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2084: The End of the World — Boualem SansalA General Theory of Oblivion — José Eduardo AgualusaA Grain of Wheat — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oA Man of the People — Chinua AchebeA Master of Djinn — P. Djèlí ClarkA Question of Power — Bessie HeadA Song of Legends Lost — M. H. AyindeA Spell of Good Things — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀A Última Tragédia — Abdulai SiláAbyssinian Chronicles — Moses IsegawaAfrica Must Unite — Kwame NkrumahAfrican Psycho — Alain MabanckouAfterlives — Abdulrazak GurnahAkata Witch — Nnedi OkoraforAll Our Names — Dinaw MengestuAllah Is Not Obliged — Ahmadou KouroumaAmericanah — Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmkoullel, the Fula Boy — Amadou Hampâté BâAn Elegy for Easterly — Petina GappahAn Orchestra of Minorities — Chigozie ObiomaAnatomy of a Disappearance — Hisham MatarAnowa — Ama Ata AidooAnthills of the Savannah — Chinua AchebeArrow of God — Chinua AchebeAstonishing the Gods — Ben OkriAt the Fount of Creation — Tobi OgundiranAu Tchad sous les étoiles — Joseph Brahim SeidAya — Marguerite AbouetBalada de Amor ao Vento — Paulina ChizianeBalbala — Abdourahman A. WaberiBehold the Dreamers — Imbolo MbueBeneath the Lion's Gaze — Maaza MengisteBinti — Nnedi OkoraforBird Summons — Leila AboulelaBlack Leopard, Red Wolf — Marlon JamesBlack Mamba Boy — Nadifa Mohamed

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