Under African Skies

Modern African Stories
Herausgeber: Larson, Charles R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Spanning a wide geographical range, this collection features many of the now prominent first generation of African writers and draws attention to a new generation of writers. Powerful, intriguing and essentially non-Western, these stories will be welcome by an audience truly ready for multicultural voices. With contributions from: Amos Tutuola (Nigeria) Camara Laye (Guinea) Birago Diop (Senegal) Sembene Ousmane (Senegal) Luís Bernardo Honwana (Mozambique) Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Kenya) Tayeb Salih (Sudan) Es'kia Mphahlele (South Africa) Grace Ogot (Kenya) Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghana) Chinua Achebe (Nigeria) Bessie Head (South Africa/Botswana) Similih M. Cordor (Liberia) René Philombe (Cameroon) Tijan M. Sallah (Gambia) Ken Saro-Wiwa (Nigeria) Don Mattera (South Africa) Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe) Véronique Tadjo (Ivory Coast) Ben Okri (Nigeria) Alexander Kanengoni (Zimbabwe) Mzamane Nhlapo (Lesotho) Steve Chimombo (Malawi) Sindiwe Magona (South Africa) Nuruddin Farah (Somalia) Mandla Langa (South Africa)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3PL
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780374525507
• ISBN-10: 0374525501
• Artikelnr.: 22074148

Autorenporträt

Edited and Introduced by Charles Larson

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION Amos Tutuola
(Nigeria) THE COMPLETE GENTLEMAN Camara Laye
(Guinea) THE EYES OF THE STATUE Birago Diop
(Senegal) SARZAN Sembene Ousmane
(Senegal) BLACK GIRL Luís Bernardo Honwana
(Mozambique) PAPA, SNAKE &, I Ngugi wa Thiong'o
(Kenya) A MEETING IN THE DARK Tayeb Salih
(Sudan) A HANDFUL OF DATES Es'kia Mphahlele
(South Africa) MRS. PLUM Grace Ogot
(Kenya) TEKAYO Ama Ata Aidoo
(Ghana) TWO SISTERS Chinua Achebe
(Nigeria) GIRLS AT WAR Bessie Head
(South Africa/Botswana) THE PRISONER WHO WORE GLASSES Similih M. Cordor
(Liberia) IN THE HOSPITAL René Philombe
(Cameroon) THE TRUE MARTYR IS ME Tijan M. Sallah
(Gambia) INNOCENT TERROR Ken Saro
Wiwa
(Nigeria) AFRICA KILLS HER SUN Don Mattera
(South Africa) AFRIKA ROAD Yvonne Vera
(Zimbabwe) WHY DON'T YOU CARVE OTHER ANIMALS Véronique Tadjo
(Ivory Coast) THE MAGICIAN AND THE GIRL Ben Okri
(Nigeria) A PRAYER FROM THE LIVING Alexander Kanengoni
(Zimbabwe) EFFORTLESS TEARS Mzamane Nhlapo
(Lesotho) GIVE ME A CHANCE Steve Chimombo
(Malawi) TAKEN Sindiwe Magona
(South Africa) I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT, NOW Nuruddin Farah
(Somalia) MY FATHER, THE ENGLISHMAN, AND I Mandla Langa
(South Africa) A GATHERING OF BALD MEN