Recs if you like Passage of Tears...
What do you know about Africa?
“Take the map of Africa, place Europe and America together and there's still room left. Why be a sunflower and turn toward the sun? I myself am the sun!” - Ousmane Sembène
1-3 books (mostly fiction, some nonfiction) from or about each of the 54 countries in the African continent. Listed by country from Algeria to Zimbabwe. (Unfortunately, no books for Niger included). The first book listed is a book by a Kenyan writer that encompasses why this list exists.
reading around the world: africa
Around the World in Fiction
Read Around The World - Africa
Trying to read one author from every country in Africa (choice of authors based on personal preference and chosen from https://readaroundtheworldchallenge.com/ and https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/thelist/). Countries listed in descending order from A to Z.
Set in Djibouti
Fiction Books set in Djibouti
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