African Authors: Selected Titles

As the Crow Flies
Tadjo, Veronique (Ivory Coast) | Heinemann | FIC T
The power of love and commitment to self and society.
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Butterfly Burning
Vera, Yvonne (Zimbabwe) | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | FIC V
A woman's struggle for control of her identity.
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The Cardinals
Head, Bessie (South Africa/Botswana) | Heinemann | FIC H
How a woman who loves books manages life under apartheid.
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Changes
Aidoo, Ama Ata (Ghana) | Feminist Press at CUNY | FIC A
Multiple marriage is just one of the struggles of a modern woman in traditional Ghana.
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Chirundu
Mphahlele, Ezekiel (South Africa) | Laurence Hill & Co. | FIC M
The conflict between traditional African values and those of the colonial rulers.
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The Famished Road
Okri, Ben (Nigeria) | Knopf Books | FIC O
1991 Booker Prize winner chronicles daily life in a small African community.
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Girls at War: And Other Stories
Achebe, Chinua (Nigeria) | Doubleday | FIC A
An insider's look at a Nigerian village and the characters that inhabit it.
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God's Bits of Wood
Ousmane, Sembene (Senegal) | Heinemann | FIC O
The 1947-48 Dakar-Nigeria railway strikers tell their story.
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Mother to Mother
Magona, Sindiwe (South Africa) | Beacon Press | FIC M
The mother of a killer speaks out to the mother of the victim.
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The Naked Song and Other Stories
Langa, Mandla (South Africa) | Lynne Rienner Publishers | FIC L
Riveting tales of everyday life.
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Petals of Blood
Thiong'o, Ngugi wa (Kenya) | Penguin Putnam | FIC N
A mystery revolving around three murder victims and four suspects.
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The Radiance of the King
Laye, Camara (Guinea) | New York Review Books | FIC C
A Frenchman's adventures in colonial Africa transform him.
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Under African Skies: Modern African Stories
Larson, Charles R., ed. | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 808.831 U
Twenty-seven modern African short stories, selected by a scholar and passionate lover of African literature. This book provides a fine introduction to African authors for the general reader.
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Prepared by the Booklist Committee of the Office of Community Outreach Services, The New York Public Library.

Brigid Cahalan, Yolanda Bonitez, Primary Selectors, Ismael Alicea, Susan Gitman, Alexandra Gomez.

Partially supported by the New York State Coordinated Outreach Services Grant.