In honor of Black History Month, Professor and Reference/Instruction Librarian Wilma Jones of CUNY College of Staten Island put together a list of award-winning books set in Africa. Jones curated the list of 40+ books spanning the continent from Mali to Egypt and Nigeria to Zimbabwe.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Nigeria
Woman At Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt
A Question of Power by Bessie Head, South Africa/Botswana
Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela, Sudan
Sweet and Sour Milk by Nuruddin Farah, Somali
Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana
God’s Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembeńe, Senegal/Mali
The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola, Nigeria
A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul, Congo
Oil On Water by Helon Habila, Nigeria
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste, Ethiopia
Without a Name and Under the Tongue by Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwe
To view the complete list, visit www.library.csi.cuny.edu/africanlit
