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If I can share a few books I've really enjoyed:
So Long a Letter (1979) - Mariama Ba
The Old Drift (2019) - Namwali Serpell
Tekusat (ትኩሳት) (1997) - Sebhat Gebre-Egzhiaber
Things Fall Apart (1958) - Chinua Achebe
Patchwork (2011) - Ellen Banda-Aaku
The Wedding of Zein (1966) - Tayeb Salih
No worries, it is time for people to see that authors are everywhere on the planet, not just in one corner 😀 If you have more. Do not hesitate 😁
I love a picture book she wrote, called Brave Bora.
(CC childrens book about the nervousness of getting an injection at the doctors)
I recently read The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz and it was excellent.
Bryce Courtenay - The Power of One was my favourite.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor
I love Mia Couto books, he really can mesh the fantastic and the real very well. Give a read in Sleepwalking Land whenever you can!
