Africa Reading List

As we have mentioned in previous posts, Graeme has had a lifelong interest in the continent of Africa.  Particularly, it’s history, exploration, peoples, culture,  and colonization.  His passion has only been fueled by our visits to this wonderfully diverse country.  I consider him our in-house expert.

Although I have read several of the books below, the bulk of the reading has been done by Graeme.  He often gives me a play-by-play of what he’s reading, so I feel as if I experienced many of them.  Some of our favorites are books by African voices about topics other than the continent.

If you have a book that we need to add to our list send us a message, we would love to read it.  And if you’ve read any of the ones on our list tell us what you thought.

Enjoy!

Books We’ve Read

• The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley
• The Lioness of Morocco by Julia Drosten
• Into Africa:  The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone by Martin Dugard
• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
• You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emery
• A Hunters Wanderings in Africa by Frederick Selous
• The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
• Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison

Up Next on our List

• Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani
• The Famished Road by Ben Okri to Paradise by Ousman Umar
• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
• Gods Children are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu
• Africa: A Biography of the Continent by John Reader
• Tea, Scones and Malaria by Katlynn Brooke
• Cries of the Savannah: An Adventure by Sue Tidwell
• Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron
• Africa is Not a Country by Dipo Faloyin
• First Footsteps in East Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton