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Article: Top 12 African books of the 20th century named.(Brief Article)
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- M2 Best Books
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- March 15, 2002
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M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
A panel of 16 African scholars and critics recently compiled a list of Africa's finest books of the 20th century.
The judges narrowed down 1,500 nominations to a list of the best 12 books, featuring titles published from 1925 to 1999.
The books chosen were: 'Things Fall Apart' by Chinua Achebe (1958); 'Sosu's Call' by Meshack Asare (1999); 'Une Si Longue Lettre' (So Long A Letter) by Mariama Ba (1979); 'Terra Sonambula' by Mia ...