The Jury for Africa's 100 best books

Professor Ali Mazrui (Founding Father Africa's 100 Best Books Project)
Director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies and Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at Binghamton University, New York, USA

Professor Njabulo Ndebele (Chairman Africa's 100 Best Books Project)
Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Dr. Adotey Bing, Director, The Africa Centre, London

Mr. Kassahun Checole, Publisher, Africa World Press, USA

Dr. Zifikile Mguni-Gambahaya, Department of African Languages and Literature, Zimbabwe

Ms. Wangui wa Goro, Translator, London

Professor Eldred Jones, African Literature Today, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Professor Fatoumata Keita, Department of English, University of Cocody, Cote d'Ivoire

Honourable Mr. Samir Saad Khalil, Deputy Minister of Culture, Cairo, Egypt

Bernard Magnier, Journalist/Critique, Paris, France

Professor Fatima Mendonça, Faculty of Arts, Eduardo Mondhlane University, Mozam-bique

Dr. Alastair Niven, Principal, King George & Queen Elizabeth Foundation at St. Catherine's, UK

Professor Bankole Omotoso, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Professor Ato Quayson, Director African Studies Centre, University of Cambridge

Professor Helge Ronning, Institutt for medier og kommunikasjon, Universitetet i Oslo, Norway

Dr. Nana Wilson-Tagoe, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Professor Alois S. Mlambo (Ex-officio member), Department of Economic History, University of Zimbabwe.

Top Twelve

The list
by title

The list
by author

The list
by country

Best children's

Best non-fiction