| 1. Algeria The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles |
19. Gabon Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa by Paul du Chaillu |
37. Niger In Sorcery's Shadow by Paul Stoller and Cheryl Olkes |
| 2. Angola Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski |
20. The Gambia Our Grandmothers' Drums by Mark Hudson |
38. Nigeria Aké, The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka |
| 3. Benin The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin |
21. Ghana All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou |
39. Rwanda We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch |
| 4. Botswana Whites by Norman Rush |
22. Guinea Black Child by Camara Laye |
40. São Tomé and Principe A History of São Tomé Island 1470-1655 by Robert Garfield |
| 5. Burkina Faso Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Somé |
23. Guinea-Bissau The Bush Rebels by Barbara Cornwall |
41. Senegal I Get on the Bus by Reginald McKnight |
| 6. Burundi Burundi: Ethnocide as Discourse and Practice by René Lemarchand |
24. Ivory Coast "The Crocodiles of Yamoussoukro" in Finding the Center by V.S. Naipaul |
42. Seychelles Beyond the Reefs by William Travis |
| 7. Cameroon Mission to Kala by Mongo Beti |
25. Kenya The Book of Secrets by M.G. Vassanji |
43. Sierra Leone The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar by Syl Cheney-Coker |
| 8. Cape Verde The Fortunate Isles by Basil Davidson |
26. Lesotho Singing Away the Hunger by Mpho Nthunya |
44. Somalia Secrets by Nuruddin Farah |
| 9. Central African Republic Song from the Forest by Louis Sarno |
27. Liberia Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene |
45. South Africa My Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan |
| 10. Chad Komoon! by Heinrich Oberjohann |
28. Libya Tripoli the Mysterious by Mabel Loomis Todd |
46. Sudan African Calliope by Edward Hoagland |
| 11. Comoros Last of the Pirates by Samantha Weinberg |
29. Madagascar The Great Red Island by Arthur Stratton |
47. Swaziland Sangoma by James Hall |
| 12. Congo (Brazzaville) No Mercy by Redmond O'Hanlon |
30. Malawi "The Lepers of Moyo" in My Other Life by Paul Theroux |
48. Tanzania Sand Rivers by Peter Matthiessen |
| 13. Congo (Kinshasa) The Ponds of Kalambayi by Mike Tidwell |
31. Mali The Heart of the Ngoni by Harold Courlander with Ousmane Sako |
49. Togo The Village of Waiting by George Packer |
| 14. Djibouti Somebody Else by Charles Nicholl |
32. Mauritania The Fearful Void by Geoffrey Moorhouse |
50. Tunisia The Scorpion by Albert Memmi |
| 15. Egypt In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh |
33. Mauritius and Réunion The Book of Color by Julia Blackburn |
51. Uganda Kahawa by Donald Westlake |
| 16. Equatorial Guinea Tropical Gangsters by Robert Klitgaard |
34. Morocco The Sand Child by Tahar ben Jelloun |
52. Western Sahara Smara, the Forbidden City by Michel Vieuchange |
| 17. Eritrea To Asmara by Thomas Keneally |
35. Mozambique A Complicated War by William Finnegan |
53. Zambia The Eye of the Elephant by Delia and Mark Owens |
| 18. Ethiopia The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuscinski |
36. Namibia Never Follow the Wolf by Helao Shityuwete |
54. Zimbabwe African Laughter by Doris Lessing |
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