At present, there is a paucity of information regarding suicidal behavior in many African societies. This is regrettable given that suicidal behavior is a growing social and public health problem in many African societies. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Elechi Amadi’s The Concubine are both classical works in African literature that provide vivid depictions of cultural attitudes, beliefs and practices regarding suicide in pre-colonial Eastern Nigeria. These works, therefore, serve among a few potential sources of information for the student or researcher seeking information about traditional cultural beliefs and practices concerning African suicidal behavior. The current paper provides an analysis of suicidal behavior depicted in these two novels, then relates this information to actual data on suicide in contemporary African societies, particularly Ghana.