Great African Reads discussion

Though I did not get very far with this in 2021, I will give it another go, so this is my personal TBR takedown 2022. It is a mixture of new titles and old ones. It is also a mixture of prose, poetry, few non-fiction and graphic novels:


1 - Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo (July 2022)

2 - This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga

3 - In Dependence by Sarah Ladipo Manyika

4 - In the Company of Men by Véronique Tadjo

5 - ‘mamaseko by Thabile Makue (August 2022)

6 - One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina (May 2022)

7 - Sabbatical by Famia Nkansa

8 - The Blind Kingdom by Véronique Tadjo (re-read if I can find my copy)

9 - The Waiting by Martin Egblewogbe

10 - A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Feb 2022)

11 - I Know How to Fix Myself by Ashley Makue

12 - The Rabbi's Cat&The Rabbi's Cat 2 by Joann Sfar (March 2022)

13 - An Eternity in Tangiers by Titi Faustin (April 2022)

14 - Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela

15 - Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa

16 - Revolution of the Scavengers by Henneh Kyereh Kwaku

17 - So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ

18 - Hand aufs Herz by Leïla Slimani

19 - Manchester Happened by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

20 - Bird Summons by Leila Aboulela ( re-read) (Jan 2022)

21 - Queen Pokou by Véronique Tadjo (June 2022)

22 - Collective Amnesia by Koleka Putuma

23 - Die alte Dame in Marrakesch by Fouad Laroui

24 - Gray Latitude by Michelle K. Angwenyi

Additional titles:
Reading the Ceiling
The Ardent Swarm

Great list Orgeluse! Many titles that I need to explore further.

Thanks, Wim. I will try and report back.
Looking forward to your list!

Lots of new reading material in your list for me. I have read only This Mournable Body and So Long A Letter, and will most probably try to read some of Leila Aboulela early in the new year.

There are quite a few short poetry collections in there this year - I could not resist these collections called "New Generation African Poets" edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani.

I so far liked Aboulela's Lyrics Alley and Bird Summons, so I am curious about the short stories.

Good list, and I hope we both end up reading the books on both of our lists!

Of course - we'll do our very best as usual :))))

Great list! I really enjoyed One Day I Will Write About This Place and So Long a Letter.