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

      61. Oeuvre poètique - Senghor, Leopold Sedar - Language (French)
      62. Portrait du colonisé/Portrait du colonisateur - Memmi, Albert - Language (French)
      63. Riwan ou le chemin de sable - Bugul, Ken - Language (French)
      64. Season of Migration of the North - Salih, Tayeb - Language (English)
      65. So long a letter - Ba, Mariama - Language (English)
      66. Song of lawino; song of ocol - P'Bitek, Okot - Language (English)
      67. SOSU' S call - Asare, Meshack - Language (English)
      68. Soundjata, ou l'épopée mandingue - Niane, Djibril Tamsir - Language (French)
      69. Stories from a Shona Childhood - Mungoshi, Charles - Language (English)
      70. Terra Sonâmbula: romance - Couto, Mia - Language (Portuguese)
      71. The African Origin of Civilization Myth - Diop, Cheik Anta - Language (English)
      72. The Beautiful ones are not yet born: A novel - ARMAH, Ayi Kwei - Language (English)
      73. The Cairo trilogy - Mahfuz, Najib - Language (English)
      74. The colonizer and the colonized - Memmi, Albert - Language (English)
      75. The Dark Child - Laye, Camara - Language (English)
      76. The dilemma of a ghost and Anowa - Aidoo, Ama Ata - Language (English)
      77. The famished road - Okrim Ben - Language (English)
      78. The fortunes of Wangrin - Bâ, Amadou Hampaté - Language (English)
      79. The history of Yorubas - Johnson, Samuel, Rev. - Language (English)
      80. The House of Hunger - Marechera, Dambudzo - Language (English)