African short stories
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African short stories
（African writers series）
Heinemann, 1987
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African short stories : twenty short stories from across the cntinent
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"First published in this edition, 1987"--T.p.verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
`Altogether a pleasure to read. The editors have chosen 20 stories by 20 different writers from all over Africa.' Chinua Achebe, the distinguished Nigerian writer, and C.L. Innes, a lecturer and literary critic of African and Caribbean literature, have collaborated in selecting and introducing this anthology of short stories. Chinua Achebe has taught at the Universities of Nigeria, Massachusetts and Connecticut and among the many honours he has received, he holds the Fellowship of the Modern Language Association of America and doctorates from the Universities of Stirling, Southampton and Kent. His best-selling, classic novel Things Fall Apart, first published in 1958, has now sold over eight million copies and been translated into more than 45 languages. His later novels, short stories and poems have earned him numerous prizes including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and the Scottish Arts Council Neil Gunn Fellowship. In 1987, he was recognised in Nigeria with the Nigerian National Merit Award - the country's highest award for intellectual achievement. C.L. Innes has taught English and Comparitive Literature at universities in Australia, the United States and England. She has co-edited Critical Perspectives on Chinua Achebe (Heinemann) and published a number of articles on African, Australian and Irish literature. Her other books include The Devil's Own Mirror: The Irish and the African in Modern Literature (Three Continents Press, Washington D.C.) and Chinua Achebe (Cambridge University Press).
Table of Contents
**********West Africa**********The False Prophet - Sembene OusmaneCertain Winds from the South - Ama Ata AidooThe Apprentice - Odun BalogunThe Will of Allah - David OwoyeleCivil Peace - Chinua Achebe**********East Africa**********The Gentlemen of the Jungle - Jomo KenyattaThe Green Leaves - Grace OgotBossy - Abdulrazak GurnahThe Spider's Web - Leonard KiberaMinutes of Glory - Ngugi we Thiong'o**********Northern Africa**********An Incident in the Ghobashi Household - Alifa RifaatA Handful of Dates - Tayeb SalihA Conversation from the Third Floor - Mohammed El-Bisatie**********Southern Africa**********Papa, Snake & I - B. L. HonwanaThe Bridegroom - Nadine GordimerThe Betrayal - Ahmed EssopProtista - Dambudzo MarecheraThe Coffee-Cart Girl - Ezekiel MphahleleSnapshots of a Wedding - Bessie HeadReflections in a Cell - Mafika Gwala
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