Great African Reads discussion

Bingos are always fun! =D I probably won’t complete the whole board but I’ll see how many I can do! Potential reads listed below, crossed out when finished:

1) New-to-you Country Currently reading:
The Radiance of the King by Camara Laye (Guinea)

2) Recent (2019-21) Possibilities:
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (Zambia)
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste (Ethiopia)

3) African Island Possibilities:
The Madwoman of Serrano by Dina Salústio (Cabo Verde)
A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir (Comoros)
Beyond the Rice Fields by Naivo (Madagascar)
Eve out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi (Mauritius)
Voices: Short stories from the Seychelles Islands (United Kingdom, Seychelles)

4) Diaspora Author Possibilities:
Adua by Igiaba Scego (Somalia, Italy)
Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye (Senegal, France)

5) Short Stories Planned:
Fairytales for Lost Children by Diriye Osman (Somalia, United Kingdom)

6) Spanish or Portuguese Possibilities:
Neighbours: The Story of a Murder by Lília Momplé (Mozambique)
The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy by Paulina Chiziane (Mozambique)

7) Free Choice Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (about the Democratic Republic of the Congo) (finished 28-Aug-21)

8) Published in the 1980’s Planned:
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe)

9) Theme: Family Possibilities:
Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Uganda)
Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (Kenya)

10) Poetry Planned:
Sacrament of Bodies by Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun (Nigeria)

11) Africa39 Author Possibilities:
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)
House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (Zimbabwe)

12) Debut Novel Planned:
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)

13) Non-Diaspora Author Planned:
A Question of Power by Bessie Head (Botswana)

14) Group Read His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie (Ghana) (finished 08-Jul-21)

15) Nonfiction Planned:
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild (about the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Dreams in a Time of War by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Kenya)

16) Prize Winner Planned:
Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz (Nobel laureate) (Egypt)