Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
by Alexandra Fuller | 
Find Me Unafraid
by Kennedy Odede | 
So Many Africas
by Jill Kandel | 
Facing the Lion
by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton | 
Walking in the Shade
by Doris Lessing | 
The House at Sugar Beach
by Helene Cooper | 
Leaving Before the Rains Come
by Alexandra Fuller | 
Six Months in Sudan
by James Maskalyk | 
Wine to Water
by Doc Hendley | 
Wildflower
by Mark Seal | 
A Gift from Brittany
by Marjorie Price | 
Out In The Midday Sun
by Elspeth Huxley | 
Quicksands
by Sybille Bedford | 
Before the Knife
by Carolyn Slaughter | 
The Sexual Life of Catherine M.
by Catherine Millet | 
Corked
by Kathryn Borel | 
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi | 
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom | 
Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah | 
Happy, Happy, Happy
by Phil Robertson |
The Dark Child is a distinct and graceful memoir of Camara Laye's youth in the village of Koroussa, French Guinea. Long regarded Africa's preeminent Francophone novelist, Laye (1928-80) herein marvels over his mother's supernatural powers, his father's distinction as the village goldsmith, and his own passage into manhood, which is marked by animistic beliefs and bloody rituals of primeval origin. Eventually, he must choose between this unique place and the academic success that lures him to distant cities. More than autobiography of one boy, this is the universal story of sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world. A passionate and deeply affecting record, The Dark Child is a classic of African literature.