African short stories

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A fine anthology, well selected, well ordered, and altogether a pleasure to read. The editors have chosen twenty stories by twenty different writers from all over Africa, grouping them geographically into four different sections: West, East, North and Southern Africa ... They have done a particularly good job of balancing the work of lesser-known, younger writers with established figures: David Owoyele as well as Adhebe, Abdulrzak Gurnah as well as Ngugi, Ahmed Essop as well as Nadine Gordimer …

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Full title :African short stories / selected and edited by Chinua Achebe and C.L. Innes.

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Publication Date:1985

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Publisher(s):Heinemann Educational
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1985

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Description:[176] pages

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ISBN:0435905376, 9780435905378, 0435905368, 9780435905361
oclc:on1050499034
LC Classification:PR9347.5
Dewey Decimal:823/.01/0896

The false prophet / Sembene Ousmane -- Certain winds from the south / Ama Ata Aidoo -- The apprentice / Odun Balogun -- The will of Allah / David Owoyele -- Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- The gentlemen of the jungle / Jomo Kenyatta -- The green leaves / Grace Ogot -- Bossy / Abdulrazak Gurnah -- The spider's web / Leonard Kibera -- Minutes of glory / Ngugi wa Thiongo̓ -- An incident in the Ghobashi household / Alifa Rifaat -- A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- A conversation from the third floor / Mohamed El-Bisatie -- Papa, Snake & I / B.L. Honwana -- The bridegroom / Nadine Gordimer -- The betrayal / Ahmed Essop -- Protista / Dambudzo Marechera -- The coffee-cart girl / Ezekiel Mphahlele -- Snapshots of a wedding / Bessie Head -- Reflections in a cell / Mafika Gwala.