The Portfolio: Celebrating a great year in African writing - Brittle Paper’s 50 Notable African Books is the product of extensive year-round reportage
’s Nobel literature win. He could also have meant the abundance and variety of books by African writers published this year, as is evident in this list of 50 Notable African Books.has curated an annual list of the most impactful African books. The knowledge informing our selection derives from our extensive year-round book reportage, as well as keeping a meticulously detailed database of African books published in a given year.
A lot goes into deciding which books make the list. As you might expect, we include books that made the biggest splash in the global literary scene. Wole Soyinka’s— his first in 48 years — and Nadifa Mohamed’s Booker-shortlisted novelBut we are also fiercely committed to making space for less splashy books. For example, we look at small presses on the continent. TJ Benson’s, published by Masobe Books in Nigeria, shows the kind of stunning discoveries that are possible by small presses.
by Mohamedou Ould Slahi is an example. Thanks to Slahi, many readers will encounter Mauritanian literature for the first time, through his immersive desert adventure story. This year, we saw an increase in books translated from French and Arabic. These books expose anglophone readers to previously unexplored imaginative worlds. features an intersex character in a moving coming-of-age story, thereby making space for important conversations about queer African experiences.
What we have here is a literary tableau enabling us to see in one quick sweep an array of genres, writing styles and national traditions so that, like Galgut, we can say, “This has been a great year for African writing.”
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