Start with high-confidence historical ya africa books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Viviana Mazza
The Other Side of Truth
Beverley Naidoo
The Bitter Side of Sweet
Tara Sullivan
The Girl Who Smiled Beads
Clemantine Wamariya, Elizabeth Weil
Copper Sun
Sharon M. Draper
Good Fortune
Noni Carter
Black Dove White Raven
Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Saunders
A Bone From a Dry Sea
Peter Dickinson
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