Adaobi Nwaubani
Amatoritsero Ede
Ando Yeva
Ayesha H. Attah
Bobby Gawthrop
Brian Chikwava
Chuma Nwokolo
Crispin Oduobuk
Fela
Kuti
Fiona Jamieson
Florence Nenakwe
Funsho Ogundipe
Genna Gardini
George E. Clarke
G.Namukasa
Grace Kim
Isabella Morris
Isobel Dixon
Ivor W. Hartmann
Jane Bryce
Kobus Moolman
Meshack
Owino
Mwila
A. Zaza
Patrice Nganang
Petina
Gappah
Rudolf Okonkwo
Samed Aydin
Tanure Ojaide
Tola
Ositelu
Uche Peter Umez
Unoma Azuah
Uzor M. Uzoatu
Wole
Soyinka
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Africa's 100 Best books of the 20th Century
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Jaconde Africaine, by Florence Beal Nenakwe |
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About the List |
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The Languages |
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books
submitted for consideration
by the general public were written in a total of 12 different
languages...
out of Africa's close to 2000 languages...
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Afrikaans |
| Arabic |
| English |
| French |
| Kikuyu |
| Portuguese |
| Sesotho |
| Shona |
| Swahili |
| IsiXhosa |
| Yoruba |
| IsiZulu |
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The
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Jurors
were responsible for settling
the list of 100 best books from the past century |
Professor Njabulo Ndebele,
(Chairperson) |
| Wangui wa Goro |
| Dr. Alastair Niven |
| Dr. Fatoumata Keita |
| Prof. Fatima Mendoca |
| Dr. Ato Quayson |
| Dr. Zifikile Mguni-Gambahaya |
| Professor Ali Mazrui (Initiator
of the Project) |
| Professor Helge Ronning |
| Prof. Bankole Omotoso |
| Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones |
| Mr. Bernard Magnier |
| Dr Adotey Bing |
| Dr. Nana Wilson-Tagoe |
| Mr. Samir Saad Khalil |
| Professor Alois Simon Mlambo
(Ex-officio) |
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The Top Dozen |
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books
were singled out by the jurors as
the top dozen. |
Chinua Achebe, (Things Fall Apart,
1958) |
| Meshack Asare, (Sosu's Call, 1999) |
| Mariama Bâ, (Une si longue letter
[ So Long a Letter], 1979) |
| Mia Couto, (Terra Sonambula 1992,) |
Tsitsi Dangarembga,
(Nervous Conditions, 1988,) |
Cheikh Anta Diop, (Antériorité
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Civilisations Nègres [The African
Origins of Civilization: Myth or Reality] 1955) |
| Assia Djebar, (La’Amour, La fantasia,
1985), |
| Naguib Mahfouz, (The Cairo Trilogy, 1945) |
| Thomas Mofolo, (Chaka, 1925), |
| Wole Soyinka, (Ake: The Years
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Childhood, 1981), |
| Ngugi wa Thiongo, (A Grain of
Wheat 1967), |
Leopold Sedar Senghor
(Oeuvre Poétique 1961) |
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