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Gods and soldiers : the Penguin anthology of contemporary African writing
- Title
- Gods and soldiers : the Penguin anthology of contemporary African writing / edited by Rob Spillman.
- Publication
- New York : Penguin Books, 2009.
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- Additional Authors
- Spillman, Rob.
- Description
- xix, 344 p. : maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- From the Publisher: A one-of-a-kind collection showcasing the energy of new African literature. Coming at a time when Africa and African writers are in the midst of a remarkable renaissance, Gods and Soldiers captures the vitality and urgency of African writing today. With stories from northern Arabic-speaking to southern Zulu-speaking writers, this collection conveys thirty different ways of approaching what it means to be African. Whether about life in the new urban melting pots of Cape Town and Luanda, or amid the battlefield chaos of Zimbabwe and Somalia, or set in the imaginary surreal landscapes born out of the oral storytelling tradition, these stories represent a striking cross section of extraordinary writing. Including works by J. M. Coetzee, Chimamanda Adichie, Nuruddin Farah, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Chinua Achebe, and edited by Rob Spillman of Tin House magazine, Gods and Soldiers features many pieces never before published, making it a vibrant and essential glimpse of Africa as it enters the twenty-first century.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Rob Spillman -- Map of Africa -- West Africa: Nonfiction -- African writer and the English language / Chinua Achebe (Nigeria) -- Fiction -- Lomba / Helon Habila (Nigeria) -- Manhood test / Mohammed Naseehu Ali (Ghana) -- Becoming Abigail / Chris Abani (Nigeria) -- Voice of America / E C Osondu (Nigeria) -- Half of a yellow sun / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) -- Francophone Africa: Nonfiction -- Senghor complex / Patrice Nganang (Cameroon) -- Fiction -- Broken glass / Alain Mabanckou (Republic of Congo) -- Belly of the Atlantic / Fatou Diome (Senegal) -- Murambi, the book of bones / Boubacar Boris Diop (Senegal) -- North Africa: Nonfiction -- Politics of reading / Laila Lalami (Morocco) -- Fiction -- Woman at point zero / Nawal El Saadawi (Egypt) -- Butcher's aesthetic / Mohamed Magani (Algeria) -- Star of Algiers / Aziz Chouaki (Algeria) -- Souvenirs / Leila Aboulela (Sudan) -- East Africa: Nonfiction -- Discovering home / Binyavanga Wainaina (Kenya) -- Fiction -- Wizard of the crow / Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Kenya) -- Christianity killed the cat / Doreen Baingana (Uganda) -- Knots / Nuruddin Farah (Somalia) -- United states of Africa / Abdourahman A Waberi (Djibouti) -- Former Portuguese Colonies: Nonfiction -- Languages we don't know we know / Mia Couto (Mozambique) -- Fiction -- Dragonfly / Ondjaki (Angola) -- Book of chameleons / Jose Eduardo Agualusa (Angola) -- Southern Africa: Nonfiction -- Memoirs of Breyten Breytenbach / J M Coetzee (South Africa) -- Fiction -- Dead swimmers / Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe) -- Dog eat dog / Niq Mhlongo (South Africa) -- Beneficiary / Nadine Gordimer (South Africa) -- Agaat / Marlene van Niekerk (South Africa) -- Ways of dying / Zakes Mda (South Africa) -- Whites only bench / Ivan Vladislavic (South Africa) -- Biographical notes.
- Call Number
- Sc D 10-844
- ISBN
- 9780143114734 (pbk.)
- 0143114735 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2008038434
- OCLC
- 253634775
- Title
- Gods and soldiers : the Penguin anthology of contemporary African writing / edited by Rob Spillman.
- Imprint
- New York : Penguin Books, 2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Spillman, Rob.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 10-844