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THE MOST TRANSLATED BOOKS IN AFRICA
Another fable makes the list on the African continent: The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been published in more than 60 languages. These short tales that give insight into the human condition seem to have universal appeal, making them attractive as translation options.
Angola: The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa
Botswana: Maru by Bessie Head
Burundi: Petit Pays by Gaël Faye
Cameroon: Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono
Cape Verde: The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva by Araújo Germano Almeida
Congo: Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou
Côte d’Ivoire: Allah is not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tram 83 by Mwanza Mujila
Djibouti: Passage of Tears by Abdourahman A Waberi
Egypt: Women at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Ethiopia: The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
Ghana: The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah
Guinea: The African Child by Camara Laye
Guinea-Bissau: The Ultimate Tragedy by Abdulai Sila
Kenya: The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Lesotho: Chaka by Thomas Mofolo
Liberia: The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper
Libya: In The Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Madagascar: The Palace by Claude Simon
Malawi: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Mali: Kaïdara: récit initiatique peul by Amadou Hampaté Bâ
Mauritania: Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Mauritius: The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah
Morocco: Racism Explained to My Daughter by Tahar Ben Jelloun
Mozambique: Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto
Nigeria: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Rwanda: Left to Tell: One Woman’s Story of Surviving the Rwandan Genocide by Immaculée Ilibagiza
Senegal: God’s Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène
Sierra Leone: Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Somalia: Desert Flower by Waris Dirie
South Africa: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Sudan: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
Tanzania: Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Uganda: Chroniques Abyssiniennes by Moses Isegawa
Zambia: River God by Wilbur Smith
Zimbabwe: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
