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A booklist inspired by every African country

February 8, 2021

by Cecilia Herrera

Senior Distance Tutoring Coordinator

Cecilia Herrera currently serves as an AmeriCorps senior distance tutoring coordinator for 成人快播 Seattle. While attending a full-day training on race, diversity, equity, and inclusion, Cecilia became particularly inspired by聽one of the speakers, Anita Koyier-Mwamba, who encouraged her and other educators to teach students from the highest heights of students’ culture and not their deepest despairs.

Emboldened by the speaker and a year of learning about the race equity, diversity, and inclusion work at 成人快播, Cecilia felt compelled to take action. She took the initiative to expand her knowledge about the world and embarked on the Africa Research Project with fellow distance tutoring coordinator, Maiya Mosteller, and 成人快播 intern, Sarah Miller.

The group’s final Africa Research Project culminated in a outlining each African country and facts about the region. They also chose a book for each country that is either set in that country, about that country, or written by an author who is from that country.

Cecilia, Maiya, and Sarah walked away from the project with a renewed sense of curiosity about the world and cultures around them, and realizing that there was so much they would have never known about the diverse and beautiful continent and its inhabitants had they not taken the time to learn.

Featured below is the complete booklist from the Africa Research Project, alphabetized by country.

54 books representing 54 African countries

africa research project

ALGERIA

Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade 鈥媌y Assia Djebar

My Father鈥檚 Shop 鈥媌y Satomi Ichikawa

ANGOLA

Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 鈥媌y Patricia McKissack

BENIN

The Adventures of Obi and Titi: The Great Walls of Benin 鈥媌y O.T. Begho

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BOTSWANA

Ostrich and Lark 鈥媌y Marilyn Nelson

BURKINA FASO

The Water Princess 鈥媌y Susan Verde

BURUNDI

Bisha of Burundi b鈥媦 Mary Louise Clifford

CABO VERDEafrica research project

Seaside Dream 鈥媌y Janet Costa Bates

CAMEROON

Snow Flower and the Panther 鈥媌y Fleurie Leclerco

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Stories from the Central African Republic 鈥媌y Philomene Koya

CHAD

Calabash Cat and His Amazing Journey 鈥媌y James Rumford

COMOROSafrica research project

Country Jumper in Comoros 鈥媌y Claudia Dobson-Largie

CO虃TE D鈥橧VOIRE

Akissi: Tales of Mischief b鈥媦 Marguerite Abouet

THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Traveling to Tondo: A Tale of the Nkundo of Zaire 鈥媌y Verna Aardema

DJIBOUTI

Country Jumper in Djibouti 鈥媌y Claudia Dobson Largie

EGYPTafrica research project

What鈥檚 the Matter, Habibi? 鈥婤y Betsy Lewin

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Moon Over Bioko: Sea Turtles of Bioko Island b鈥媦 Hedid Rader

ERITREA

Trouble 鈥媌y Jane Kurtz

ESWATINI

All the King鈥檚 Animals: Return of Endangered Wildlife to Swaziland 鈥媌y Cristina Kessler

ETHIOPIAafrica research project

The Perfect Orange: A Tale from Ethiopia 鈥媌y Frank P. Araujo

GABON

Young Artists of the World: Gabon 鈥媌y Jacquilline Touba

THE GAMBIA

One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia 鈥媌y Miranda Paul

GHANA

The Ghanaian Goldilocks b鈥媦 Dr. Tamara Pizzoli

GUINEAafrica research project

The Three Little Birds 鈥媌y Saran Kaba

GUINEA-BISSAU

Welcome to Guinea-Bissau: Kids Travel Journal

KENYA

Mama Panya鈥檚 Pancakes: A Village Tale from Kenya 鈥媌y Mary and Rich Chamberlin

LESOTHO

One Round Moon and a Star for Me b鈥媦 Ingrid Mennen

LIBERIAafrica research project

Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories from Liberia b鈥媦 Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert

LIBYA

The Shadows of Ghadames b鈥媦 Joelle Stolz

MADAGASCAR

Under the Baobab Tree by Julie Stiegemeyer

MALAWI

Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams

MALIafrica research project

I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakite虂

MAURITANIA

The Children of Mauritania: Days in the Desert and by the River Shore (The World鈥檚 Children) 鈥媌y Lauren Goodsmith

MAURITIUS

In Dodoland by Alexandra Schaub and Pascale Siew

MOROCCO

Naseem鈥檚 Journey by Anjuli Farmay

MOZAMBIQUEafrica research project

Freeda the Cheetah by JTK Belle

NAMIBIA

The 3 Little Dassies 鈥媌y Jan Brett

NIGER

Niger: Enchantment of the World 鈥媌y Barbara A. Somervill

NIGERIA

Chicken in the Kitchen 鈥媌y Nnedi Okorafor

REPUBLIC OF THE CONGOafrica research project

Monkey Sunday: A Story from a Congolese Village 鈥媌y Sanna Stanley

RWANDA

Banna and Bree: Blown to Rwanda 鈥媌y Karen Cross

SA虄O TOME虂 AND PRl虂NCIPE

A Cage Without Bars 鈥媌y Anne Dublin

SENEGAL

Sofie and the City by Karima Grant

SEYCHELLESafrica research project

Save Mango! by Agnes Karlsson and Gilla Holmberg

SIERRA LEONE

The Bite of the Mango 鈥媌y Mariatu Kamara

SOMALIA

The Lion鈥檚 Share by Said Salah Ahmed

When I Get Older: The Story Behind 鈥淲avin鈥� Flag鈥濃�� by K鈥橬aan

SOUTH AFRICA

Somewhere in Africa by Ingrid Mennen and Niki Daly

SOUTH SUDANafrica research project

Just Add Water by Robin Hill and Charles O Hall

SUDAN

Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan 鈥媌y Mary Williams

TANZANIA

My Rows and Piles of Coins 鈥媌y Tololwa M. Mollel

TOGO

The Cow-Tail Switch and other West African Stories 鈥媌y Harold Courlander and George Herzog

TUNISIAafrica research project

Arafat: A Child of Tunisia 鈥媌y Alain Gioanni

UGANDA

A Good Trade by Alma Fullerton

ZAMBIA

Beautiful Blackbird 鈥媌y Ashley Bryan

africa research project

ZIMBABWE

Kuenda Kumusha b鈥媦 Sydney Zifodya

 

 

Thank you to Cecilia Herrera, Maiya Mosteller, and Sarah Miller for their incredible work on the Africa Research Project.聽

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