Books on World Cultures - African

Grades 6-8

A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer








Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo by Tom Feelings


Zulu Dog by Anton Ferreira








From Afar to Zulu: A Dictionary of African Cultures by James Haskins






The Storyteller's Beads by Jane Kurtz







Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savannah by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton







Long Journey Home by Julius Lester








The Return by Sonia Levintin








No More Strangers Now: Young Voices for a New South Africa by Tim Mc Kee





Countdown by Ben Mikaelsen







Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove





Now Is Your Time! The African-American struggle for freedom by Walter Dean Myers






No Turning Back by Beverley Naidoo








The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo








Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope by Beverley Naidoo







The Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs by James Rumford


Shaka, King of the Zulus by Diane Stanley







Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe





Secrets of the Mummies: Uncovering the Bodies of Ancient Egyptians by Shelley Tanaka



Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation by Velma Maia Thomas



Voices of Ancient Egypt by Kay Winters







Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates








Beyond the Mango Tree by Amy Bronwen Zemser






Grades 9-12

Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe









Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe









A Dry White Season by Andre Philippus Brink










Rumors of Rain by Andre Philippus Brink

Age of Iron by J. M. Coetzee









In the Heart of the Country by J. M. Coetzee









Life and Times of Michael K. by J. M. Coetzee








Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee








Many Stones by Carolyn Coman









The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta









Second-Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta








The Slave Girl by Buchi Emecheta








Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard









Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer









July's People by Nadine Gordimer









Jump and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer









My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer









Roots by Alex Haley









Middle Passage by Charles R. Johnson



Say It Loud! The Story of Rap Music by K. Maurice Jones




Facing the Lion: Growing up Maasai on the African savannah by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton









African Women: Three generations by Mark Mathabane









Kaffir Boy: The true story of a black youth's coming of age in apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane












The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo








Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton









Chanda's Secrets by Alan Stratton








Guanya Pau: A story of an Aftrican princess by Joseph Walters