Author: Nadeza Obradovic
Several Contributors/
Translator(s)/ Edito: Nadeza Obradovic
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 312
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123740352
Description
This anthology of African short stories assembles together twenty-six stories by the best of contemporary African writers including many women writers. As distinct and complex as the nations the writers come from, these stories illuminate a slice of contemporary African life.
The foreword by Chinua Acheba places the African short story within its historical context. A compelling read, that brings to us a rich writing tradition barely known in this country.
Contents
Foreword by
Chinua Achebe
Preface
A Handful of Dates
TAYEB SALIH
The Advance
HENRI LOPES
Papa, Snake & I
LUIS BERNARDO HONWANA
A Child in the Bush of Ghost
OLYMPE BHELY-QUENUM
It was Easter Sunday The day I Went to Netreg
SINDIWE MAGONA
The Brother
CHARLES MUNGOSHI
The Dignity of Begging
WILLIAM (Bloke) MODISANE
The Garden of Evil
WILLIAM SAIDI
Bossy
A.R. GURNAH
A Night Out
TOLOWA MARTI MOLLEL
Hot Days, Long Nights
NNADAZIE F. INYAMA
Her Three Days
SEMBERN OUSMANE
A Life in Detail
MOHAMMED BERRADA
The Three-Piece Suit
ALI DEB
The Wicked Tongue
MOHAMMED MOULESSEHOUL
Four Dimensions
I.N.C. ANIEBO
Thought Tracks in the Snow
DAMBUDZO MAREHERA
Waiting for a Turn
KEN LIPENGA
The Other City
IBRAHIM ABDEL MEGID
God of Meme
NDELEY MOKOSO
Africa Kills her Sun
KEN SARO-WIWA
At the Time of the Jasmine
ALIFA RIFAAT
The Last Battle
OSSIE O. ENEKWE
Civil War I-VII
ADEWALE MAJAA-PEARCE
The Point of No Return
MIRIAM M. TLALI
The Winner
BARBARA KIWENYE