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This collection features many of the now prominent first generation of African writers, such as Chinua Achebe, Bessie Head and Wole Soyinka. It also includes a new generation of writers such as Ben Okri, Veronique Tadjo and Ken Saro-Wiwa, and a number of promising but currently unpublished new writers. Originally written in English, Portuguese and French, these stories illustrate the immense diversity of African literature.
This groundbreaking collection brings together a fantastic range of work, all of which makes clear the vitality and brilliance of writing from the African continent. It will be welcomed by an ever-increasing audience hungry for multi-cultural voices.
“These tales reflect some of Africa’s best characteristics - compassion and humour and an immense determination to survive against terrible odds.”
irish Independent
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“powerful and intriguing … offering an excellent introduction to black African literature”
goegraphical Magazine
“Every item in Charles Larson’s beautifully produced anthology brims with political resonances.”
scotsman
“powerful, intriguing and masterfully written”
pride