Research Catalog
Under African skies : modern African stories
- Title
- Under African skies : modern African stories / edited, and with an introduction by Charles R. Larson.
- Publication
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Larson, Charles R.
- Description
- xix, 315 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- An anthology of short stories by African writers from a dozen countries. The subjects range from war and politics to problems with domestics and African humor. Some stories were written in English, others are translations from Arabic, French and Portuguese. All were written in the latter part of this century.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Short stories.
- Translations.
- Contents
- The complete gentleman / Amos Tutuola (Nigeria) -- The eyes of the statue / Camara Laye (Guinea) -- Sarzan / Birago Diop (Senegal) -- Black girl / Sembene Ousmane (Senegal) -- Papa, snake & I / Luís Bernardo Honwana (Mozambique) -- A meeting in the dark / Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Kenya) -- A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih (Sudan) -- Mrs. Plum / Es'kia Mphahlele (South Africa) -- Tekayo / Grace Ogot (Kenya) -- Two sisters / Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghana) -- Girls at war / Chinua Achebe (Nigeria) -- The prisoner who wore glasses / Bessie Head (South Africa) -- In the hospital / Similih M. Cordor (Liberia) -- The true martyr is me / René Philombe (Cameroon) -- Innocent terror / Tijan M. Sallah (Gambia) -- Africa kills her sun / Ken Saro-Wiwa (Nigeria) -- Afrika road / Don Mattera (South Africa) -- Why don't you carve other animals / Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe) -- The magician and the girl / Véronique Tadjo (Ivory Coast) -- A prayer from the living / Ben Okri (Nigeria) -- Effortless tears / Alexander Kanengoni (Zimbabwe) -- Give me a chance / Mzamane Nhlapo (Lesotho) -- Taken / Steve Chimombo (Malawi) -- I'm not talking about that, now / Sindiwe Magona (South Africa) -- My father, the Englishman, and I / Nuruddin Farah (Somalia) -- A gathering of bald men / Mandla Langa (South Africa).
- Call Number
- Sc E 97-638
- ISBN
- 0374211787
- 9780374211783
- 0374176590
- 9780374176594
- LCCN
- 96048601
- OCLC
- 35986274
- Title
- Under African skies : modern African stories / edited, and with an introduction by Charles R. Larson.
- Imprint
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Larson, Charles R.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 97-638