Short stories from each country in Africa
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This list was fully inspired by Troy Onyango’s guide for Reading Africa, where he outlines novels from each country in Africa. Like Troy, I fully also wanted to read literature from every African country. Unlike him, I am not very thorough and intention with how I am doing this. It’s more like a stumble and go sort of list. I am just hoping to build on the repositories of African writing. I will be updating as I go. (I’m also open to suggestions in the comments.)
1. Algeria
A sentence in love by Assia Djebar
2. Angola
3. Benin
4. Botswana
5. Burkina Faso
6. Burundi
7. Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
8. Cameroon
Oubliette by Howard Meh-Buh Maximus
9. Central African Republic
10. Chad
11. Comoros
12. Congo, Democratic Republic of the
13. Congo, Republic of the
14. Djibouti
15. Egypt
The Ladder by Riham Adly
The Disappearance of Om Sagda by Salma Ahmed
16. Equatorial Guinea
17. Eritrea
18. Eswatini
19. Ethiopia
20. Gabon
21. The Gambia
22. Ghana
This is How She’ll Tell it by Anna-Maria Poku
23. Guinea
24. Guinea-Bissau
25. Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)
26. Kenya
Sanctum by Naomi Waweru
Body in six parts by Makena Onjerika
Naming the Hunger by Temo Buliro
27. Lesotho
28. Liberia
29. Libya
30. Madagascar
31. Malawi
Davu’s Cord by Tamanda Kanjaye
Maybe We Love Once by Donna Nyakapira
32. Mali
33. Mauritania
34. Mauritius
35. Morocco
36. Mozambique
37. Namibia
The Giver of Nicknames by Rémy Ngamije
Poisoned pawn by Jeremy Tiboth
38. Niger
39. Nigeria
A Spectator of Cherished Intimacy by Uzoma Ihejirika
Some Things are Most Beautiful in the Dark by Kanyinsola Olorunnisola
40. Rwanda
41. São Tomé and Príncipe
42. Senegal
43. Seychelles
44. Sierra Leone
45. Somalia
46. South Africa
47. South Sudan
48. Sudan
Checkpoint - Wagas Elsadig
49. Tanzania
I can see you - Immaculate Halla
50. Togo
51. Tunisia
52. Uganda
God’s Warriors - Maxine Sibihwana
Can I show you magic - Jedidiah Mugarura
53. Zambia
Bring back lost lovers - Bwanga Kapumpa
Dandruff - Mukandi Siame
54. Zimbabwe
The Woman in the Red Dress - Lazarus Panashe Nyagwambo