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Africa's 100 Best Books Of The 20th Century |
"If Death Should Steal Upon Me"
Bury me where the grasses grow
Below the weeping willow trees
To let their branches shed upon me
Leaves of varied greens.
Then, as I lie there, I shall hear
The grasses sigh a soft behest:
"Sleep, beloved one, sleep and rest."
Bury me above the dams,
There where the little chirruping birds
Are heard to sing in merriment
And welcome of the coming Spring
While fluttering to the waters' brink
To drink protected from the heat.
Let me die beside the road,
There where youthful scholars pass,
For now I can no longer bear
The loads that burden me.
Children's chattering must be
A blessed comfort to the souls
Of those who rest eternally.
Bury me in a place like this:
Where those who scheme and give their tongues
To plots and anger, never can
Displace the earth that covers me
Nor ever keep me from my sleep.
If you who read these lines should chance
To find me, 0 then bury me
Where grasses whisper this behest:
"Sleep, beloved one, sleep and rest."
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi.
The list was the idea of Ali Mazrui, mooted at the 1998 Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) held in Harare. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was patron of the "Africa's 100 Best Books", Professor Njabulo Ndebele was Chairman of the selection jury, and Professor Rukudzo Murapa was Chairman of the ZIBF, the body responsible for organising the event. The names of the jury members responsible for the selection are not known.
There are many copies of this list to be found across the internet, all following the format as originally published giving Author / Nationality / Title / Publisher with errors perpetuated ad infinitum. I felt that corrections and additional information could be added which has resulted in the lists below, and which is presented in a slightly different format.
Obviously, considering the period during which many of these books were written, there is a healthy bias to the problems of colonialism, newly gained independence with its dreams and failures, and feminism. All these were and are very real issues in Africa.
Information has been collated from various sources. Advice of any errors or omissions gratefully received. I have taken information from the pages of Wikipedia knowing that this may not be considered a definitive source. Caveat lector.
Our list is not a list of 'First Editions', rather a reading list of these books. Hence isbn numbers are not given and titles are unashamedly given in English when known as translated and published in English. Otherwise titles are given in the original language. The original writing language, gender and nationality of author, and date of publication are given to set the writings in their original context of time and location. Names currently given as per the Wikipedia entry, but may be amended as necessary to show that given on the English publication. The full title is given as opposed to the some of the abbreviated versions on the 'official' list. For the sake of conformity names are given in the format first-name - last-name, avoiding the preference of some writers for this to be reversed.
Where I feel an error or omission has been made, my correction is shown italicised.
The original list is broken down into sections, 'Literature for Children', 'Creative writing', and 'Scholarship / Non-Fiction'. I have incorporated the Children's items into 'Creative writing', Thus we have separate Creative Writing and Scholarship / Non-Fiction lists below. These are followed by the original list.
Fables Bookshop Listing of the Creative Writing titles from "Africa's 100 Best Books Of The 20th Century" | ||||||
Author | Title | Date | Nationality | M/F | Language | Genre |
Chinua Achebe | THINGS FALL APART | 1958 | Nigeria | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Chinua Achebe | ARROW OF GOD | 1964 | Nigeria | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Ama Ata Aidoo | ANOWA (published together with DILEMMA OF A GHOST) | 1970 | Ghana | F | English | Contemporary Fiction (drama) |
Hayam Abbas Al-Homi | ADVENTURES OF A BREADTH | ?? | Egypt | ?? | ?? | Childrens' Fiction [1] [6] |
Germano Almeida | THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SENOR DA SILVA | 2004 | Cape Verde | M | Portuguese | Contemporary Fiction |
Ayi Kei Armah | THE BEAUTYFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN | 1968 | Ghana | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Meshack Asare | SOSU'S CALL | 1997 | Ghana | M | English | Childrens' Fiction |
Amadou Hampâté Bâ | FORTUNES OF WANGRIN | 1973 | Mali | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Mariama Bâ | SO LONG A LETTER | 1981 | Senegal | F | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Tahar Ben Jelloun | THE SACRED NIGHT | 1987 | Morocco | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Mongo Beti | THE POOR CHRIST OF BOMBA | 1956 | Cameroon | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
André Brink | A DRY WHITE SEASON | 1979 | South Africa | M | Afrikaans | Contemporary Fiction |
Ken Bugul (Mariètou Mbaye Biléoma) | RIWAN: OR, THE SANDY TRACK | 1999 | Senegal | F | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Syl Cheney-Coker | THE LAST HARMATTAN OF ALUSINE DUNBAR | 1990 | Sierra Leone | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Driss Chraïbi & Oriss Citraibu | THE SIMPLE PAST: A NOVEL | 1954 | Morocco | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
J.M. Coetzee | LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K | 1983 | South Africa | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Mia Couto | TERRA SONAMBULA | 1992 | Mozambique | M | Portuguese | Contemporary Fiction |
Jose Craveirinha | KARINGANA UA KARINGANA | 1974 | Mozambique | M | Portuguese | Contemporary Fiction |
Bernard Dadie | CLIMBIÉ | 1956 | Côte d'Ivoire | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Tsitsi Dangarembga | NERVOUS CONDITIONS | 1988 | Zimbabwe | F | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Mohammed Dib | LA GRANDE MAISON | 1957 | Algeria | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Mohammed Dib | L'INCENDIE | 1957 | Algeria | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Mohammed Dib | LE MÉTIER À TISSER | 1957 | Algeria | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Birago Diop | TALES OF AMADOU KOUMBA | 1947 | Senegal | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Boubacar Boris Diop | MURAMBI OU LE LIVRE DES OSSEMENTS | 2000 | Senegal | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Assia Djebar (Fatima-Zohra Imalayen) | FANTASIA. AN ALGERIAN CAVALCADE | 1985 | Algeria | F | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Abdel Rahman el Abnudi | DEATH ON THE ASHPHALT (translation of arabic title) | Egypt | M | Arabic | Contemporary Fiction | |
Gamal El Ghitani | ZAYNI BARAKAT | 1974 | Egypt | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Nawal El Sadaawi | WOMAN AT POINT ZERO | 1975 | Egypt | F | Arabic | Contemporary Fiction [2] |
Buchi Emecheta | THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD | 1979 | Nigeria | F | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Daniel O. Fagunwa | THE FOREST OF A THOUSAND DAEMONS | 1938 | Nigeria | M | Yoruba | Contemporary Fiction |
Nuruddin Farah | MAPS | 1986 | Somalia | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Athol Fugard | THE BLOOD KNOT | 1961 | South Africa | M | English | Contemporary Fiction (play) |
Nadine Gordimer | BURGHER'S DAUGHTER | 1979 | South Africa | F | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Bessie Head | A QUESTION OF POWER | 1974 | South Africa | F | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Luis Bernado Honwana | WE KILLED THE MANGY DOG AND OTHER STORIES | 1964 | Mozambique | M | Portuguese | Contemporary Fiction |
Chenjerai Hove | BONES | 1988 | Zimbabwe | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Moses Isigawa (Sey Wava) | ABYSSINIAN CHRONICLES | 1988 | Uganda | M | Dutch | Contemporary Fiction |
Archibald Campbell Jordan | INGQUMBO YEMINYAMA | 1940 | South Africa | M | Xhosa | Contemporary Fiction |
Elsa Joubert | THE LONG JOURNEY OF POPPIE NONGENA | 1978 | South Africa | F | Afrikaans | Contemporary Fiction |
Cheikh Hamidou Kane | AMBIGUOUS ADVENTURE | 1961 | Senegal | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa | UALALAPI | 1987 | Mozambique | M | Portuguese | Contemporary Fiction |
Ahmadou Kourouma | SUNS OF INDEPENDENCE | 1968 | Côte d'Ivoire | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Camara Laye | THE AFRICAN CHILD | 1983 | Guinea | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Sindiwe Magona | LIVING, LOVING AND LYING AWAKE AT NIGHT | 1991 | South Africa | F | English | Contemporary Fiction[3] |
Naguib Mahfouz | PALACE WALK (Vol.1 of the Cairo Trilogy) | 1956 | Egypt | M | Arabic | Contemporary Fiction |
Naguib Mahfouz | PALACE OF DESIRE (Vol.2 of The Cairo Trilogy) | 1957 | Egypt | M | Arabic | Contemporary Fiction |
Naguib Mahfouz | SUGAR STREET (Vol.3 of the Cairo Trilogy) | 1957 | Egypt | M | Arabic | Contemporary Fiction |
Dambudzo Marechera | HOUSE OF HUNGER | 1978 | Zimbabwe | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Thomas Mofolo | CHAKA | 1931 | Lesotho | M | Sesotho | Contemporary Fiction |
Tierno Monénembo (Thierno Saïdou Diallo) | UN ATTIÉKÉ POUR ELGASS | 1993 | Guinea | M | French | Contemporary Fiction[3] |
Charles Mungoshi | STORIES FROM A SHONA CHILDHOOD | 1989 | Zimbabwe | M | English | Childrens' Fiction[3] |
Djibril Tamsir Niane | SUNDIATA: AN EPIC OF OLD MALI | 1960 | Guinea | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Sibusiso Nyembezi | THE RICH MAN OF PIETERMARITZBURG | 1961 | South Africa | M | Zulu | Contemporary Fiction |
Christopher Okigbo | LABYRINTHS | 1971 | Nigeria | M | English | Contemporary Fiction (verse) |
Ben Okri | THE FAMISHED ROAD | 1991 | Nigeria | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Ferdinand Oyono | THE OLD MAN AND THE MEDAL | 1956 | Cameroon | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Alan Paton | CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY | 1948 | South Africa | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Okot p'Bitek | SONG OF LAWINO: A LAMENT | 1966 | Uganda | M |
Acholi/ English |
Contemporary Fiction (verse) |
Perpetela (Artur Pestana) | A GERAÇAO DA UTOPIA | 1992 | Angola | M | PO | Contemporary Fiction |
Shaaban Bin Robert | UTENZI WA VITA VYA UHURU | Tanzania | M | Swahili | Contemporary Fiction (verse)[3] | |
Tayeb Salih | SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTH | 1969 | Sudan | M | Arabic | Contemporary Fiction |
Williams Sassine | LE JEUNE HOMME DE SABLE | 1979 | Guinea | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Ousmane Sembene | GOD'S BITS OF WOOD | 1960 | Senegal | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Léopold Sédar Senghor | THE COLLECTED POETRY | 1991 | Senegal | M | French | Contemporary Fiction (verse) |
Mongane Wally Serote | THIRD WORLD EXPRESS | 1992 | South Africa | M | English | Contemporary Fiction (verse) |
Sony Lab'ou Tansi | LIFE AND A HALF | 1979 | DRC | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Aminata Sow Fall | THE BEGGARS STRIKE | 1979 | Senegal | F | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Wole Soyinka | DEATH AND THE KINGS HORSEMEN | 1975 | Nigeria | M | English | Contemporary Fiction (drama) |
Veronique Tadjo | MAMY WATA AND THE MONSTER | 1993 | Côte d'Ivoire | F | French | Childrens' Fiction |
U Tam'si Tchicaya | LE MAUVAIS SANG | 1955 | DRC | M | French | Contemporary Fiction (verse) [4] |
U Tam'si Tchicaya | FEU DE BROUSSE | 1957 | DRC | M | French | Contemporary Fiction (verse) [4] |
U Tam'si Tchicaya | A TRICHE-COEUR | 1960 | DRC | M | French | Contemporary Fiction (verse) [4] |
Amos Tutuola | THE PALM WINE DRINKARD | 1952 | Nigeria | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Yvonne Vera | BUTTERFLY BURNING | 2000 | Zimbabwe | F | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Jose Luandino Vieira | NOS OS DE MAKULUSU | 1974 | Angola | M | Portuguese | Contemporary Fiction |
B.W. Vilakazi | AMAL'eZULU - some translations in 'ZULU HORIZONS' | 1945 | South Africa | M | Zulu | Contemporary Fiction (verse) [8] |
wa Thiong'o Ngugi | DEVIL ON THE CROSS | 1982 | Kenya | M | Gikuyu | Contemporary Fiction |
wa Thiong'o Ngugi | A GRAIN OF WHEAT | 1967 | Kenya | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Kateb Yacine | NEDJMA | 1956 | Algeria | M | French | Contemporary Fiction |
Fables Bookshop Listing of the Non-Fiction titles from "Africa's 100 Best Books Of The 20th Century" | ||||||
Author | Title | Date | Country | M/F | Written | Genre |
Samir Amin | THE ORIGINS OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT - CAPTITALIST ACCUMULATION ON A WORLD SCALE | 1957 | Egypt | M | French | Non-Fiction (economics) [5] |
Ifi Amadiume | MALE DAUGHTERS, FEMALE HUSBANDS: GENDER AND SEX IN AN AFRICAN SOCIETY | 1987 | Nigeria | F | English | Non-Fiction (ethnography) |
Mario Pinto de Andrade | OS NACIONALISMOS AFRICANOS | Angola | M | Portuguese | Non-Fiction (philosophical?) [6] | |
Kwame Anthony Appiah | IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE. AFRICA IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE | 1992 | Ghana | M | English | Contemporary Fiction |
Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral | UNITY AND STRUGGLE | 1979 | Guineu-Bissau | M | ?? | Non-Fiction (political) |
Joseph Ephraim Casely-Hayford (later Ekra-Agiman) | ETHIOPIA UNBOUND: STUDIES IN RACE EMANCIPATION | 1911 | Ghana | M | English | Non-Fiction (fictional philosophical debate) [7] |
Rocha Chimera | KISWAHILI, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE HORIZONS | 1997 | Kenya | M | English | Non-Fiction (Swahili language) |
Cheik Anta Diop | THE AFRICAN ORIGIN OF CIVILISATION - MYTH OR REALITY | 1966 | Senegal | M | French | Non-Fiction (anthropology) |
Efu Doorkenoo | CUTTING THE ROSE: FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION | 1996 | Ghana | F | English | Non-Fiction (feminism) |
Paulin J. Hountonji | AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY: MYTH OR REALITY | 1976 | Benin | M | French | Non-Fiction (philosophy) |
Samuel Johnson | THE HISTORY OF THE YORUBAS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE BEGINNING OF THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE | 1921 | Nigeria | M | English | Non-Fiction (history) |
Jomo Kenyatta | FACING MOUNT KENYA | 1938 | Kenya | M | English | Non-Fiction (anthropology) |
Joseph Ki-Zerbo | HISTOIRE DE L'AFRIQUE NOIRE | 1972 | Burkina Faso | M | French | Non-Fiction (history)[8] |
Antjie Krog | COUNTRY OF MY SKULL | 1998 | South Africa | F | English | Non-Fiction (reportage) |
Amina Mama | BEYOND THE MASKS. RACE, GENDER AND SUBJECTIVITY | 1995 | Nigeria | F | English | Non-Fiction (psychology) |
Mahmood Mamdani | CITIZENS AND SUBJECT: CONTEMPORARY AFRICA AND THE LEGACY OF LATE COLONIALISM | 1996 | Uganda | M | English | Non-Fiction (politics) |
Nelson Mandela | LONG WALK TO FREEDOM | 1995 | South Africa | M | English | Non-Fiction (autobiography) |
Eugene Marais | THE SOUL OF THE WHITE ANT | 1925 | South Africa | M | Afrikaans | Non-Fiction (natural history) |
Albert Memmi | THE COLONISER AND THE COLONISED | 1957 | Tunisia | M | French | Non-Fiction (politics) |
Eduardo Mondlane | THE STRUGGLE FOR MOZAMBIQUE | 1969 | Mozambique | M | English | non-Fiction (politics) |
Ezekiel (Es'kia) Mphahlele | DOWN SECOND AVENUE | 1959 | South African | M | English | Non-Fiction (autobiography) |
V.Y.Mudimbe | THE INVENTION OF AFRICA: GNOSIS, PHILOSOPHY AND THE ORDER OF KNOWLEDGE | 1988 | DR Congo | M | English | Non-Fiction |
Kwame Nkrumah | GHANA: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF KWAME NKRUMAH | 1957 | Ghana | M | English | Non-Fiction (autobiography) |
Sol Plaatje | NATIVE LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA | 1914 | South Africa | M | English | Non-Fiction |
Wole Soyinka | AKE: THE YEARS OF CHILDHOOD | 1981 | Nigeria | M | English | Non-Fiction (autobiography) |
Charles Van Onselen | THE SEED IS MINE. THE LIFE OF KAS MAINE A SOUTH AFRICAN SHARECROPPER 1894-1985 | 1996 | South Africa | M | English | Non-Fiction (a social history) |
[1] no Wikipedia page
[2] not an English title
[3] not listed on Wikipedia bibliography or incorrect entry
[4] three collections written at different times but published as one
[5] retitled "The structural effects of the international integration
of precapitalist economies. A theoretical study of the mechanism which creates
so-called underdeveloped economies."
[6] totally unable to find information. Wikipedia does not list
author/title, no source of information for this author or title can be found.
internet searches end in a welter of dead links & repeated copies of the 100
list. It is like the name was invented and the man never existed. help!
[7] actually this is fiction. despite the use of the literary device
of an Englishman and an African debating philosophical points, fiction is
fiction and this is no less fiction for being listed in the non-fiction
section.
[8] unable to determine any direct translation of this among a
plethora of similar English titles
[9]Malcolm & Friedman ZULU HORIZONS is subtitled 'The Vilakazi Poems
Rendered Into English. (Illus. Ernest Ullman)
Original listing of "Africa's 100 Best Books Of The 20th Century" | ||||||
Author | Country | Title | Publisher | |||
Literature for children | ||||||
**Asare, Meshack | Ghana | Sosu's Call | Sub-Saharan | |||
Al-Homi, Hayam Abbas | Egypt | Adventures of a Breadth | Atfalna | |||
Mungoshi, Charles | Zimbabwe | Stories from a Shona Childhood | Baobab Books | |||
Tadjo, Veronique | Côte d'Ivoire | Mamy Watta et le monstre | NEI | |||
Creative writing | ||||||
**Achebe, Chinua | Nigeria | Things Fall Apart | Heinemann | |||
Achebe, Chinua | Nigeria | Arrow of God | Heinemann | |||
Aidoo, Ama Ata | Ghana | Anowa | Longman | |||
Al Ghitani, Gamal | Egypt | Zayni Barakat | GEBO | |||
Almeida, Germano de | Cape Verde | O testamento do Sr. Nepomuceno da Silva Araujo Ed. | Ed. Caminho | |||
Armah, Ayi Kwei | Ghana | The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born | Heinemann | |||
Bâ, Amadou Hampâté | Mali | L'Étrange Destin de Wangrin | Union générale | |||
**Bâ, Mariama | Senegal | Une si longue lettre | NEA | |||
Ben Jelloun, Tahar | Morocco | La Nuit sacrée | Seuil | |||
Beti, Mongo | Cameroon | Le Pauvre Christ de Bomba | Presénce Africaine | |||
Brink, André | South Africa | A Dry White Season | Penguin | |||
Bugul, Ken | Senegal | Riwan | Presénce Africaine | |||
Cheney-Coker, Syl | Sierra Leona | The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar | Heinemann | |||
Chraïbi, Driss | Morocco | Le Passé Simple | Gallimard | |||
Coetzee, J.M | South Africa | Life and Times of Michael K | Secker & Warburg | |||
**Couto, Mia | Mozambique | Terra Sonâmbula | Ed. Caminho | |||
Craveirinha, José | Mozambique | Karingana ua Karingana | Academica | |||
Dadié, Bernard | Côte d'Ivoire | Climbié | Editions Segiers | |||
**Dangarembga, Tsitsi | Zimbabwe | Nervous Conditions | Women's Press | |||
Dib, Mohammed | Algeria | La Grande maison, l'incendie, le métier à tisser | Le Seuil | |||
Diop, Birago | Senegal | Les Contes d' Amadou Koumba | Presénce Africaine | |||
Diop, Boubacar Boris | Senegal | Murambi ou le livre des ossements | Stock | |||
**Djebar, Assia | Algeria | L'Amour la Fantaisie | J. C. Lattes | |||
El Adnoody, Abdell Rahman | Egypt | Death on the Asphalt | Atlas | |||
El Saadawi, Nawal | Egypt | Woman at Point Zero | Zed Books | |||
Emecheta, Buchi | Nigeria | The Joys of Motherhood | Alison and Busby | |||
Fagunwa, Daniel O. | Nigeria | Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmale | Nelson | |||
Farah, Nuruddin | Somalia | Maps | Pan Books | |||
Fugard, Athol | South Africa | The Blood Knot | Simondium | |||
Gordimer, Nadine | South Africa | Burgher's Daughter | Jonathan Cape | |||
Head, Bessie | South Africa | A Question Of Power | Heinemann | |||
Honwana, Luis Bernardo | Mozambique | Nós Matámos o Cão-Tinhoso | Academica | |||
Hova, Chenjerai | Zimbabwe | Bones | Baobab Books | |||
Isegawa, Moses | Uganda | Abessijnse Kronieken | Uitgeverij De Bezige | |||
Jordan, Archibald Campbell | South Africa | Ingqumbo yeminyanya | Lovedale Press | |||
Joubert, Elsa | South Africa | Die Swerdjare van Poppie Nongena | Tafelberg | |||
Kane, Cheikh Hamidou | Senegal | L'aventure ambiguë | Editions Juillard | |||
Kossa, Ungulani ba ka | Mozambique | Ualalapi | AEMO | |||
Kourouma, Ahmadou | Côte d'Ivoire | Les Soleils des indépendances | Le Seuil | |||
Laye, Camara | Guinea | L'Enfant noir | Plon | |||
Magona, Sindiwe | South Africa | Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night | David Philip | |||
**Mahfouz, Naguib | Egypt | The Cairo Trilogy | Marktabet Misr | |||
Marechera, Dambuzo | Zimbabwe | House of Hunger | Heinemann | |||
**Mofolo, Thomas | Lesotho | Chaka | Morija Sesuto | |||
Monenembo, Tierno | Guinea | Un Attieke pour Elgass | Le Seuil | |||
Mutwa, Vusamazulu Credo | South Africa | Indaba, My Children | Blue Crane Books | |||
Niane, Djibril Tamsir | Senegal | Soundjata ou l'épopée mandingue | Présence Africaine | |||
Nyembezi, Sibusiso | South Africa | Inkinnsela yaseMgungundlovu | Shuter and Shooter | |||
Okigbo, Christopher | Nigeria | Labyrinths | Heinemann | |||
Okri, Ben | Nigerai | The Famished Road | Spectrum Books | |||
Oyono, Ferdinand | Cameroon | Le Vieux nègre et la médaille | Editions Juillard | |||
Paton, Alan | South Africa | Cry the Beloved Country | Cape | |||
P'Bitek, Okot | Uganda | Songs of Lawino | Heinemann | |||
Pepetela | Angola | A Geraçao da Utopia | Dom Quixote | |||
Salih, el Tayeb | Sudan | Season of Migration to the North | Heinemann | |||
Sassine, Williams | Guinea | Le Jeune homme de sable | Presénce Africaine | |||
Sembene, Ousmane | Senegal | Les Bouts de bois de Dieu | Le livre Contemporain | |||
**Senghor, Léopold Sédar | Senegal | Oeuvre Poétique | Le Seuil | |||
Serote, Mongane | South Africa | Third World Express | David Philip | |||
Shaaban, Robert Bin | Tanzania | Utenzi wa vita vya uhuru | East African Lit. Bureau | |||
Sony Labou Tansi | DR Congo | La Vie et demie | Seuil | |||
Sow Fall, Aminata | Senegal | La Grève des Battus | NEA | |||
Sonyika, Wole | Nigeria | Death and the King's Horsemen | Spectrum | |||
Tchicaya, U Tam'si | DR Congo | Le Mauvais Sang, Feu de Brousse, A Triche-Coeur P.J. Swald | ||||
Vilakazi, B.W. | South Africa | Amal'eZulu | Witwatersrand Univ. Press | |||
Tutuola, Amos | Nigeria | The Palm-wine Drinkard | Faber | |||
Vera, Yvonne | Zimbabwe | Butterfly Burning | Baobab Books | |||
Vieira, Luandino | Angola | Nos os de Makulusu | ||||
Ngugi wa Thiongo'o | Kenya | Caitaani Mutharaba-ini | Heinemann | |||
**Ngugi wa Thiong'o | Kenya | A Grain of Wheat | Heinemann | |||
Yacine, Kateb | Algeria | Nedjma | Le Seuil | |||
Scholarship/non-fiction | ||||||
Amin, Samir | Egypt | Accumulation on a World Scale | Monthly Review Press | |||
Amadiume, Ifi | Nigeria | Male Daughters, Female Husbands | Zed Books | |||
Andrade, Mario de | Angola | Os Nascionalismos Africanos | Sa Da Costa | |||
Appiah, Anthony | Ghana | In My Father's House | Oxford University Press | |||
Cabral, Amilcar | Guinea-Bissau | Unity and Struggle | Monthly Review Press | |||
Casely-Hayford, J.E | Ghana | Ethiopia Unbound | Cass | |||
Chimera, Rocha | Kenya | Kiswahili, Past, Present and future Horizons | Nairobi Univ. Press | |||
**Diop, Cheikh Anta | Senegal | Antériorité des civilisations nègres | Présence Africaine | |||
Doorkenoo, Efua | Ghana | Cutting the Rose | Minority Rights Group | |||
Hountondji, Paulin | Benin | Sur la Philosophie Africaine | Maspero | |||
Johnson, Samuel | Nigeria | The History of the Yorubas | Routledge | |||
Kenyatta, Jomo | Kenya | Facing Mount Kenya | Maspero | |||
Ki-Zerbo, Joseph | Burkina Faso | Histoire de l'e Afrique noire | Akademie Kiado | |||
Krog, Antjie | South Africa | Country of My Skull | Jonathan Cape | |||
Mama, Amina | Nigeria | Beyond the Mask, Race, Gender and Identity | Routledge | |||
Mamdani, Mahmood | Uganda | Citizen and Subject | James Currey | |||
Mandela, Nelson | South Africa | Long Walk to Freedom | Little Brown | |||
Marais, Eugene | South Africa | Die Siel Van die Mier | J.L van Schaik | |||
Memmi. Albert | Tunisia | Portrait du Colonisé précédé du Portrait du colonisateur | L'Etincelle | |||
Mondlane, Eduardo | Mozambique | The Struggle for Mozambique | Penguin | |||
Mpahlele, Ezekiel | South Africa | Down Second Avenue | Faber & Faber | |||
Mudimbe, V. Y. | DR Congo | The Invention of Africa | Indiana University Press | |||
Nkrumah, Kwame | Ghana | Ghana: Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah | Nelson | |||
Plaatje, Sol | South Africa | Native Life In South Africa | P.S. King | |||
**Soyinka, Wole | Nigeria | Ake: The Years of Childhood | Rex Collins | |||
Van Onselen, Charles | South Africa | The Seed is Mine | David Philip |