Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xvi, 159 pages ; 19 cm. |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Series |
African writers series |
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African writers series.
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Contents |
The false prophet / Sembene Ousmane -- Certain winds from the south / Ama Ata Aidoo -- The apprentice / Odun Balogun -- The will of Allah / David Owoyele -- Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- The gentlemen of the jungle / Jomo Kenyatta -- The green leaves / Grace Ogot -- Bossy / Abdulrazak Gurnah -- The spider's web / Leonard Kibera -- Minutes of glory / Ngugi wa Thiongo -- An incident in the Ghobashi household / Alifa Rifaat -- A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- A conversation from the third floor / Mohamed El-Bisatie -- Papa, Snake & I / B.L. Honwana -- The bridegroom / Nadine Gordimer -- The betrayal / Ahmed Essop -- Protista / Dambudzo Marechera -- The coffee-cart girl / Ezekiel Mphahlele -- Snapshots of a wedding / Bessie Head -- Reflections in a cell / Mafika Gwala. |
Summary |
A fine anthology, well selected, well ordered, and altogether a pleasure to read. The editors have chosen twenty stories by twenty different writers from all over Africa, grouping them geographically into four different sections: West, East, North and Southern Africa.... They have done a particularly good job of balancing the work of lesser-known, younger writers with established figures: David Owoyele as well as Adhebe, Abdulrzak Gurnah as well as Ngugi, Ahmed Essop as well as Nadine Gordimer and Bessie Head. |
Subject |
Short stories, African (English)
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Short stories, African -- Translations into English.
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Africa -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Africa -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
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Social conditions (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Short stories, African (English) (OCoLC)fst01117055
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Short stories, African. (OCoLC)fst01117054
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Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
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Short stories, African -- Translations into English.
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Genre/Form |
Short stories (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Short stories.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Added Author |
Achebe, Chinua, editor.
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Innes, Catherine Lynette, editor.
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Other Title |
Twenty short stories from across the continent |
ISBN |
0435905368 (pbk.) |
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9780435905361 (pbk.) |
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0435905376 (export) |
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9780435905378 (export) |
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0435902709 |
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9780435902704 |
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