The Greatest Political Books of All Time Set in Africa

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 488 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
43 Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 1958 Nigerian English
628 Waiting for the Barbarians J. M. Coetzee 1980 South African English
941 A Bend in the River V. S. Naipaul 1979 Trinidadian English
991 The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon 1961 Algerian French
1997 Native Life In South Africa Sol Plaatje 1916 South African English
2244 Le Vieux Nègre Et La Médaille Ferdinand Oyono 1956 French French
2469 Os Nacionalismos Africanos Mario de Andrade 1961 Brazilian Portuguese
2841 Wizard of the Crow Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 2006 Kenyan English
3266 Sur La Philosophie Africaine Paulin Hountondji 1976 French French
3339 Petals of blood Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 1977 Kenyan English
3407 Decolonising The Mind Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 1986 Kenyan English
4517 The Black Atlantic Paul Gilroy 1993 British English
4701 Citizen And Subject Mahmood Mamdani 1996 Ugandan English
4892 The Emperor Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
5599 Exterminate All The Brutes Sven Lindqvist 1992 Swedish Swedish
5859 The Dragon's Gift Deborah Brautigam 2009 Unknown English
6594 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
7261 How Beautiful We Were Imbolo Mbue 2021 Cameroonian English
7574 Move Your Shadow Joseph Lelyveld 1986 American English
7885 419 Will Ferguson 2012 Canadian English
8051 Black and Blur Fred Moten 2017 American English
8079 Praying for Sheetrock Melissa Fay Greene 1991 American English
8155 Stranglehold On Africa René Dumont 1980 French French
8809 The Rebel's Clinic Adam Shatz 2024 Unknown English
10379 All The Worst Humans Phil Elwood 2024 Unknown English
10434 The Last Colony Philippe Sands 2024 Unknown English
11359 Beat the Devil Claud Cockburn 1951 British English
12197 Poverty And Famines Amartya Sen 1981 Indian English
14371 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
14371 Virtual War Michael Ignatieff 2000 Canadian English
14371 Season Of Blood Fergal Keane 1996 British English
14371 Frantz Fanon David Macey 2001 Unknown English