| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
li, 1089 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1008-1063) and index. |
| Summary |
From all over the world, this is a collection of works from two hundred women writers of African descent, including: Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alice Childress, Maryse Conde, Aldo do Espirito Santo, Marita Golden, Pilar Lopez Gonzales, June Jordan, Terry McMillan, Queen of Sheba, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Phillis Weatley, and many, many others. |
| Contents |
Hatshepsut -- Makeda, Queen of Sheba -- Lucy Terry -- Phillis Wheatley -- Elizabeth -- Mary Prince -- Zilpha Elaw -- Sojournet Truth -- Nancy gardner Prince -- Maria W. Stewart -- Mary Seacole -- Harriet E. Wilson -- Mwana Kupona Binti Msham -- Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent) -- Ann Plato -- Harriet Tubman -- Henrietta Fullor -- Frances E.W. Harper -- Lucy A. Delaney -- Charlotte Forten (Grimke) -- Bethany Veney -- Mattie J. Jackson -- Susie King Taylor -- Pauline E. Hopkins (Sarah A. Allen) -- Anna J. Cooper -- Annie L. Burton -- Kate Drumgood -- Ida B. Wells (Barnett) -- Mary Church Terrell -- Adelaide Casely-Hayford -- Alice Dunbar-Nelson -- Baba -- Angelina Weld Grimke -- Jessie Redmon Fauset -- Anne Spencer -- Elise Johnson McDougald -- Georgia Douglas Johnson -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Nella Larsen -- Amy Jacques Garvey -- Marita Bonner -- Gwendolyn B. Bennett -- Gladys May Casely-Hayford (Aquah Laluah) -- Una Marson -- Mabel Dove-Danquah -- Pauli Murray -- Virginia Brindis de Salas -- Ann Petry -- Dorothy West -- Carolina Maria de Jesus -- Ellen Kuzwayo -- Billie Holiday -- Claudia Jones -- Margaret Walker -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Marie Chauvet -- Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla -- Aida Cartagena Portalatin -- Louise Bennett -- Alice Childress -- Nisa -- Noni Jabavu -- Naomi Long Madgett -- Mari Evans -- Louise Meriwether -- Beryl Gilroy -- Efua Sutherland -- Rosa Guy -- Alda do Espirito Santo -- Noemia-de Sousa -- Annette M'Baye -- Maya Angelou -- Sylvia Winter -- Mariama Ba -- Citeku Ndaaya -- Paule Marshall -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Alda Lara -- Grace Ogot -- Mabel Sguin -- Charity Waciuma -- Lourdes Teodoro -- Toni Cade Bambara -- Kristin Hunter -- Toni Morrison -- Flora Nwapa -- Lauretta Ngcobo -- Marta Rojas (Rodriguez) -- Alice Perry Johnson -- Rebeka Njau -- Adaora Lily Ulasi -- Miriam Tlali -- Marion Patrick Jones -- Audre Lorde -- Sonia Sanchez -- Zulu Sofola -- Lucille Clifton -- Jayne Cortez -- Georgina Herrera -- June Jordan -- Awe Thiam -- Maryse Conde -- Bessie Head -- Velma Pollard -- Simone Schwarz-Bart -- Erna Brodber -- Ann Moody -- Nafissatou Diallo -- Zee Edgell -- Aminato Sow-fall -- Ama Ata Aidoo -- Pamela Mordecai -- Carolyn M. Rodgers -- Pilar Lopez Gonzales -- Hattie Gossett -- Micere Githae Mugo -- Eulalia Bernard -- Christine Craig -- Joyce Sikakane -- Olive Senior -- Nikki Giovanni -- Angela Y. Davis -- Thadious M. Davis -- Gloria T. Hull -- Eintou Pearl Springer -- Merle Hodge -- Amryl Johnson -- Red Jordan Arobateau -- Joan Cambridge -- J. California Cooper -- Jane Tapsubei Creider -- Barbara Makhalisa -- Myriam Warner-Vieyra -- Amelia Blossom House -- Ifi Amadiume -- Grace Akello -- Lina Magaia -- Alice Walker -- Nancy Morejon -- Buchi Emecheta -- J.J. Philips -- Sherley Anne Williams -- Barbara Burford -- Valerie Belgrave -- Michelle Cliff -- Marsha Hunt -- Sandi Russell -- Marlene Nourbese Philip -- Octavia E. Butler -- Vivian Glover -- Lorna Goodison -- Astrid Roemer -- Elean Thomas -- Pauline Melville -- Becky Birtha -- Ntozake Shange -- Zoe Wicomb -- Jewelle L. Gomez -- Molara Ogundipe-Leslie -- Aline Franca -- Gayl Jones -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Kebbedesh -- Saida Herzi -- Zaynab Alkali -- Merle Collins -- Grace Nichols -- Gloria Naylor -- Marita Golden -- Christine (Douts) Qunta -- Rita Dove -- Terry McMillan -- Mary Monroe -- Michele Wallace -- Bell Hooks -- Marsha Prescod -- Dionne Brand -- Andrea Lee -- Sekai Nzenza -- Dulcie September -- Abena P.A. Busia -- Angelika Einsenbrandt -- Opal Palmer Adisa -- Ayse Bircan -- Womi Bright Neal -- Veronique Tadjo -- Lucinda Roy -- Iiola Ashundie -- Valerie Bloom -- Jean Binta Breeze -- Iyamide Hazeley -- Joan Riley -- Zindzi Mandela -- Gcina Mhlope -- Maud Sulter -- Dinah Anuli Butler -- Tsitsi Dangarembga -- May Opitz -- Jackie Kay -- Jacqueline Rudet -- Gabriela Pearse -- Yelena Khanga -- Abena Adomako -- Kristina Rungano -- Jenneba Sie Jalloh -- Julia Berger -- Serena Gordon. |
| Subject |
Literature -- Women authors.
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Literature -- Black authors -- Translations into English.
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Literature -- Black authors.
(OCoLC)fst00999963
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Literature -- Women authors.
(OCoLC)fst01000068
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Anthologie.
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Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4
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Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5
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Schwarze Frau (DE-588)4286929-8
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| Indexed Term |
Literature Black authors Translations into English |
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Literature Women authors |
| Genre/Form |
Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Literature.
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| Added Author |
Busby, Margaret.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Daughters of Africa. 1st American ed. New York : Pantheon Books, ©1992 (OCoLC)655081246 |
| ISBN |
067941634X |
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9780679416340 |
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