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

      82. The Joys of Motherhood - Emecheta, Buchi - Language (English)
      83. The long journey of Poppie Mongena - Joubert, Elsa - Language (English)
      84. The old man and the medal - Oyono - Language (English)
      85. The Palm-Wine Drinkard - Tutoula, Amos - Language (English)
      86. The sacred night - Ben Jelloun, Tahar - Language (English)
      88. The soul of the white Ant - Marias, Eugène - Language (English)
      89. The Suns of Independence - Kourouma, Ahmadou - Language (English)
      90. Things fall apart - Achebe, Chinua - Language (English)
      91. Ualalapi - Ba Ka Khosa, Ungulani - Language (Portuguese)
      92. Un attiéké pour Elgass: roman - Monenembo, Tiemo - Language (French)
      93. Un long chemin vers la liberté - Mandela, Nelson - Language (French)
      94. Une si longue lettre - Ba Mariama - Language (French)
      95. We killed Mangy-Dog, & other stories - Honwana, Luis Bernardo - Language (English)
      96. Woman at point zero - El Saadamim, Namal - Language (English)
      97. Zani Barakat - Ghitany, Gamal - Language (French)