Comments on: Top Ten Best Books about Africa

By: GuestUser001

GuestUser001 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:36:15 +0000

Very intriguing list of books. Thanks to your post, I just ordered A Long Way Gone. And, I hope to read the rest in this list too.

By: Tom Norman

Tom Norman — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:43:21 +0000

My favorite written by Princess Zindaba

Tears of Africa Talakata

Excellent account of growing up sixth generation removed from Shaka Zulu, moving to Chicago and back to Africa.

Gripping touching personal account.

By: Devon

Devon — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:53:22 +0000

Emma’s War, by Deborah Scroggins.

By: Helga Schwarten

Helga Schwarten — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:49:08 +0000

Thanks Geoff, it is an amazing list of books….I feel the sudden urge, and great need, to read more. It is an inspiration.

By the way, Dave Eggers, author of “What is the What”, was a high school classmate of Courtney’s.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:51:38 +0000

Thanks Heidi – since the post, a few others have emailed with their favorites.

These are:

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun (Zimbabwe)
Poisonwood Bible (Congo)
A Bend in the River (Congo)
A Primate’s Memoir (Kenya)
The Caliph’s House (Morocco)
Dark Star Safari
My Traitor’s Heart (South Africa)
Patrice Lumumba: Africa’s Lost Leader (Congo)
The Coup
The White Nile

By: Heidi Otto

Heidi Otto — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:30:38 +0000

Excellent choices! With a shared passion for African stories, I have a couple of others on my top 10 list as well:

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. A great look into Somalia, Kenya and Saudi Arabia.

The Leopard Only Hunts in Darkness by by Wilbur Smith (fiction). A adventure in the 70′s through the heart of Zimbabwe.