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African Studies Books

Books selected for readers looking for african studies books.

29 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·47% reader overlap with Central Books

1. White Malice
Chanté McCormick, Susan Williams
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: Central African History
2. The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams
Robert F. Williams, Mabel R. Williams
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: Black & African American Lives
3. Antiblackness and Global Health
Lioba Hirsch
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: African Studies
4. Another America: the Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It
James Ciment, James D. Ciment
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: West African History
5. No Place Left to Bury the Dead
Nicole Itano
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: HIV & AIDS
6. The Second Emancipation
Howard W. French
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: West African History
7. Born in Blackness
Howard W. French, James Fouhey
Included for strong politics alignment with this african studies list.
Shelf signal: West African History
8. Black Skin, White Masks
Frantz Fanon, Richard Philcox
Included for strong civil rights alignment with this african studies list.
Shelf signal: African Studies
9. Walking the Bowl
Chris Lockhart, Daniel Mulilo Chama
Included for strong story alignment with this african studies list.
Shelf signal: Southern African History
10. Jah Kingdom
Monique A. Bedasse, Monique Bedasse
Fits this list for its focus on studies.
Shelf signal: East African History
11. Barracoon
Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah G. Plant
Included for strong about alignment with this african studies list.
Shelf signal: African Studies
12. A Kind of Homecoming
E. R. Braithwaite
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: West African History
13. From Red Earth
Denise Uwimana
Included for strong stories alignment with this african studies list.
Shelf signal: Central African History
14. Lose Your Mother
Saidiya Hartman
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: Black & African American Lives
15. The Forest of Symbols
Victor Turner
Fits this list for its focus on african and studies.
Shelf signal: How Cultures Work
16. The Secret Epidemic
Jacob Levenson
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: HIV & AIDS
17. Children of the Soil
Tasha Rijke-Epstein
Strong fit for this african studies list in the african studies lane.
Shelf signal: African Studies
18. The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
Gerald Horne
Strong fit for this african studies list in the 17th-century history lane.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
19. Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World
James H. Sweet
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: West African History
20. Dust of the Zulu
Louise Meintjes, TJ Lemon
Included for strong award alignment with this african studies list.
Shelf signal: Southern African History
21. We the Young Fighters
Marc Sommers
Fits this list for its focus on african.
Shelf signal: African Studies
22. Fierce Medicines, Fragile Socialities
Dominik Mattes
Included for strong living alignment with this african studies list.
Shelf signal: HIV & AIDS
23. Scrambling for Africa
Johanna Tayloe Crane
Included for strong african alignment with this african studies list.
Shelf signal: HIV & AIDS
24. The Souls of White Folk
Brett Shadle, Brett L. Shadle
Strong fit for this african studies list in the east african history lane.
Shelf signal: East African History