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An African quilt : 24 modern African stories
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Encompassing many different visions of Africa, the stories in this comprehensive collection feature characters stuggling to survive grinding poverty, tyrannical governments, cultural upheavals, and...
Encompassing many different visions of Africa, the stories in this comprehensive collection feature characters stuggling to survive grinding poverty, tyrannical governments, cultural upheavals, and disintegrating relationships. (p. 4 of cover).
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- Creator
- edited and with an introduction by Barbara H. Solomon and W. Reginald Rampone Jr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Signet Classics, 2013
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 371 pages ; 18 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780451532039, 0451532031
- OCLC
- ocn795166013
- The museums / Leila Aboulela -- Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- A private experience / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Two sisters / Ama Ata Aidoo -- First kiss / Doreen Baingana -- Another day at the office / Steve Chimombo -- Inkalamu's place / Nadine Gordimer -- Cages / Abdulrazak Gurnah -- Lomba / Helon Habila -- Earth love / Bessie Head -- Effortless tears / Alexander Kanengoni -- Cardboard manions / Farida Karodia -- Lemon orchard / Alex La Guma -- The second hut / Doris Lessing -- Mrs. Plum / Es'kia Mphahlele -- Who will stop the dark? / Charles Mungoshi / The middle door / Grace Ogot -- Under new pastoral management / Tanure Ojaide -- The power of a plate of rice / by Ifeoma Okoye -- Voice of America / E.C. Osondu -- Eighteen-nintey-nine / Olive Schreiner -- The suit / Can Themba -- Minutes of glory / Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- N2 / Zoë Wicomb