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Africa (History, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Africa (History, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.84, median 370 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.51 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 46% of the parent category History (800), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 77% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 370 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.51, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Africa best sellers
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Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
by Saidiya V. Hartman
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews381
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In Nigeria: The latest travel adventure from the bestselling author
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews49
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Africa: The Definitive Visual History of a Continent (DK Definitive Visual Histories)
by DK
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews231
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White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
by Susan Williams
- List rank#4
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews451
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
- List rank#5
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,287
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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
by Dean King
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,329
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy
- List rank#9
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,154
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,749
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Africa
FAQ
Is Africa a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 370 reviews and sells for $8.84.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Africa?
The median best seller has 370 reviews, and 30% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Africa best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.84; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.51.
Can new books break into Africa?
12% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.