Under African Skies: Modern African Stories

ISBN: 0374525501

Author: Larson, Charles

Condition: Used

Spanning a wide geographical range, this collection features many of the now prominent first generation of African writers and draws attention to a new generation of writers. Powerful, intriguing and essentially non-Western, these stories will be welcome by an audience truly ready for multicultural voices.With contributions from:Amos Tutuola (Nigeria)Camara Laye (Guinea)Birago Diop (Senegal)Sembene Ousmane (Senegal)Luís Bernardo Honwana (Mozambique)Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Kenya)Tayeb Salih (Sudan)Es'kia Mphahlele (South Africa)Grace Ogot (Kenya)Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghana)Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)Bessie Head (South Africa/Botswana)Similih M. Cordor (Liberia)René Philombe (Cameroon)Tijan M. Sallah (Gambia)Ken Saro-Wiwa (Nigeria)Don Mattera (South Africa)Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe)Véronique Tadjo (Ivory Coast)Ben Okri (Nigeria)Alexander Kanengoni (Zimbabwe)Mzamane Nhlapo (Lesotho)Steve Chimombo (Malawi)Sindiwe Magona (South Africa)Nuruddin Farah (Somalia)Mandla Langa (South Africa)