Great African Reads discussion

Our May/June 2024 read will be from Eastern Africa (as defined by the UN geoscheme)

Nominate great reads from any of these countries:
Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Try to keep nominations to one pr. person - and you're welcome to second someone else's nomination.

Our last choices from this region are not eligible in this round:
Maps by Nuruddin Farah
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai
The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga
Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah
The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy by Paulina Chiziane
(but the threads are open if you want to read and discuss those titles).

Authors! Please note: We to not allow selv-nomination - but if you are an author and would like to promote your book, please feel free to do so in this folder. Thank you for your understanding!

How about "The Flame Trees Of Thika" by Elspeth Huxley?

I'd like to nominate A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir from the Comores.

And note: Voting is coming up soon, so now is the time to add your nominations if you would like to nominate other books!

Poll is up and ready:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...