Movie and book suggestions
Award-winning books by African writers
A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution, by Toby Green
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent, by Dipo Faloyin
Glory: A Novel, by NoViolet Bulawayo
Paradise, by Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Promise, by Damon Galgut
Movies by African creators or set in Africa
Guardian's film critic, Peter Bradshaw, lists his "20 best African films – ranked!"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/01/20-best-african-films-ranked
IMDb has no less than 57 "Movies set in Africa."
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls045572990/
British Film Industry's "10 great African films."
We’d love it if you would share your favourite Africa-centric books or movies from your collection so we can potentially add them to the list. Send an email to Village of Love Canada with any recommendations.