Saturday, June 18, 2011

Regions in Conflict - Africa

Africa (Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Libya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan/Darfur, Tunisia)

MULTINATIONAL WORKS
Beirut 39: New Writing from the Arab World, edited by Samuel Shimon
The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction, edited by Denys Johnson-Davies

ALGERIA
Algerian White by Assia Djebar
The German Mujahid by Boualem Sansal
The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra (pen name of Mohammed Moulessehoul)
The Tongue’s Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories by Assia Djebar

Côte d’Ivoire
Allah Is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma
Aya by Marguerite Abouet

The Democratic Republic of Congo
The Antipeople by Sony Labou Tansi
Life and a Half: A Novel by Sony Labou Tansi
Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou

Libya
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Anatomy of a Disappearance by Hisham Matar


Rwanda
The Oldest Orphan by Tierno Monénembo

Sierra Leone
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna

Sudan/Darfur
Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela

Tunisia
The Pillar of Salt by Albert Memmi
The Malady of Islam by Abdelwahab Meddeb

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