| Edition |
[Second edition]. |
| Description |
xxiv, 375 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"Previously published, in slightly different form, as African rhapsody : short stories from the contemporary African experience, in 1994"--T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- The advance / Henri Lopès -- Papa, snake & I / Luis Bernardo Honwana -- The prophetess / Njabulo S. Ndebele -- A child in the bush of ghosts / Olympe Bhely-Quenum -- It was Easter Sunday the day I went to Netreg / Sindiwe Magona -- The brother / Charles Mungoshi -- The dignity of begging / William (Bloke) Modisane -- The garden of evil / William Saidi -- Bossy / Abdulrazak Gurnah -- A night out / Tololwa Marti Mollel -- Hot days, long nights / Nnadozie F. Inyama -- Her three days / Sembène Ousmane -- A life in detail / Mohammed Berrada -- The three-piece suit / Ali Deb -- The wicked tongue / Mohammed Moulessehoul -- Four dimensions / I.N.C. Aniebo -- Thought tracks in the snow / Dambudzo Marechera -- Waiting for a turn / Ken Lipenga -- The other city / Ibrahim Abdel Megid -- God of Meme / Ndeley Mokoso -- Africa kills her sun / Ken Saro-Wiwa -- At the time of the jasmine / Alifa Rifaat -- The museum / Leila Aboulela -- The home-coming / Milly Jafta -- What the tapster saw / Ben Okri -- The one-handed hero / Funso Aiyejina -- The woman in green / Farida Karodia -- Thirty-one beautiful green trees / Salwa Bakr -- Smile of fortune / Gaele Sobott-Mogwe -- Slow poison / Makuchi -- The Waldiba story / Hama Tuma -- The last battle / Ossie O. Enekwe -- Civil war I-VII / Adewale Maja-Pearce. |
| Subject |
Short stories, African (English)
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Short stories, African -- Translations into English.
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Africa -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Obradović, Nadežda.
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| Added Title |
Modern African stories |
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African rhapsody.
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| ISBN |
0385722400 paperback |
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