Africa
Nigeria
6 authors in the ranking·15 rated books·4 books set here
Nigerian authors in the reader ranking include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chinua Achebe and Oyinkan Braithwaite. Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” (1958) is set among the Igbo at the coming of British rule, and Adichie’s “Half of a Yellow Sun” (2006) takes place during the civil war of 1967–1970. In 1986 the Nigerian playwright and poet Wole Soyinka received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Authors 6
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie4 ranked booksWe Should All Be Feminists8.5
- Nnedi Okorafor4 ranked booksAkata Warrior8.0
- Oyinkan Braithwaite2 ranked booksCursed Daughters8.0
- Chinua Achebe1 ranked bookThings Fall Apart7.5
- Tomi Adeyemi2 ranked booksChildren of Blood and Bone8.0
- Akwaeke Emezi2 ranked booksPet8.1
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