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the Penguin anthology of current African writing

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An edition of Gods and soldiers (2009)

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the Penguin anthology of current African writing

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
344

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Table of Contents

Introduction by Robert Spillman
West Africa: Nonfiction. Chinua Achebe (Nigeria): The African writer and the English language
Fiction. Helon Habila (Nigeria): from Waiting for an angel
Mohammed Neseehu Ali (Ghana): The manhood test
Chris Abani (Nigeria): from Becoming Abigail
E. C. Osondu (Nigeria): Voice of America
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria): Half of a yellow sun
Francophone Africa: Nonfiction. Patrice Nganang (Cameroon): The Senghor complex
Fiction. Alain Mabanckou (Congo): from Broken window
Fatou Diome (Senegal): from The belly of the Atlantic
Boubacar Boris Diop (Senegal): from Murambi, the book of bones
North Africa: Nonfiction. Laila Lalami (Morocco): The politics of reading fiction
Nawal El Saadawi (Egypt): from Woman at point zero
Mohamed Magani (Algiers): From The butcher's aesthetics
Aziz Chouaki (Algiers): from The star of Algiers
Leila Aboulela (Sudan): "Souvenirs"
East Africa: Nonfiction. Binyavanga Wainaina (Kenya): from Discovering home
Fiction. Nng'g' wa thiong'o (Kenya): from Wizard of the crow
Doreen Baingana (Uganda): Christianity killed the cat
Nuruddin Farah (Somalia): from Knots
Abdourahman A. Waberi (Djibouti): from The united states of Africa
Former Portuguese Colonies: Nonfiction. Mia Couto (Mozambique): Languages we don't know we know
Fiction. Ondjaki (Angola): Dragonfly
José Eduardo Agualusa (Angola): from The book of chameleons
Southern Africa: Nonfiction. J. M. Coetzee (South Africa): from Stranger shores
Fiction. Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe): Dead swimmers
Niq Mhlongo (South Africa): from Dog eat dog
Nadine Gordimer (South Africa): "A beneficiary"
Marlene Van Niekerk (South Africa): from Agaat
Zakes Mda (South Africa): from Ways of dying
Ivan Vladislavi' (South Africa): "The whites only bench".

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
New York, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808.8/9960904
Library of Congress
PN849.A352 G63 2009, PN849.A352G63 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
344

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22528026M
Internet Archive
godssoldierspeng0000unse
ISBN 13
9780143114734
LCCN
2008038434
OCLC/WorldCat
253634775
Goodreads
6203277

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