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Africa (History, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Africa (History, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $13.13, median 668 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.09 – $19.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 80% of Books categories: the median best seller has 668 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Africa best sellers
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ETHIOPIAN BIBLE in English LARGE PRINT: The Definitive Collection of all the Rejected Apocrypha Scriptures. Includes Jubilees, Enoch, Audio, Bel and the Dragon, I-II-III Meqabyan, and much More
by African Culture Scriptures
- List rank#1
- Price$15.45
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,243
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Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
by Saidiya V. Hartman
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews381
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
- List rank#5
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,287
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11,570
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Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah
- List rank#7
- Price$7.54
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,760
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In Nigeria: The latest travel adventure from the bestselling author
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews49
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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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An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
by Zeinab Badawi
- List rank#10
- Price$24.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews956
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Africa
FAQ
Is Africa a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 668 reviews and sells for $13.13.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Africa?
The median best seller has 668 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Africa best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.13; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.09 and $19.99.
Can new books break into Africa?
6% 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.