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African novels have gained increasing recognition and popularity in recent years, captivating readers with their unique perspectives, rich cultural tapestries, and compelling storytelling. If you're interested in exploring the vibrant world of African literature, this article will provide you with a curated list of highly recommended African novels, along with renowned authors and websites to delve deeper into this captivating genre.

1. "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe: This iconic novel is often hailed as the cornerstone of African literature. Achebe's powerful portrayal of pre-colonial Nigeria and the clash of cultures resonates with readers worldwide. It delves into the life of Okonkwo, a respected warrior, and explores the consequences of colonial influence on traditional African communities.

2. "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Set during the Nigerian Civil War, this emotionally gripping novel follows the lives of four individuals striving to survive the conflict. Adichie's spellbinding prose captures the effects of war on personal relationships, identity, and nationhood in a way that leaves an indelible impact on readers.

3. "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Adichie's critically acclaimed novel examines themes of race, love, and identity through the eyes of Ifemelu, a Nigerian immigrant in the United States. With her keen observations and sharp wit, Adichie presents a thought-provoking exploration of the experiences of African diaspora.

4. "Nervous Conditions" by Tsitsi Dangarembga: This ground-breaking novel set in Zimbabwe delves into the challenges faced by Tambudzai, a young girl seeking education and empowerment in a patriarchal society. Dangarembga's poignant storytelling sheds light on gender dynamics, colonialism, and the search for self-identity.

5. "Disgrace" by J.M. Coetzee: Coetzee, a Nobel laureate, crafts a thought-provoking narrative set in post-apartheid South Africa. "Disgrace" follows the life of David Lurie, a disgraced professor grappling with issues of power, redemption, and personal transformation in a changing society.

To explore a wider range of African literature, you can visit popular websites like Africa Writes, Brittle Paper, and Africa Book Club. These platforms offer in-depth reviews, author interviews, and recommendations for discovering new African novels.

Whether you are an avid reader or just beginning to explore African literature, these recommended novels and online resources will undoubtedly provide you with a captivating journey through the diverse and profound stories that Africa has to offer.
My Film World Fiction
My Film World

A magical mobile app allows Wang Ge to enter the world of movies. There, he meets a lovely princess, obtains NZT, and gets an invisibility potion. But this is just the lowest level of access to the movie world. There are many more worlds beyond: Iron Man, The Dark Knight, X-Men, Transformers... Wang Ge's goal is to catch a mermaid to bathe with, find the elixir of immortality, and maybe gain some superpowers... Group number: [not provided]

423.83 Million words | 2022-02-03 10:19Update

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The Sword of Apocalypse Descends. Fiction
The Sword of Apocalypse Descends.

When the earth is engulfed by magical and vast rules, When the unchanging terrain shifts and terrifying beasts attack humanity, When the future is nothing but hell. This is a world longing for salvation, This is a world seeking hope in despair, Shouting, crying, roaring, crumbling, numbness. People take steps in the darkness, begging for that glimpse of light!

60.36 Million words | 2023-04-09 02:57Update

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Noble Family's Forbidden Love Fiction
Noble Family's Forbidden Love

In her past life, she was born into a political family but had to be well-protected due to her health condition, gradually cultivating a dignified and quiet personality. In this life, she was born into a prestigious family but suffered from the early death of her mother, neglect from her father, torment from her stepmother, and indifference from her grandmother. Everyone praised Wang San Niang for being gentle and generous, but little did they know that she had also been spoiled and willful, unruly and indulgent. Facing the clamor of ghosts and monsters vying for power, she only saw it as the smoke of the office workplace. Facing waves of hostile forces approaching, should she fight or make peace? That is the question! Grandfather said, if you want to harm someone, you must eliminate their ability for revenge in order to extinguish their desire for revenge. Father said, the methods can be ruthless, but the attitude must be gentle. Grandmother said, learn to forgive and avoid easily making enemies. If there's no other choice but to fight, then fight to the bitter end. Mother said, don't choose the wrong opponent, otherwise you will lose before you even begin.

220.02 Million words | 2022-08-27 08:55Update

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Hell's Change Fiction
Hell's Change

Late at night, amidst violent tremors akin to an earthquake, the "Future Dreams" tower sank 150 meters underground, leaving only twenty-three people miraculously alive. After seven days and nights, legendary detective Ye Xiao led a rescue team deep into the underground, but only managed to save six survivors, while discovering numerous traces of murder. The six survivors remained secretive about what transpired underground, concealing the truth with a web of lies. Why did they lie? What kind of murders occurred underground? And what hidden secrets lie behind these murders?

28.28 Million words | 2022-12-19 23:29Update

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Human Icebox Fiction
Human Icebox

"Project Cryo-Prison" has failed, and only a few managed to survive. He was sent to the "Devil's Training Camp," a terrifying place where % of the world's assassins, % of special agents, % of political elites, and wealthy bodyguards originate from. However, the survival rate at the training camp is only

382.53 Million words | 2022-12-25 06:07Update

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Apocalypse Supermarket System Fiction
Apocalypse Supermarket System

【Peak Focus - Brand Masterpiece, Strongly Recommended】 Witness how a soldier in the end times transforms a small supermarket with only a few goods into a massive chain store spanning the entire planet. Feast on the latest creation, "Infinite Exchange of the Apocalypse," a novel that combines the end times and a system storyline. We hope that all readers and book enthusiasts will continue to support us. We sincerely appreciate your collection and patronage.

581.31 Million words | 2021-07-26 00:46Update

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Shattered spacetime. Fiction
Shattered spacetime.

Since ancient times, the most elite personnel in the military have only been found in two places. One is the most elite special forces, and the other is in maximum-security prisons. In order to conceal the fact that he was a cultivation genius, Zhao Li had no choice but to join the military and use the military's combat techniques to cover up his extraordinary cultivation level. However, he inexplicably found himself assigned to serve in a maximum-security prison. In the prison, Zhao Li encountered countless heinous criminals and learned many extraordinary skills. But most importantly, he witnessed the darkness within society and the military. Thus, Zhao Li's legendary journey began in the prison. Shattered V.I.P. Group-- Shattered Group-- Shattered Group-- Shattered Group-- Shattered Group-- Shattered Group-- Special thanks to Xu Cheng, an individual who provided all of the reader groups.

188.46 Million words | 2023-06-27 04:16Update

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Drifting Classroom Fiction
Drifting Classroom

There is a non-existent classroom in the school, and I walked into it. Dilapidated walls, yellowed light bulbs, and a heavy atmosphere filled with students and teachers. I can't leave, can't escape, I can only stay in this non-existent classroom. I call it... the Ghost Classroom. My other two completed novels: a 700,000-word high-energy gaming story titled "My Dad is Garen" and a million-word hilarious satire novel titled "One Hundred Thousand Godly Satires."

102.59 Million words | 2020-10-11 22:12Update

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A burning incense Fiction
A burning incense

Real estate group CEO vs funeral home boss, making the living settle down - sending off the deceased. Tang Qi couldn't help but think of the cold eyes and bloody hands of Qin He approaching him, holding his cheeks with force like a pair of iron tongs, warning him, "Kid, you haven't seen me and you don't know me, got it?" Tang Qi vividly remembered how Qin He frightened him, smearing his face with blood, in the pitch-black and chilly deep mountains, in the drainage ditch, with a chilling tone like a demon: "Otherwise, I will bury you alive and bury you together with the corpse."

270.50 Million words | 2021-03-25 13:11Update

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God-level genius Fiction
God-level genius

A young boy who has relied on picking up junk to make a living since childhood, enduring the ridicule and disdain of others. But few people know that he is an unimaginable genius! ——He accidentally obtained a computer, and the basic pattern of the computer industry was changed. The entire hacker world was stirred up by him! ——He painted two paintings called "The Smiles of Mona Lisa Sisters", and all the world's art appraisal institutions recognized these two paintings as the works of Da Vinci! ——He composed three songs that were hailed as "unparalleled masterpieces" as soon as they were released! ——His hobby is inventing various high-tech gadgets, and the world has undergone earth-shaking changes because of him! ——He is Feng Xiaotian, a man known as the "God" by everyone! Feng Xiaotian calmly said, "Don't compare yourself to me intellectually, or you'll become a fool." (Unyu earnestly requests everyone's support, clicks, favorites, and recommendations. This is what Unyu desperately needs, and I hope everyone can support this book.)

81.35 Million words | 2021-02-20 09:42Update

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Death Game Field Fiction
Death Game Field

"Game start" turned the Earth into hell. Blood flowed, flesh and limbs flew, screams and wails filled the air... This is the new era, a dark and cruel era! Forced missions, bloody purges, monster sieges, attacks from other races... Where is the future of humanity? What is the cause of all this? Beautiful people have fallen for their own sake... The only thing Su Mu can do is silently weep! Now, the wheel of fate is about to turn. Reborn from hell, struggling between life and death, fighting against humanity and bestiality. Willing to become a demon to protect loved ones, without regrets, cutting off all injustice! Kill! Kill! Kill!

401.57 Million words | 2023-03-28 14:32Update

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Barber Fiction
Barber

Tianya Headlines Hot Post: I am a folk barber, discussing the unknown taboos and methods in this profession. Few people know the secrets of barbering, and even fewer know that barbers have had official positions throughout history, known as "Ritual Officials" or "Scalping Executioners." There are many rules and customs when it comes to haircutting, and experts in this field can even diagnose illnesses and predict life and death by examining the pulse on one's face. Isn't this similar to the way geomancers find yin and yang and determine the dragon veins? Everything in the world has its own pulse - mountains have their mountain veins, water has its water veins, and the earth has its earth veins. And human beings also have their extraordinary Eight Extra Meridians. "Pulse" is the essence of everything in the world, including the human body. But few people know that the "pulse" can actually be stolen. There are different types of "Pulse Theft": theft from ancestral graves, theft from the body, theft from the law body... and even theft of one's lifespan.

146.31 Million words | 2022-03-09 06:37Update

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I have a post-apocalyptic world. Fiction
I have a post-apocalyptic world.

Working, job, off work, rest and enjoy a cup of tea. Choose my own meals three times a day, occasionally paying the price to lose some extra weight. They don't know. On the other side of the world, in another world, the apocalypse has arrived. They fight for a mouthful of food at the risk of their lives, battling zombies for a sip of water. There is only one anomaly in the world, a lucky survivor named Zheng Yifan. Stepping into the apocalypse, then returning to the present, back and forth like a supernatural being that deserves to be killed a thousand times.

431.66 Million words | 2022-03-06 15:10Update

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Marvel: The Monster Era Fiction
Marvel: The Monster Era

The deep sea, countless ocean overlords tremble in the presence of a certain crab, as it raises its twin pincers and roars towards the human world, I have arrived!

95.50 Million words | 2022-08-25 10:44Update

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Quick Wear: She's the Ultimate Boss Fiction
Quick Wear: She's the Ultimate Boss

【Sweet Pet-Gentle Romance】 In the modern female-dominated world, the protagonist of the quick transmigration was knocked out, and the different worlds were collapsing. The male lead and the antagonist were both reborn, fighting over her – to eliminate her. Si Wu issued a "potential husband" team invitation to the two of them and sat back to watch the fight between the tigers. The fair and gentle young man said innocently, "Congratulations to the two brothers for being selected. Please take care of me in the future, Ah Juan." In the forbidden world of literature, the author excitedly revised the story, turning it into a crematorium. Si Wu forcefully blocked the road and towed the car, unlocking all the restricted chapters. The misanthropic antagonist nestled in her arms and passionately said, "Little ancestor, you smell so good~" On the eve of being transmigrated into a drama, the screenwriter made her a victim as the female lead in a tragic story. Si Wu spent a billion to make the screenwriter swap places with her and become the tragic female lead. The screenwriter couldn't survive for more than three chapters. The creditor overlord pinned her against the wall, desperately itching to collect his debt, "If you don't have money, I'll take you as collateral." Si Wu: "...He didn't say that when he borrowed money!" Junxi was entrusted by the Jade Emperor to train Si Wu to become the next main god. However, he ended up investing both money and effort and sacrificed himself both physically and mentally. [Si Wu x Junxi, an uninhibited couple]

272.49 Million words | 2022-10-28 06:13Update

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Hidden Corner Fiction
Hidden Corner

Have you heard of it? If, in the silence of the night, you open your music player, put on headphones, shrink into your blankets, cover your head, and listen to a repeating song...

70.87 Million words | 2022-10-03 04:51Update

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Dark King Fiction
Dark King

Disaster erupts, the end of the world. Thrown into a cryogenic chamber, I slept for three hundred years, only to wake up to a world in the era of great upheaval! Here, there is cold-bloodedness, distortion, decadence, howling, singing, and loneliness... In this place, armed with the wisdom of a modern person, I vow to reach the pinnacle of the world and gaze into the distance from the heights! "Since I cannot adapt to this world, then let this world obey my will and change!" - Durdian. Official reminder: Please do not watch without the presence of an adult. Site reminder: If you think "Dark King" is good, don't forget to recommend it to your friends in your QQ group and Weibo!

334.64 Million words | 2021-10-08 23:25Update

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The Last Farm Owner in the Apocalypse Fiction
The Last Farm Owner in the Apocalypse

Li Ba, a graduate of Hua Xia Agricultural University, was the manager of the business department of a well-known seed company in Wucheng before the apocalypse. When the end of the world arrived, order collapsed, and Li Ba, who was naturally timid, survived through life and death struggles. Through a fortunate opportunity, he abandoned the survival rules of the apocalypse and rescued a grandfather and grandson, earning himself a magical bracelet in the process. Within the bracelet, there was a universe, a piece of land, a stone trough brimming with spring water, and a tower, which opened up a mysterious space for him. What should he do when he was short of food? "I have mountains of grain stored by Harvest Group. If you want, I can trade them for crystal nuclei and gemstones!" Li Ba declared arrogantly. How should he deal with zombie attacks on the city? "I have developed mutated plants, bred by Boss Ba, that can resist a million zombie floods!" Li Ba said confidently. What should he do if someone challenged him to a one-on-one fight when he was not an evolved individual? "I have talismans on me. If anyone dares to challenge me, I will beat them so badly they won't even recognize their own mother!" Li Ba, with his bald head, revealed his fierce expression and said ferociously. Using the mysterious space and his professional knowledge, Li Ba cultivated fields and aspired to become a great farmer in the post-apocalyptic world, pursuing a happy life...

162.48 Million words | 2020-07-05 09:30Update

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Death Horror Game Fiction
Death Horror Game

Inheriting the authentic mystical techniques of Maoshan, mastering the invincible Fei Jiang, the Nanming fire charm purges the world, and the Water charm unleashes colossal waves that engulf the sky. Walking in the suppressed and silent Ghost Ridge between life and death, where good and evil intertwine, laying to rest the never-ending souls of the tragically deceased. Roaming in the horrifying amusement park of bloodshed, dancing with the living corpses, savoring the rotting flesh infested with maggots. The Zombie Master, the Ghost Ridge, the Killing Paradise, Zhong Kui descends... Journeying through the cycle of terror, experiencing thrilling games of life and death time and time again—Is my head still intact?!! Conjuring your presence through the Taoist powers beneath the Eiffel Tower, summoning you to participate in this game where life and death are the stakes!! (Lazy Cat is back again, my friends, please show your support~ Recommending votes, monthly tickets, where are they? **Raises paw in anticipation...**) (The new book update will be stable at three chapters a day for now, but there will be surprises in the future, meow roar~!)

427.88 Million words | 2021-04-23 10:41Update

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Empress Xie Fiction
Empress Xie

In the first year of entering the palace, she was a low-ranking concubine. In the fifth year, she became a noble concubine. In the tenth year, she desired to become the empress. Because as the empress, she could hold onto everything she cherished and not have it taken away, she could protect herself, protect her children, and... be with him. It was a path that could only move forward; taking a step back would be irreversible. With the brilliant yellow silk umbrella moving forward, the emperor's procession slowly entered the city gate. Under the canopy of the yellow silk umbrella that darkened the sky, accompanied by the sun, moon, and the purple banners... in that moment, the sunlight dazzled her eyes. Empress Xie's carriage stepped onto the royal road, advancing to meet him.

116.28 Million words | 2023-03-07 20:00Update

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