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 Table of contents

Bessie Head 4

Ferdinand Oyono 6

Véronique Tadjo 7

Sony Labou Tansi 7

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Daniel Mengara 7

˜ ˜ wa Thiong’o
Ngugi 8

B. Kojo Lang 8

Amma Darko 9

Ama Ata Aidoo 9

Ayi Kwei Armah 9

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Lily Mabura 10

Thomas Mofolo 10

Neshani Andreas 10

Tiyambe Zeleza 10

Jack Mapanje 10

Lília Momplé 11

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Mia Couto 11

Chinua Achebe 12

Obtunde Ijimere 14

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 Bessie Head
Botswana

Serowe: Village of
the Rain Wind The Lovers

An examination of Serowe’s recent The Lovers collects together Head’s

past – seen through the words and short fiction of the 1960s and 70s,
memories of the village inhabitants. written mainly in Serowe, Botswana.

9780435902735 280pp 978043545715 184pp

A Question
A Woman Alone of Power

A Woman Alone is a collection of Cruel revelations lead Elizabeth,

autobiographical writings, sketches and a South African refugee, to drift
essays, which covers Bessie Head’s life. in and out of sanity.

9780435906030 144pp 9780435907204 206pp

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 Maru

Margaret Cadmore, an orphaned

Masarwa girl, comes to Dilepe to
teach, only to discover that in this
remote Botswana village her
people are treated as outcasts.

“… change the world

on the basis of love of
mankind.” – Bessie Head

9780435913588 123pp

When Rain A Collector

Clouds Gather of Treasures

When a South Africa refugee joins forces A sequence of Botswana village tales about
with an English farmer, the old ways of life subjects such as the breakdown of family
are challenged. life and the position of women in society.

9780435909611 185pp 9780435909819 109pp

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 The Return of
the Water Spirit Luis R. Mitras (translator)
Angola
Winner of Angola’s
National Literature Prize
In Angola in the late 1980s, a time of
war, there are those who feel that the
Marxist-orientated elite has allowed
itself to be corrupted by nepotism
and the worst kind of rampant
capitalism. One day, a building in
Kinaxixi Square collapses
unexpectedly, harming no-one.
An ancient African water spirit has
returned to reclaim the land.

9780435912109 128pp

The Old Man Houseboy

and the Medal

Ferdinand Oyono Ferdinand Oyono

Cameroon
It is with pride that Meka first hears
he is to receive a medal. While
waiting for the ceremony, however,
Meka gives way to scepticism.
Cameroon
‘It is a better guide to French colo-
nial Africa, and to racism, than any
non-fiction account, whether by an
African or a Frenchman.’ The Times
Literary Supplement

9780435900397 176pp 9780435905323 128pp

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 The Shadow of Imana As the Crow Flies

dal

Véronique Tadjo Véronique Tadjo

Cote D’Ivoire Cote D’Ivoire

As evidence emerged of the An illicit love affair that turns sour

genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the is the starting point in this lyrical
outside world reeled in shock. explanation of the human heart.

9780435910150 128pp 9780435912031 112pp

The Seven
Solitudes of Distant View
Lorsa Lopez of a Minaret Mema

Sony Labou Tansi Alifa Rifaat Tansi Daniel Mengara

DRC
Estina Bronzario leads the
women of Nsanga-Norda
in protest against corruption
and apathy.
Egypt Gabon
A revelation on what it is like Mema is an engaging and
to be a woman living within a dramatic tale of a woman
traditional Muslim society. stuggling against her
community.

9780435905941 144pp 9780435909123 128pp 9780435909239 122pp

African Writers Series 7

 ˜ ˜ wa Thiongo
Ngugi
Kenya
The Black Devil on the A Grain of
Hermit Cross Wheat

Should Remi, the first of his One of the most powerful A classic novel depicting the
Kenyan tribe to go to the univer- critiques of modern Kenya history of colonialsism in Kenya.
sity or return to his people? ever written.

9780435900519 196pp 9780435908447 256pp 9780435913564 288pp

The River
Between Weep Not, Child
An extraordinary story about
the effects of the Mau Mau
war on the lives of ordinary
men and women in Kenya.
Two brothers, Kamau, an
apprentice carpenter, and
Njoroge, a scholar, need to
decide where their loyalties
lie. For the practical man,
the choice is simple, but for
Njoroge, the dream of
progress through learning
is a hard one to give up.

9780435908300 144pp

The River Between explores life

on the makuyu and Kameno
ridges of Kenya in the early days
of white settlement.

9780435905484 174pp

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Beyond the Search Sweet Woman of
Horizon Country Aeroplanes

Amma Darko B. Kojo Laing B. Kojo Laing

Ghana Ghana Ghana
Once a naïve Ghanian village Kojo Laing has created a heady A fantastic journey filled
girl, Mara, reflects on her cocktail in this novel that will not with unforgettable characters
transformation to a prostitute. fail to stimulate the mind. and magical places.

9780435909901 140pp 9780435045708 368pp 9780435045722 304pp

The Beautyful
The Girl Ones Are Not
Changes Who Can Yet Born

Ama Ata Aidoo Ama Ata Aidoo Ayi Kwei Armah

Ghana Ghana Ghana
A spirited and poignant story With zest and humour, Ama The story of a man who says
about Esi, an independent Ata Aidoo brings attention to no to bribery but wins nothing
woman who leaves her husband. women’s struggle within society. but scorn for his honesty.

9780435910143 208pp 9780435910136 151pp 9780435905408 192pp

African Writers Series 9

 NEW How Shall We The Purple Flower
Kill the Bishop Chaka of Oshaantu

Lily Mabura Thomas Mofolo Neshani Andreas

Ghana
e-book available
A collection of short stories of
diverse characters whose fates
fascinate and alarm.
Lesotho Namibia
Thomas Mofolo’s classic novel The story of an unhappy wife
of the Zulu hero, Chaka. who refuses to mourn her
husband’s death.

9780435075415 104pp 9780435902292 192pp 9780435912086 185pp

9780435152147 (e-book)

The Chattering
Smouldering Gathering Wagtails of
Charcoal Seaweed Mikuyu Prison

Tiyambe Zeleza Jack Mapanje (Ed.) Jack Mapanje

Malawi
A story of conflict between two
economically divided families
during a turbulent political climate.
9780435905835 192pp
Malawi
An anthology of extracts from
prison memoirs, letters, poetry
and interviews.
9780435912116 352pp
Malawi
A collection of poems borne out
of the author’s horrific experience
of detention without trial.
9780435911980 240pp

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Neighbours: The Every Man is
Story of a Murder a Race

Lília Momplé Mia Couto

Mozambique Mozambique

The discovery of a vicious 18 short stories, which look at

South African conspiracy to the issues of civil war, petty
infiltrate and demobilise officialdom and corruption in
post-colonial Mozambique. post-independence Mozambique.

9780435912093 134pp 9780435909826 118pp

A Cowrie of Hope
A young widow, Nasula,
suffers years of economic
hardship, dreaming of a better
life for her daughter.
“… captures the
rhythms of a people
whose poverty has
not diminished
their dignity…”
9780435912024 160pp

Binwell Sinyangwe
Zambia

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 Chinua Achebe
Nigeria
Anthills of
the Savannah
A story of West African politics,
but woven into it are African
legends, folk-tales and proverbs.
9780435905385 240pp
Things Fall Apart
Available in an extended edition
including essays, maps, illustra-
tions and reference material.
9780435913502 184pp
9780435905255 208pp
(Expanded version)
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Arrow of God
A chief priest has rivals in the
tribe, in the white government,
and even in his own family.
9780435905309 240pp
No Longer
at Ease
Achebe uses the fall of one
man, a descendent of the hero
in Things Fall Apart, to depict
the birth of a whole new age
in Nigerian life.
9780435913519 168pp
A Man of
the People
A powerful satire that chronicles
the corruption threatening,
careerist politicians.
9780435905347 160pp
The Trouble
with Nigeria
In this book, Achebe broke the
silence at the time of the 1983
Nigerian elections. The style
and wit partly cover his deep
desperation.
9780435906986 80pp
Labyrinths The Sterile Sky The Concubine

Christopher Okigbo E.E. Sule Elechi Amadi

Nigeria
e-book available
This extraordinary and powerful
collection of interlinked poems,
first published in 1971,
showcases Okigbo’s rare talent.
Nigeria
e-book available
As the gifted young Murtala comes
of age in Kano, violent riots and
his family’s own woes threaten to
erase all that he holds dear...
Nigeria
Ihuoma, a young widow, has the
admiration of the entire community
in which she lives, and especially
the hunter, Ekwueme.

9780435905385 240pp 9780435045753 286pp 9780435905569 216pp

9780435152154 (e-book) 9780435045753 (e-book)

The Joys of
Arrows of Rain Motherhood The New Tribe

Okey Ndibe Buchi Emecheta Buchi Emecheta

Nigeria
When a young woman runs into
the sea and drowns, the police
investigate the last man to see her
alive – Bukuru the vagrant.al.
Nigeria
e-book available in 2015
Nnu Ego devotes her life to
her children, but finds herself
friendless and alone in
middle age.
Nigeria
The story of Chester, a black
boy growing up in a white
family, searching for his true
identitiy.

9780435906573 247pp 9780435913540 254pp 9780435912048 144pp

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 Second Class Equiano’s The Imprisonment
Citizen Travels of Obatala

Buchi Emecheta Paul Edwards (Ed.) Obotunde Ijimere

Nigeria
Adah’s fervoured desire to write
is pitted against the dual forces
of an egotistical husband and an
oppressive society.
Nigeria Nigeria
Equiano’s early life in Ibo country, A delightful collection of
as a slave in Southern America Yoruba verse plays.
and his travels as a free man.

9780435909918 192pp 9780435906009 190pp 9780435900182 124pp

Efuru A Squatter’s Tale

Flora Nwapa Ike Oguine

Nigeria
Flora Nwapa’s first novel plants her story
firmly in the world of women. Efuru, beautiful
and respected, is loved and deserted by
two undistinguished husbands.
Nigeria
e-book available in 2015
Obi, a young hopeful Nigerian immigrant
in America, tells a series of stories within
a story of homesickness and living on the
fringes of society.

9780435900267 288pp 9780435906559 165pp

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God’s Bits Ambiguous
of Wood So Long a Letter Adventure

Sembene Ousmane Mariama Bâ Cheikh Hamidou Kane

Senegal Senegal Senegal

A classic African novel set during An intense novel written in The adventures of a
the Dakar-Niger railway strike of the form of a letter sent to Senegalese man in France.
1947-8 as seen through the eyes Ramatoulaye, who has recently
of the workers. been widowed.

9780435909598 248pp 9780435913526 112pp 9780435901196 240pp

Season of the
NEW Migration to
The Grub Hunter The Translator the North

Amir Tag Elsir Leila Aboulela Tayeb Salih

Sudan Sudan Sudan
e-book available
She is a translator and he a A beautifully constructed
This sharply original novel
lecturer, Samaar and Rae live novel set in the Sudan and
explores notions on identity and
in worlds divided by simple Europe.
writing with wit and humour.
facts – religion, and race.
9780435134808 248pp
9780435152178 (e-book) 9780435912079 112pp 9780435913533 240pp

African Writers Series 15

 In the Fog of the I Write What
Season’s End Mine Boy I Like

Alex La Guma Peter Abrahams Steve Biko

South Africa
The story of those people who
daily risked their lives in the
underground movement against
apartheid.
South Africa
First published in 1946, this novel
was one of the first to bring to
light the suffering of black South
Africans under a cruel regime.
South Africa
Steve Biko was murdered in his
prison cell. He was only 31, but
his vision had already transformed
South African politics.

9780435909802 192pp 9780435905620 184pp 9780435905989 160pp

The Enemy Within

No Easy Walk
to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
From his humble
beginnings in rural South
Africa, Nelson Mandela’s
life is a tale of inspiration
and courage. This
powerful biography
provides an in-depth
look at Nelson Mandela
who grew up in a rural
village in South Africa
under racist apartheid
rule – a regime he
ultimately helped
overthrow.
Steve Jacobs
South Africa 9780435907822 192pp
Jewish barrister, Jeremy Spielman takes on
the case of a black man accused of murder,
the circumstances of which threaten to
destroy his fragile faith in the emergent nation.

9780435909987 192pp

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NEW Mindblast
Dambudzo Marechera
Zimbabwe
Available in 2015
A powerful collection of
plays, fiction, poetry and
autobiography.
9780435045739 200pp
Can We Talk and
Other Stories
Shimmer Chinodya
Zimbabwe
Youthful desires for prosperity,
love and a purpose in life are
undermined by experiences of
humiliation, compromise and
failure to communicate.al.
9780435912055 154pp
House of Hunger
Dambudzo Marechera
Zimbabwe
e-book available
These stories deal with the
psychological and social
alienation of living in exile.
9780435895983 176pp.
9780435152147 (e-book)
Dew in the
Morning
Shimmer Chinodya
Zimbabwe
A sharply perceived evocation of
changing life in rural Zimbabwe
during the 1960s and 1970s. This
is one of Shimmer Chinodya’s first
novels.
9780435912062 218pp
African Writers Series
Harvest of Thorns
Shimmer Chinodya
Zimbabwe
This is a significant novel
about Zimbabwe’s past and a
predictor of what lies ahead.
9780435905569 216pp
The Grass is
Singing
Doris Lessing
Zimbabwe
A classic story of murder set in
Rhodesia. This, Doris Lessing’s
first novel, received wide acclaim
on its original publication in 1950.
9780435901318 256pp
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 Collections
Poems of Contemporary
Black Africa African Short Stories

Edited by Wole Soyinka Edited by Chinua Achebe and CL Innes

This collection includes the work of both established This anthology displays the variety, talent
and new poets from the four corners of Africa. and scope of contemporary African writing.

978043590174 378pp 9780435905668 196pp

African Short Stories

Edited by Chinua Achebe

and CL Innes

‘Altogether a pleasure to
read. The editors have
chosen 20 stories by
20 different writers from
all over Africa.’

9780435905361 176pp

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Opening Spaces

Edited by Yvonne Vera

An Anthology of Contemporary
African Women’s Writing

Winner of the Caine Prize

for African Writing 2000.

A provocative collection
of short stories from 15
African writers. They act
as witnesses to the dramas
of private and public life.
Their stories challenge
contemporary attitudes and
behaviour, leaving no room
for complacency.

9780435910105 180pp

South African
Short Stories

Edited by Dennis Hirson

with Martin Trump
The issue of apartheid
pervades this significant
anthology of South African
short stories.

9780435906726 248pp

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