Start with high-confidence african history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever
The Slave Coast of West Africa 1550-1750
Robin Law
The Invisible Cure
Helen Epstein, Helen C. Epstein
The Struggle for Swazi Labour, 1890-1920
Jonathan Crush
Mukiwa
Peter Godwin
How to Write About Africa
Binyavanga Wainaina, Achal Prabhala
The Brink of Freedom
David Kazanjian
Shifting Sands
Judith Scheele
The Darker Nations
Vijay Prashad
Born in Africa
Martin Meredith
The Gifts of Africa
Jeff Pearce
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Walter Rodney, Angela Davis
A Hidden Genocide
Megan Goins, Edward Shizha
The Hatata Inquiries
Zara Yaqob, Walda Heywat