{"id":9567,"date":"2014-02-11T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/?p=9567"},"modified":"2014-02-11T06:00:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T10:00:30","slug":"africas-top-5-books-by-african-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/africas-top-5-books-by-african-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa's Top 5 | Books by African Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AfricasTopFive\"<\/a>Among film and music, literature is a vessel that we use to capture the things around us, including our lives.\u00a0 When it comes to our home [Africa] literature is very sacred; because the truth about the motherland has been scattered and whipped for many years.<\/p>\n

In the list below, I\u2019ve highlighted books by lovely authors that tenaciously capture the essence of the lifestyles of those who live in certain African communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u2018Purple Hibiscus\u2019 \u00a0by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/b><\/p>\n

This novel reveals a story about a teenager (Kambili) and her senior brother\u2019s lives in Nigeria.\u00a0 They live under a powerful and influential father who has such a polished image on the outside that it shades who he really is at home.<\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u2018African Expectations: Music From Where I Stand\u2019\u00a0 by Mafoya Dossoumon<\/b><\/p>\n

This publication is a collection of writings about socio-cultural, political, and economical issues that dent the development of Africa, while highlighting bad leadership.\u00a0 The book also includes solutions for the biggest conflicts.<\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u2018Ghana Must Go\u2019 by Taiye Selasi<\/b><\/p>\n

One of ‘Britan\u2019s Best Young Novelists’, Taiye Selasi <\/b>skillfully crafted another novel.\u00a0 \u2018Ghana Must Go\u2019 <\/b>is about a modern African family that reflects most of us today.\u00a0 As the Sai family moves from Accra to Lagos then London to New York, the reader lives vicariously through them as they encounter heart-pulling struggles and experience growth.<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u2018Miracle\u2019 by Tope Folarin<\/b><\/p>\n

From a collection of short stories that are not yet published (thus the absence of an image of a novel), Tope <\/b>released \u2018Mircale\u2019<\/b>; since, the story has gained him nothing but appraisal.\u00a0 Also for \u2018<\/b>Miracle\u2019, Tope <\/b>was awarded The Caine Prize<\/a>.\u00a0 Based in Texas, the narration (by the protagonist) reveals a story about a boy\u2019s encounter with a prophet who attempts to heal his poor eyesight.\u00a0 Since then, he had been struggling with the truth behind the word miracle until he realizes that the miracle all along was the bond that kept his family together after his mother left.\u00a0 His \u201ceyes also opened\u201d to his dad\u2019s constant admonition of being thankful to be poor in America; saying that their relatives \u201cwould die for the chance\u201d.<\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u2018We Need New Names\u2019 by NoViolet Bulawayo<\/b><\/p>\n

Guardian First Book Award <\/b>winner \u2018We Need New Names\u2019 <\/b>unravels a story about a 10-year old in Zimbabwe [Darling] who is forced to grow in a world of danger and turmoil.\u00a0 Darling then discovers that she has an aunt who lives in America and seeks refuge there only to realize that she can\u2019t do much as an alien.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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You definitely need a copy of these novels.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve already read some, share your thoughts with us!<\/p>\n

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Among film and music, literature is a vessel that we use to capture the things around us, including our lives.\u00a0 When it comes to our home [Africa] literature is very sacred; because the truth about the motherland has been scattered and whipped for many years. In the list below, I\u2019ve highlighted books by lovely authors…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[89,128,170,2545,2546,2547,83,2548,2549,2550,94,2551,2552,2553,2554,2555,2556,2557,1654,2558,2559,692,234,2560,2561,2562,2563,2564,2565,2566,2567,2568,750,2569,2570,2571,418],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}