Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century
This is one of the 743 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Zimbabwe International Book Fair, 100 Books
To mark the beginning of the 21st century, and encouraged by Professor Ali Mazrui, the Zimbabwe International Book Fair launched the international compilation of "Africa's 100 Best Books." This project was organized in collaboration with the African Publishers Network (APNET), the Pan-African Booksellers Association (PABA), African writers' associations, book development councils, and library associations.
Nominations were sought throughout the African continent and internationally. A comprehensive list of all nominations was published at the ZIBF in August 2001 and during the course of the following year regional panels compiled their own short lists of 100 best books. Closing date for nominations was 30 September 2001.
A jury made the final decision from the short list and the final list of "Africa's 100 Best Books" was announced on February 18, 2002.
This list was originally published in 2002 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.