The Desert and the Drum
By: Mbarek Ould Beyrouk
3.88
Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition
The Desert and the Drum is the first novel ever to be translated into English from Mauritania. It w…
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1. The Tale of Aypi
By: Ak Welsapar
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ingenting ar som vanligt i den lilla fiskebyn vid Kaspiska havets kust. Myndigheterna har forbjudit… read more
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- the world
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2. Chaka
By: Thomas Mofolo , Daniel P. Kunene
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Tells the classic story of the Zulu hero Chaka. read more
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- africa
- african literature
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3. The Radiance of the King
By: James Kirkup , Camara Laye
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
At the beginning of this masterpiece of African literature, Clarence, a white man, has been shipwre… read more
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4. A Small Place
By: Jamaica Kincaid
4.02
Format: None pages,
Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, A Small Placemagnifies our vision of one small place with Swifti… read more
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5. So Long a Letter
By: Mariama Bâ , Modupé Bodé-Thomas
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her strugg… read more
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- africa
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6. Tales of the Tikongs
By: Epeli Hauʻofa , None
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
Tiko, a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, faces a tidal wave of D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T, which threat… read more
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7. Jamilia
By: Chingiz Aitmatov , James Riordan
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Jamilia is the first major novel by Chingiz Aytmatov, published originally in Russian in 1958. The … read more
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8. The Magic Gourd
By: Baba Wagué Diakité
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Coretta Scott King Honor author/artist Baba Wague Diakite tells a tale from Mali about a magic gour… read more
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9. Petit pays
By: Gaël Faye
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Avant, Gabriel faisait les quatre cents coups avec ses copains dans leur coin de paradis. Et puis l… read more
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10. The Meursault Investigation
By: John Cullen , Kamel Daoud
3.00
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
He was the brother of "the Arab" killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus's classic … read more
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11. The Ultimate Tragedy
By: Jethro Soutar , None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first novel to be translated into English from Guinea Bissau, The Ultimate Tragedy is a tale of… read more
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12. Om udregning af rumfang I
By: Solvej Balle
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
''Om udregning af rumfang I'' er første del af Solvej Balles roman i syv dele, der hører til i genr… read more
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13. The Desert and the Drum
By: Mbarek Ould Beyrouk
3.88
Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition
The Desert and the Drum is the first novel ever to be translated into English from Mauritania. It w… read more
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- historical fiction
- contemporary
- african literature
- adult
14. Night Boat to Tangier
By: Kevin Barry
3.62
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging … read more
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"Would you say there's any end in sight, Charlie?"-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier
"The Past is uncertain, mobile. It shifts and rearranges back there yet."-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier
"When we move by water, our hearts are moved. We are complicated fucking machines."-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier
"A troubled silence descends—the old times are shifting again; they are rearranging like fault lines. The past will not relent."-Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier
15. Iep Jaltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter (Volume 80) (Sun Tracks)
By: Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
4.50
Format: 81 pages, Paperback
As the seas rise, the fight intensifies to save the Pacific Ocean’s Marshall Islands from being dev… read more
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16. She Would Be King
By: Wayétu Moore
4.00
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history—a dazzling retelling of Liberia’s forma… read more
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"Loneliness while in the presence of others is a most cruel kind"-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"This was his mother. This was his poetic lo e, whose fallen shadow broke his spirit as he sprinted with the wind. She was gone."-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"How can you leave me?' Maisy had said one night. 'You are my sister now. My flesh. Flesh cannot leave you.' At which Gbessa almost lost her breath. The kindness, the newness, stunned her."-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
"We did not have books on Emerson. That place where we lost our language, lost ourselves. They told us we had no history but darkness, so they kept the books away for fear we might understand the trut…"-Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King
17. In the Company of Men
By: Véronique Tadjo
3.84
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Drawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant, timely f… read more
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18. Co-wives, Co-widows
By: Adrienne Yabouza
3.87
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Bangui, Central African Republic. This is the story of Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou, the two widows … read more
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19. Dhon Hiyala aai Alifulhu
By: Abdoulla Sadiq
3.16
Format: None pages, None
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20. Silence Is My Mother Tongue
By: Sulaiman Addonia
3.82
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 'Gripping and courageous' – Guardian 'Br… read more
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"First we root our sensibility in the camp, and with each seed sown a bit of that fear is stripped off."-Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue
"I didn't choose for my job to be a secret, Nasnet said. It's ironic, though. Society makes it so and then they try to oust you and ostracize you for the secret they have demanded and imposed in the f…"-Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue
21. Masquerade
By: O.O. Sangoyomi
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more
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