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Explore 24 books like Sunjata by Bamba Suso — a handpicked selection united by African, West, Africa, and Literary Criticism.

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A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Sunjata.

There was a Country A Personal History of Biafra

Chinua Achebe

Themes: African • West • Africa

Beneath the Tamarind Tree A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram

Isha Sesay

Themes: African • West • Africa

Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune The Abacha and Obasanjo Years

Max Siollun

Themes: African • West • Africa

Pagans and Politicians

Michael Crowder

Themes: African • West • Africa

The United States and West Africa Interactions and Relations

Alusine Jalloh

Themes: African • West • Africa

Atrocities, Diamonds and Diplomacy The Inside Story of the Conflict in Sierra Leone

Peter Penfold

Themes: African • West • Africa

Kwame Nkrumah’s Political Kingdom and Pan-Africanism Reinterpreted, 1909–1972

A.B. Assensoh

Themes: African • West • Africa

Madame President The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Helene Cooper

Themes: African • West • Africa

Africa’s Long Road Since Independence The Many Histories of a Continent

Keith Somerville

Themes: African • West • Africa

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In the Middle of Nowhere J.M. Coetzee in South Africa

Jonathan Crewe

Themes: African • Africa • Literary Criticism

#11

The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914–2014

Katharine Alexandra Collier Skinner

Themes: African • West • Africa

#12

Voices of Protest Liberia on the Edge, 1974-1980

H. Boima Fahnbulleh

Themes: African • West • Africa

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This House Has Fallen Nigeria in Crisis

Karl Maier

Themes: African • West • Africa

#14

Searching for Boko Haram A History of Violence in Central Africa

Scott MacEachern

Themes: African • West • Africa

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The Fate of Africa A History of the Continent Since Independence

Martin Meredith

Themes: African • West • Africa

#16

Nigeria

Campbell, John

Themes: African • West • Africa

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Governing the Nile River Basin The Search for a New Legal Regime

Mwangi Kimenyi

Themes: African • West • Africa

#18

Garden of My Ancestors

Bridget Hilton-Barber

Themes: African • Africa • Literary Criticism

#19

Modern Nigeria

Alex Egodotaye Asakitikpi

Themes: African • West • Africa

#20

Niger Personal Rule and Survival in the Sahel

Robert B. Charlick

Themes: African • West • Africa

#21

Miasma

Sam Azoka Onyechi

Themes: African • West • Africa

#22

Nigeria What Everyone Needs to Know®

John Campbell

Themes: African • West • Africa

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African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80

Timothy Joseph Stapleton

Themes: African • Africa • Literary Criticism

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Boko Haram The History of an African Jihadist Movement

Alexander Thurston

Themes: African • West • Africa

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of African, West, Africa — the same threads that run through Sunjata by Bamba Suso. Among the authors featured: Chinua Achebe, Isha Sesay, Max Siollun, Michael Crowder, and others.

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