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  1. Born in Blackness

    1. Born in Blackness

    Fits this list for its focus on west.
  2. A Fistful of Shells

    2. A Fistful of Shells

    Fits this list for its focus on west.
  3. Africa Is Not a Country

    3. Africa Is Not a Country

    Included for strong short story alignment with this west list.
  4. An African History of Africa

    4. An African History of Africa

    Included for strong african alignment with this west list.
  5. Abina and the Important Men

    5. Abina and the Important Men

    Fits this list for its focus on west.
  6. A Kind of Homecoming

    6. A Kind of Homecoming

    Fits this list for its focus on west.
  7. White Malice

    7. White Malice

    Included for strong african alignment with this west list.
  8. Africa

    8. Africa

    Included for strong african alignment with this west list.
  9. Independent Africa

    9. Independent Africa

    Included for strong political alignment with this west list.
  10. What Britain Did to Nigeria

    10. What Britain Did to Nigeria

    Strong fit for this west list in the west lane.
  11. And Home Was Kariakoo

    11. And Home Was Kariakoo

    Included for strong book club alignment with this west list.
  12. China's Second Continent

    12. China's Second Continent

    Fits this list for its focus on west.
  13. A Moonless, Starless Sky

    13. A Moonless, Starless Sky

    Included for strong modern alignment with this west list.
  14. Another America: the Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It

    14. Another America: the Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It

    Included for strong history alignment with this west list.
  15. African Founders

    15. African Founders

    Included for strong african alignment with this west list.
  16. In the Forest of No Joy

    16. In the Forest of No Joy

    Included for strong human alignment with this west list.
  17. The Ghana Reader

    17. The Ghana Reader

    Strong fit for this west list in the west lane.
  18. The Art of Conversion

    18. The Art of Conversion

    Fits this list for its focus on west.
  19. Congo Stories

    19. Congo Stories

    Included for strong civil alignment with this west list.
  20. How Africa Works

    20. How Africa Works

    Included for strong good alignment with this west list.
  21. African Artists

    21. African Artists

    Included for strong coffee alignment with this west list.
  22. Something Torn and New

    22. Something Torn and New

    Strong fit for this west list in the african lane.
  23. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu

    23. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu

    Included for strong book club alignment with this west list.
  24. Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World

    24. Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World

    Included for strong african alignment with this west list.