Chad: Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid

Burkina Faso: The Parachute Drop by Norbert Zongo

Mauritania: Angles of Mauritania and the Curse of the Language by Mohamed Bouya Bamba

South Sudan: Dinka Folktales; African Stories From The Sudan by Francis Mading Deng

Kosovo: Summer Is My Favorite Season: A Memoir of Childhood and War in Kosovo by Ilir Berisha

New Zealand: The Bone People by Keri Hulme

Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff

Plumb by Maurice Gee