Good Reads by African Authors

Start the new year with good reads by some of Africa's most famous writers!

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba

The Famished Road by Ben Okri

Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo

They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, and Benjamin Ajak with Judy A. Bernstein

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane