African Authors

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            Fiction (Shelved Alphabetically by author's last name in the fiction section)
            Non-Fiction (Shelved by call number in the main stacks)
            Paperback (Shelved on the rack in the middle of the reading room)


Abrahams, Peter 

    Fiction
    Mine Boy

    Non-Fiction
   
Tell Freedom  928 A159pt 

Achebe, Chinua 

    Fiction
    Arrow of God
   
A Man of the People
   
No Longer at Ease
   
Things Fall Apart

    Non-Fiction
   
Hopes and Impediments 809 A177h
    The Trouble with Nigeria
966.905 A177t
   
Home and Exile 823.914 A177h

Aidoo, Ama Ata

    Fiction
   
No Sweetness Here 

Ajayi, Tolu 

    Fiction
   
The Year

Aluko, T.M.

    Fiction
   
Chief the Honourable Minister
   
Kinsman and Foreman
   
One Man, One Matchet
    One Man, One Wife 

Armah, Ayi Kwei

    Fiction
   
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
   
Fragments  

Beti, Mongo

    Fiction
   
Mission to Kala

Camara, Laye 

    Non-Fiction
    The Dark Child 920 L427cd

Césaire, Aimé

    Non-Fiction
   
Lyric and Dramatic Poetry, 1946-1982 841 C4211

Coetzee, J.M.

    Fiction
   
Age of Iron
   
Life and Times of Michael K

    Non-Fiction
   
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life 928 C673jb

de Graft, J.C.

    Fiction
    Muntu 896 D321m

Ekwensi, Cyprian

    Fiction
   
Beautiful Feathers
   
Burning Grass
   
Iska
   
Jagua Nana
    Lokotown and Other Stories
   
People of the City
    Restless City and Christmas Gold
   
Survive the Peace  

Fanon, Frantz 

    Non-Fiction
   
Black Skin, White Masks 305.8 F214b

Fugard, Athol

    Non-Fiction
   
A Lesson from Aloes 822.914 F9571
   
"Master Harold"...and the Boys 812.54 F957m
    My Children! My Africa! 822 F957m
    The Road to Mecca 822.914 F957r
   
Valley Song 822 F957v

Gordimer, Nadine

    Fiction
   
Burger's Daughter
   
Crimes of Conscience
   
Friday's Footprints
   
A Guest of Honour
   
July's People
   
My Son's Story
   
A Soldier's Embrace
   
Something Out There
   
A Sport of Nature

    Non-Fiction
   
The Essential Gesture 928 G661nc
   
Writing and Being 809.04 G61w

Kenyatta, Jomo

    Non-Fiction
   
Facing Mount Kenya 306.0899676 K37f

Maran, Rene

    Fiction
    Batuoala: A True Black Novel 

Mphahlele, Ezekiel

    Fiction
   
Chirundu

    Non-Fiction
   
The African Image 306.096 M939a
   
Afrika My Music 928 M939a
    Down Second Avenue
920 M939ed
    Modern African Stories 808.83 M689

Ngugi, wa Thiong'o (James)

    Fiction
    A Grain of Wheat
   
Matigari
   
Petals of Blood
   
Weep Not, Child

    Non-Fiction
   
Detained 928 N576d

Ogot, Grace 

    Fiction
   
Land Without Thunder

Paton, Alan 

    Fiction
   
Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful
   
Cry, The Beloved Country
   
Tales from a Troubled Land
    Too Late the Phalarope
    For You Departed
   
Knocking on the Door

    Non-Fiction
   
Hope for South Africa 968 P31h
   
Instrument of Thy Peace 242 P31i
   
Journey Continued 928 P312aj6
   
The Land and People of South Africa 916.8 P311
   
The Long View 305.8 P3121
   
Save the Beloved Country 305.8 P312s
    South Africa in Transition 916.8 P31s
   
Towards the Mountain 920 P312at6

Senghor, Léopold

    Non-Fiction
   
Collected Poetry 841 S476c

Soyinka, Wole

    Non-Fiction
   
Death and the King's Horseman 896.32 S731d
   
Myth, Literature, and the African World 896 S731m
   
Aké : The Years of Childhood 928 S731wa

Smith, Alexander McCall

             Paperback
             The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Tutuola, Amos

    Fiction
   
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
   
The Palm-Wine Drinkard...


Created:  June 11, 2003. 
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