Author: Nadeza Obradovic
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Nadejhada Obradvich
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2010
Language: Assamese
Pages: 253
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788123747835
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 emphasis in this collection, apart from literary merit, is on the diversity of topics from the variety of countries involved - ranging from the north African areas, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, to the southern Mozambique and South Africa.
The everyday ways of life, culture, tradition, superstition, religion, marital customs, politics, interpersonal and interfamily relations, and the behavior of men and women in crisis situation such as war all permeate the pages of these twenty-five stories from sixteen countries. Their plots span the colonial period to the troubled years of the Biafran War and religious riots.
Many of the stories in this collection were originally written in English; other were translated from French, Arabic, and Portuguese. This fact further contributes to the variety of plots and literary expressions.
Contents
Foreword by Chinua Achebe
Preface
A Handful of Dates by Tayeb Salih
The Advance by Henri Lopes
Papa, Snake & I by Luis Bernardo Honwana
A Child in the Bush of Ghosts by Olympe Bhely-Quenum
It was Easter Sunday the Day I went to Netreg by Sinidwe Magona
The Brother by Charles Mungohsi
The Dignity of Begging by William (Bloke) Modisane
The Garden of Evil by William Saidi
Bossy by A R Gurnah
A Night Out by Tolowa Marti Mollel
Hot Days, Long Nights by Nnadazie F Inyama
Her Three Days by Sembene Ousmane
A Life in Detail
Mohammed Berrada
The Three-Piece suit by Ali Deb
The Wicked Tongue by Mohammed Moulessehoul
Four Dimensions by I N C Aniebo
Thought Tracks in the Snow by Dambudzo Marechera
Waiting for a Turn by Ken Lipenga
The Outer City by Ibrahim Abdel Megid
God of Meme by Ndeley Mokoso
Africa Kills her Sun by Ken Sario-Wiwa
At the Time of the Jzasmine by Alifa Rifaat
The Last Battle by Ossie O Enekwe
Civil War I-VII by Adewale Majaa-Pearce
The Point of No Return by Miriam M Tlali
The Winner by Barbara Kiwenye