In 2014, I signed up for and completed the African Reading Challenge hosted by Kinna at her blog called “Kinna Reads.”
I blogged on the following books:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah here.
Alaa Al Aswany’s Yacoubian Building here
Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions here
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart here
Nuruddin Farah’s Hiding in Plain Sight here
Now it is 2016, and she is repeating the same challenge. I have decided to sign up for this one again. The rules can be found here.
The rules are simple: read and write about five books from Africa by the end of the year.
I’m not sure which ones I’ll read, but my list will probably include NoViolet Bulowayo’s We Need New Names and Teju Cole’s Open City.
I encourage you to join the challenge as well!
(This map of Africa came from Kinna’s blog.)
I came across your blog from the reading challenge page. Will you be participating again in 2015?
Well, I just posted my fifth entry to last year’s challenge, so I am rather behind schedule. I am hosting my own challenge, The Around the World Reading challenge, which includes Africa. I think I will probably end up blogging on at least five more African writers, so the answer is probably yes. 🙂
Thanks for following my blog. I love this idea and wish I saw it earlier. I may do this next year.
I hope you do!
There are other novelists listed in http://www.citypress.co.za/lifestyle/the-10-best-african-writers-who-arent-chinua-achebe/
And of course do not forget Alan Paton.
Thanks for the suggestion!
A great idea! If you have time for another book I would suggest: A Season of Migration To The North by the Sudanese author Tayeb Salih. It’s about an Sudanese doctor who returns home after living in the UK.
Thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out!
Oh gosh, I’d love to do this, but it’s exactly the wrong autumn to try. I may try anyway. >.>
Yayyy !! I can see my super small country. Let me know if you ever talk about Rwanda one day. 😀
As a teacher, I too am passionate about reading. Great challenge!
Jessica, Turquoise Compass