 | The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith
Buy new: £6.72 / Used from: £4.00 comprehensive and easy to read
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 | Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 brilliant re-construction of the Nigerian Civil War (historical fiction)
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 | The Shackled Continent: Africa's Past, Present and Future by Robert Guest
Buy new: £5.80 / Used from: £3.24 hard hitting analysis of modern Africa
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 | A Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £2.23 must read
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 | Unbowed: My Autobiography by Wangari Maathai
Buy new: £5.07 / Used from: £4.17 another must read
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 | The Revolution Has No Tribe: Contemporary Poetry on African History, Culture and Society by Dike-Ogu Egwuatu Chukwumerije
Buy new: £28.49 / Used from: £38.84 a third must read
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 | The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-state by Basil Davidson
Buy new: £15.48 / Used from: £9.00 a brilliant look at today's Africa. excellent read.
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 | The Wretched of the Earth (Penguin Modern Classics) by Frantz Fanon
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.75 not an easy read but definitely worth the trouble
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 | I Write What I Like: A Selection of Writings (African Writers Series) by Steve Biko
Buy new: £7.65 / Used from: £5.00 a classic
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 | Snakepit by Moses Isegawa
Buy used from: £2.28 very interesting re-construction of the last days of Idi Amin in Uganda (historical fiction)
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 | Before the Palm Could Bloom: Poems of Africa (New Issues Press Poetry) by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Buy new: £9.45 / Used from: £5.34 a poet's portrayal of the pre-war and wartime Liberia. very interesting.
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 | Ejo (Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry) by Derick Burleson
Buy new: £13.50 / Used from: £13.18 another poet's portrayal of the Rwandan genocide
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 | This House Has Fallen: Nigeria in Crisis by Karl Maier
Buy new: £7.12 / Used from: £4.10 interesting
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 | Beyond Hunger in Africa: Conventional Wisdom and a Vision of Africa in 2057
innovative projection of 5 alternative African futures
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 | The Ordeal of the African Writer by Charles Larson
Buy new: £18.04 / Used from: £4.50 interesting
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 | Designing West Africa: Prelude to 21st Century Calamity by Peter Schwab
Buy new: £20.99 / Used from: £7.80 worth taking a look at
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 | West Africa's Security Challenges: Building Peace in a Troubled Region (International Peace Academy Occasional Paper)
Buy new: £51.25 / Used from: £51.22 detailed and insightful
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 | Through Fire with Water: The Roots of Division and the Potential for Reconciliation in Africa by Erik Doxtader
Buy new: £18.69 / Used from: £11.35 detailed looked at conflicts in various African countries. recommended read.
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 | Measuring Time by Helon Habila
Buy new: £5.22 / Used from: £1.65 a fascinating story set in Nigeria
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