What to Read After Decolonising the Mind
Readers who loved Decolonising the Mind by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Decolonising the Mind is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Decolonising the Mind
I Write What I Like
The black Atlantic
The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
A dying colonialism
African origin of civilisation
Sundiata
Peau Noire, Masques Blancs
The Challenge for Africa
Home and Exile
Daughters of Africa
Culture and imperialism
The invention of Africa
A grain of wheat
Petals of blood
The location of culture
Thomas Sankara parle, La révolution au Burkina Faso 1983-1987
Citizen and Subject
I Didn't Do It for You
When victims become killers
Consciencism; philosophy and ideology for decolonization and development
Begging to be black
Wizard of the Crow
Devil on the cross
Anthills of the savannah