Selected history of West African literature
Things Fall Apart (1958), No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1963), Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987) / Chinua Achebe
Bride Tree (1976) and Joys of Motherhood (1979) / Buchi Emecheta
Beautiful Ones are not yet Born (1968) / Ayi Kwei Armah
So Long a Letter (1981) / Miriama Ba
God's Bits of Wood (1962) / Sembene Ousmane
Selected history of East African literature
Grain of Wheat (1967), Petals of Blood (1977), and Matagari (1989) / Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Selected history of South-Central African literature
Selected history of South African literature and politics
Burger's Daughter (1979) and House Gun (1988) / Nadine Gordimer
In the Fog of the Season's End (1972), and Time of the Butcherbird (1979) / Alex La Guma
Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) / Alan Paton
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968) / Bessie Head.