Reading the Queer World: Africa
Literary fiction, historical fiction, memoirs, and/or poetry by queer authors from nations in Africa, set in the nation. Not every nation is represented yetβI'm still researching them! Keeping it at maximum 3 books per nation.
Cameroon: These Letters End in Tears Egypt: Shubeik Lubeik; In the Spider's Room Equatorial Guinea: La Bastarda Ethiopia: The History of a Difficult Child Ghana: No One Dies Yet; Before We Hit the Ground* Kenya: Stories of our Lives; For What are Butterflies Without Their Wings Morocco: Infidels Nigeria: Under the Udala Trees; Butter Honey Pig Bread; An Ordinary Wonder Somalia: Fairytales for Lost Children South Africa: They Called Me Queer; A Soft Landing; The Quiet Violence of Dreams Uganda: Everything is Fine Here Zambia: The Lions' Den Zimbabwe: The Hairdresser of Harare
(*) diaspora author
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African Literature
an engaging collection that captures the depth and diversity of African storytelling, blending tradition, history, and modern life through powerful voices.
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alphabet soup group
Books on my TBR with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.
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Set in Ghana
Fiction books set in Ghana
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Around the World in Books
Books Written by authors from countries outside the US. In a personal quest to read books from authors from around the world, so I thought I would start this list to help others!
Always adding more! Please leave suggestions!
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Reading around the world π
I wanna read more diverse books from all around the world. These are mostly books that play in the same country the author is from. This list is here to help you, if you have the same goal. π₯°
Recommendations are more than welcome. πββοΈ
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