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The Shadow King – Maaza Mengiste – Ethiopia

Spotlights the perspectives of women during the Italian war in Ethiopia  …

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The Memory Of Love – Aminatta Forna – Sierra Leone

A story about friendship, love and civil war …

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The Mournable Body – Tsitsi Dangarembga – Zimbabwe

About women’s despair in post-independence Zimbabwe …

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We Need New Names – Noviolet Bulawayo – Zimbabwe

A story of a woman’s experience leaving Africa as child and emigrating to the USA …

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Half A Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie– Nigeria

A story set against the backdrop of the Biafran War  …

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A Spell Of Good Things – Ayobami Adebayo – Nigeria

About inequality, power and politics in Nigeria  …

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So Long A Letter – Mariama Bâ – Senegal

A story about the condition of women in Western African society  …

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The Belly Of The Atlantic (Le Vente De L’atalantique) Fatou Diome –Senegal

Depicts the dreams of emigration of young Senegalese people to France …

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Dead Aid – Dambisa Moyo – Zambia

About how foreign aid impoverishes Africa & alternative solutions for financing development …

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The Scattering – Lauri Kubitsile – Botswana

About the displacement of families during colonial rule in South West Africa  …

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