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What's some good African /lit/?

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2016-04-04 11:40:41 Post No. 7885061
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What's some good African /lit/?
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 11:49:43 Post No.7885074
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 11:49:43 Post No.7885074 [Report]
>>7885061
St. Augustine is great if you like theology, spirituality and philosophy.
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 12:44:11 Post No.7885142
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>>7885061
Just finished Wizard of the Crow and it was pretty great. Achebe is a go to. And Obioma's The Fishermen was shortlisted last year for Man Booker and it was really excellent about blood feud.
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 12:45:24 Post No.7885143
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>>7885142
Also Bitter Harvest by Ian Smith and Disgrace by Coatzee if you like the other side of the coin.
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 12:46:25 Post No.7885144
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 12:46:25 Post No.7885144 [Report]
>>7885143
And In a Free State by VS Naipaul is based on his journeys in the last days of colonial Uganda
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 12:48:01 Post No.7885145
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>>7885144
Also King Leopolds Ghost; and its predecessor, Arthur Conan Doyle's Crime of the Congo, as well as his Boer War were great and are on Gutenberg.
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 12:54:31 Post No.7885162
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>tfw your favourite game becomes a shitty meme
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 13:57:53 Post No.7885311
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 13:57:53 Post No.7885311 [Report]
Start with Heart of Darkness, obviously

Then read anything by Mia Couto
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Anonymous 2016-04-04 14:01:33 Post No.7885322
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Peter Godwin if you want a contemporary view of modern southern africa
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