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Series
African writers volume 270
Pub. Date
1987.
Physical Description
159 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Description
320 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Caine Prize for African Writing, this collection showcases all twenty prize-winning short stories - each with its own unique take on modern African life. A jailer's love poems ghost-written by a prisoner... Love blossoming between two girls despite the horror of their community... Street kids stick-fighting or stealing guavas from the rich... A dystopian world where women must go naked until they marry......
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Description
245 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
African literary scholars struggle to reconcile African mysticism with literary labels. Between Dystopias: The Road to Afropantheology encapsulates the essence of African mysticism and dystopia through original stories.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Description
vii, 451 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Many people in the world today see those who do not look like them, or who speak differently as being separate; as "other." Relations challenges the human illusion of separation, illuminating the connections that link us all as humans, different though equal in every way. In this powerful anthology, new and established storytellers reshape the narratives that restrict and subjugate, revealing the truth of our shared humanity despite differences such...
Series
Afro-Asian literature volume 2-3
Pub. Date
[1973]
Physical Description
2 volumes ; 19 cm
Language
English
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Description
xii, 514 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning editorial team Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora. A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the country's ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendent of a rain goddess inherits...
Series
African literature today volume 31
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Description
xii, 179 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Description
xxii, 361 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Hay Festival brings its 39 Project to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to identify the most promising writing talents under the age of 40 from Sub-Saharan Africa and its diaspora. From the list of 39 writers chosen by the judges, editor Allfrey has selected stories, extracts from novels, and other writings, many never before published, to create a collection of some of the most varied and exciting new work in world literature.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 61 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears": A tall tale sets off a chain of mishaps in the jungle. Will the jungle creatures ever get the story straight? "A story, a story": Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyanme, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider Man, wanted them - and caught three sly creatures to get them. "Who's in Rabbit's house?": Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't...
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