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I made a mistake above when i entered the info for Chad. I had also read, on my own, Teenager in the Chad Civil War: A Memoir of Survival, 1982-1986. i also read Cameroon with Egbert for Cameroon.
I also read Dark Age: The Political Odyssey of Emperor Bokassa for Central African Republic.
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The Last Summer of Reason: A Novel by Tahar Djaout - Join the discussion
December 2008, Angola:
Mayombe by Pepetela - Join the discussion
January 2009, Benin:
Agotime: Her Legend by Judith I. Gleason - Join the discussion
February 2009, Botswana:
When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head - Join the discussion
March 2009, Burkina Faso:
Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman by Malidoma Patrice Some - Join the discussion (turned out to be kind of a dud, sadly)
April 2009, Burundi:
This Voice in My Heart: A Runner's Memoir of Genocide, Faith, and Forgiveness by Gilbert Tuhabonye - Join the discussion
May - June 2009, Cameroon:
Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono - Join the discussion
and Dog Days: An Animal Chronicle by Alain Patrice Nganang - Join the discussion
July - August 2009, Cape Verde:
Ring of the Slave Prince by Bjarne Reuter - Join the discussion
and The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida - Join the discussion
September - October 2009, Central African Republic:
Batouala by Rene Maran - Join the discussion
November - December 2009, Chad:
Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid
Not sure if we had a dedicated discussion thread for this book; I will continue searching for it. In the meantime, there is this discussion
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A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth - Join the discussion
March - April 2010, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror & Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild - Join the discussion (one of our best!)
May - June 2010, Republic of the Congo:
African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou - Join the discussion
July - August 2010, Djibouti:
The Land Without Shadows by Abdourahman Waberi - Join the discussion
September - October 2010, Egypt:
Woman At Point Zero by Nawal al-Sadawi - Join the discussion
November - December 2010, Equatorial Guinea:
Shadows of Your Black Memory by Donato Ndongo
and Tropical Gangsters One Man's Experience With Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa by Robert Klitgaard
January - February 2011, Eritrea:
I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation by Michela Wrong
and Three Eritrean Plays
March-April 2011, Ethiopia: There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
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July-August 2011, Gambia: Reading the Ceiling - Join the discussion
September-October 2011, Ghana: AMA - Join the discussion
and The Prophet of Zongo Street: Stories - Join the discussion
November-December 2011, Guinea: The Radiance of the King - Join the discussion
January-February 2012, Guinea-Bissau: Free-for-all.
See this thread for reading selections.
March-April 2012, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) Aya by Marguerite Abouet - Join the discussion
May-June 2012, Kenya: Unbowed - Join the discussion
July-August 2012, Lesotho: Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman - Join the discussion
September-October 2012, Liberia: This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President - Join the discussion
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The Last Summer of Reason: A Novel by Tahar Djaout
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December 2008, Angola:
Mayombe by Pepetela
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January 2009, Benin:
Agotime: Her Legend by Judith I. Gleason
Join the discussion
February 2009, Botswana:
When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head
Join the discussion
March 2009, Burkina Faso:
Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman by Malidoma Patrice Some
Join the discussion (turned out to be kind of a dud, sadly)
April 2009, Burundi:
This Voice in My Heart: A Runner's Memoir of Genocide, Faith, and Forgiveness by Gilbert Tuhabonye
Join the discussion
May - June 2009, Cameroon:
Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono
Join the discussion
and
Dog Days: An Animal Chronicle by Alain Patrice Nganang
Join the discussion
July - August 2009, Cape Verde:
Ring of the Slave Prince by Bjarne Reuter
Join the discussion
and
The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida
Join the discussion
September - October 2009, Central African Republic:
Batouala by Rene Maran
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November - December 2009, Chad:
Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid
Not sure if we had a dedicated discussion thread for this book; I will continue searching for it. In the meantime, there is Aya
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May-June 2012, Kenya: Unbowed
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July-August 2012, Lesotho: Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman
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September-October 2012, Liberia: This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
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