I just finished reading Things Fall Apart and was moved deeply by it. What are some other African author's, or specific works by them that are well regarded? This is honestly the only book by a native African that I know of.
I hear that there's been a growing science fiction scene within the past couple of decades or so and that sounds wild.
>>8142634
Learn French, so you can read decent African authors, not Anglophone trash.
Can I ask you why you liked it?
It was totally empty trash for me.
People have said good things about Zakes Mda and Tayeb Salih but I didn't like either of these authors.
You know Afrikaans people are native Africans, right? They've been living in South Africa for hundreds of years, just as long as most Bantu people. If I'm not allowed to be racist and call 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in my country "foreigners" then by the same token people should extend the same respect to the Afrikaans.
They haven't lived in the Netherlands for a long, long, time.
>>8143120
PS all the best African writers that I've read are White South Africans, Pied Noirs, or other colonizers.
>>8142634
joseph conrad's hod
>>8143115
I thought it was filled with really strong men's of tragedy. Okonkwo himself was such a sad character: at struggle with external appearance, fears of being inadequate like his father, wanting to love but afraid to show it - a real cultural struggle within his own culture. Then of course the opressors of the Obi way of living, and their arrogance that allowed the Christians to sow the seeds of their religion among them (though personally it seemed inevitable).
I also loved the proverbs, the language and the brief glimpse into a culture I couldn't put any actual rime or reason to what I had already known. Plus, I just think it was very well written; I love Achebe's prose. Did none of the story affect you at all? Any reason why?
>>8143120
Oh I didn't mean it that way. Just looking for authentic African perspectives. Thank you for the recommendations.
>>8143191
I'll take a look.
>>8143248
moments* not men's.
>>8143191
kek
