Great African Reads discussion

I somehow never created a topic for this. So here is the summary version with two books left at this point.

Award Winning book: The Old Drift Completed 28 August 4 stars
From the Horn of Africa: The Orchard of Lost Souls Completed 15 August 5 stars
Regional Group Read: London - Cape Town - Joburg Completed 22 February 4 stars
Written in French: The Last Brother Completed 25 July 4 stars

Published 2010-2020: Lyrics Alley Completed 17 June 5 stars
Translated (Non-English / French): Tuisland Completed 16 January 4 stars
Free Choice: What Sunny Saw in the Flames Completed 18 July 4 stars
African Writers Series: A Grain of Wheat Completed 27 December 5 stars

Genre fiction: Sci-fi, Horror, Mystery: Losprys Completed 30 May 4 stars
Non-fiction: Cairo: My City, Our Revolution Completed 2 February 4 stars
50 African Women List: The Memory of Love Completed 24 January 5 stars
Published by small / indie press: The Score (Kwela an imprint of NB Books) Completed 24 August 3 stars

New author under 30:Homegoing Completed 29 October 2020 5 stars
Published 1970-80: No Sweetness Here and Other Stories
Female African Author: Awu's Story: A Novel Completed 26 August 4 stars
Theme: Migration / Displacement: The Gold Diggers Completed 23 July 4 stars

Thank you for participating in this year’s bingo challenge!

Would you like to see a new bingo challenge for 2021?
If so, please add any suggestions for categories / challenges / bingo squares ni this year’s bingo thread:
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It's a bit last minute, but I managed to complete the Bingo challenge with A Grain of Wheat. I read some lovely books for this challenge during the year.

Carolien wrote: "It's a bit last minute, but I managed to complete the Bingo challenge with A Grain of Wheat. I read some lovely books for this challenge during the year."

Congratulations!!!! You seem to really have had a lot of good reads this year! I will definitely come back to your list for inspiration :))