Literary fiction, historical fiction, memoirs, and/or poetry by queer authors from nations in Africa, set in the nation. Not every nation is represented yet—I'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 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; Collective Amnesia Zimbabwe: The Hairdresser of Harare
(*) diaspora author
created by wienn
last updated August, 2026
a much needed list, thank you! (edited typo)
Oh wow, what a lovely list!!
oh this is a fantastic list! saving for future yoinks 🤩
This is an awesome list!