African Short Stories
A selection of the best African stories written between 1960 and 1985.
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A selection of the best African stories written between 1960 and 1985.
**********West Africa********** 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 **********East Africa********** 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 we Thiong'o **********Northern Africa********** An Incident in the Ghobashi Household - Alifa Rifaat A Handful of Dates - Tayeb Salih A Conversation from the Third Floor - Mohammed El-Bisatie **********Southern Africa********** 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
\ From the Publisher"'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.'"\ World Literature Today\ "'There is indeed wonderful writing in the collection'."\ New York Literary Supplement\ "'A highly recommended book for teachers to use as an introduction (a) to the short story and (b) to Africa.'"\ The Times Educational Supplement, Edward Blishen \ "'...African Short Stories is a worthy showcase of recent African writing...""\ Africa Events\ \ \
