Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th century


Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century is the most ambitious project ever embarked on by the African publishing industry. To encourage African writers and publishers, the Zimbabwe International Book Fair launched the international compilation of "Africa's 100 Best Books" . read more

This page lists the holdings of the 'Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century' that the African Union Library has in its collection. Each title is linked to the library catalogue with bibliographic detail and cover page of the respective book.

The list is also available by country, language and type - please refer to it at the end of the page

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A couple of book covers

      41. Le jeune homme de sable: roman - Sassine, Williams - Language (French)
      42. Le Mauvais Sang, suivi de Feu de Brousse et A triche-Coeur - Tchichaya U Tam'si - Language (French)
      43. Le métier à tisser - Dib, Mohammed - Language (French)
      44. Le passé simple - Chraibi, Driss - Language (French)
      45. Le pauvre Christ de Bomba - Beti, Mongo - Language (French)
      46. Le vieux nègre et la médaille - Oyono, Ferdinand - Language (French)
      47. Leopold Sédar Senghor: The collected poetry - Senghor, Leopold Sédar - Language (English)
      48. Les contes d'Amadou Koumba - Diop, Birago - Language (French)
      49. Life & Times of Michael K - Coetzee, J. M. - Language (English)
      50. Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night - Magona, Sindiwe - Language (English)
      51. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela - Mandela, Nelson - Language (English)
      52. Longer Poems - Third World Express / Come and Hope with Me - Serote, Mongane - Language (English)
      53. Male daughters, female husbands : Gender and sex in African society - Amadiume, Ifi - Language (English)
      54. Mamy Wata and the Monster - Tadjo, Véronique - Language (English), (French)
      55. Maps: A Novel - Farah, Nuruddin - Language (English)
      56. Murambi, le livre des ossements - Diop, Boubacar Boris - Language (French)
      57. Native Life in South Africa - Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho - Language (English)
      58. Nedjma: Roman - Yacine, Kateb - Language (French)
      59. Nervous conditions - Dangarembga, Tsitsi - Language (English)
      60. O Testamento do Sr. Napumoceno da Silva Araújo - Almeida, Germano - Language (Portuguese)