Afterlives is a 2020 work of historical fiction by the Nobel Prize-winning Zanjibar-born British author Abdulrazak Gurnah.

[1] Set mainly in the first half of the 20th century, the plot follows four protagonists living in an unnamed town on the Swahili coast of what is now Tanzania from the time of German colonial rule until a few years after independence.

The magazine's critical summary reads: "In this profound chronicle of individuals and colonialism, Gurnah brings a new perspective by focusing on the intimate: the stories of ordinary people who normally might go unnoticed".

[7] David Pilling of the Financial Times described it as a "book of quiet beauty and tragedy".

[2] In a review for The Guardian, Maaza Mengiste praised its narrative details of colonialism and depiction of psychologically complicated relationships, though she felt that the ending was rushed.