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

      1. Abyssinian chronicles - Isegawa, Moses - Language (English)
      2. A dry white season - Brink, Andé - Language (English)
      3. A geração da utopia - Romance - Pepetela - Language (Portuguese)
      4. A grain of wheat - Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Language (English)
      5. A question of power - Head, Bessie - Language (English)
      6. African Philosophy - Hountondji, Paluin J. - Language (English)
      7. Aké: Memoirs of a Nigerian childhood - Soyinka, Wole - Language (English)
      8. Ambigius Adventure - Kane, Cheikh Hamidou - Language (French)
      9. Arrow of God - Achebe, Chinua - Language (English)
      10. Beyond the masks: Race, gender, and subjectivity - Mama, Amina - Language (English)
      11. Blood knot, and other plays - Fugard, Athol - Language (English)
      12. Bones - Howem Chenjerai - Language (English)
      13. Burger's daughter - Gordimer, Nadine - Language (English)
      14. Butterfly burning - Vera, Yvonne - Language (English)
      15. Chaka - Mofolo, Thomas - Language (English)
      16. Citizen and subject: Contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism - Mamdani, Mahmood - Language (English)
      17. Climbie - DADIE, Bernard - Language (English)
      18. Country of my skull - Krog, Antjie - Language (English)
      19. Cry the beloved country - Paton, Alan - Language (English)
      20. Death and the king's horseman - Soyinka, Wole - Language (English)