I am listing more books that might help better understand the forces that shape African politics, social interaction, and economics.
African Silences, by Peter Matthiessen (natural history, non-fiction)
The Africans, by David Lamb (sub-Saharan history, non-fiction)
Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton (fiction)
Don't Let Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, by Alexandra Fuller (personal narratives, set in Zimbabwe, non-fiction)
The Graves Are Not Yet Full: Race, Tribe, and Power in the Heart of Africa, by Bill Berkeley (a reporter's view of despotism in Africa, non-fiction)
King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild (a story of greed, terror and heroism in colonial Congo, non-fiction)
Long Walk to Freedom (autobiography of Nelson Mandela, non fiction)
No Future Without Forgiveness, by Desmond Tutu (process of reconciliation in South Africa, non-fiction)
Scramble for Africa, by Thomas Pakenham (colonialism in Africa, non-fiction)
Scribbling the Cat: Travels With an African Solder, by Alexandra Fuller (personal narratives, set in Zimbabwe and Zambia, non-fiction)
Tales from a Troubled Land, by Alan Paton (fiction)
Too Late the Phalarope, by Alan Paton (fiction)
The Zanzibar Chest, by Aidan Hartley (sub-Saharan history and colonialism, non fiction)
