Top 50 des livres écrits par des politiciens africains célèbres

Figures iconiques et présidents

1. Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela (Afrique du Sud)
2. Conversations with Myself – Nelson Mandela
3. Dare Not Linger – Nelson Mandela & Mandla Langa
4. No Easy Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela
5. The Struggle Is My Life – Nelson Mandela
6. Africa Must Unite – Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana)
7. Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism – Kwame Nkrumah
8. Class Struggle in Africa – Kwame Nkrumah
9. Revolutionary Path – Kwame Nkrumah
10. Dark Days in Ghana – Kwame Nkrumah
11. Autobiography of Julius Nyerere – Julius Nyerere (Tanzanie)
12. Freedom and Unity – Julius Nyerere
13. Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism – Julius Nyerere
14. Our Leadership and the Destiny of Tanzania – Julius Nyerere
15. The Arusha Declaration – Julius Nyerere
16. Unbowed: A Memoir – Wangari Maathai (Kenya, Prix Nobel)
17. The Challenge for Africa – Wangari Maathai
18. Replenishing the Earth – Wangari Maathai
19. Tomorrow’s People – Thabo Mbeki (Afrique du Sud)
20. The African Renaissance – Thabo Mbeki

Leaders panafricanistes et révolutionnaires

1. Unity and Struggle – Amílcar Cabral (Guinée-Bissau)
2. Return to the Source – Amílcar Cabral
3. Tell Freedom – Peter Abrahams (Afrique du Sud, militant politique)
4. The Autobiography of Patrice Lumumba – Patrice Lumumba (Congo)
5. Lumumba Speaks – Patrice Lumumba
6. The Struggle Continues – Samora Machel (Mozambique)
7. Mozambique: Sowing the Seeds of Revolution – Samora Machel
8. The Autobiography of Jomo Kenyatta – Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya)
9. Facing Mount Kenya – Jomo Kenyatta
10. Not Yet Uhuru – Oginga Odinga (Kenya)

Figures contemporaines et mémoires récents

10. My Vision for Nigeria – Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria)
11. My Command – Olusegun Obasanjo
12. The Animal Called Man – Olusegun Obasanjo
13. This House Has Fallen – Chinua Achebe (Nigeria, aussi figure politique)
14. There Was a Country – Chinua Achebe
15. The Autobiography of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Libéria)
16. This Child Will Be Great – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
17. Madiba’s Boys – Cyril Ramaphosa (Afrique du Sud)
18. The Autobiography of Seretse Khama – Seretse Khama (Botswana)
19. Khama: The Great African Statesman – Seretse Khama

Autres figures marquantes

10. The Autobiography of Kenneth Kaunda – Kenneth Kaunda (Zambie)
11. Zambia Shall Be Free – Kenneth Kaunda
12. The Riddle of Violence – Kenneth Kaunda
13. The Autobiography of Robert Mugabe – Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)
14. Inside the Third Chimurenga – Robert Mugabe
15. The Autobiography of Ahmed Ben Bella – Ahmed Ben Bella (Algérie)
16. The Autobiography of Houphouët-Boigny – Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Côte d’Ivoire)
17. The Autobiography of Léopold Sédar Senghor – Léopold Sédar Senghor (Sénégal)
18. Liberté I–III – Léopold Sédar Senghor
19. Ce que je crois – Léopold Sédar Senghor

FR :
Ce classement montre que la littérature politique africaine est une archive vivante des luttes pour l’indépendance, la démocratie et la justice sociale. De Mandela à Senghor, de Nkrumah à Sirleaf, ces ouvrages ne sont pas seulement des mémoires : ce sont des manifestes qui continuent d’inspirer les générations.

EN :
This ranking demonstrates that African political literature is a living archive of struggles for independence, democracy, and social justice. From Mandela to Senghor, from Nkrumah to Sirleaf, these works are not just memoirs: they are manifestos that continue to inspire generations.

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