for stopping by to let me know this link – I have just checked the west Africa link and already found some I want to read and I haven’t even looked at the others yet! Thank you!
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