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The Granta Book of the African Short Story
The Granta Book of the African Short Story
by Helon Habila
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The Arrangers of Marriage by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie My new husband carried the suitcase out of the taxi and led the way into the brownstone, up a flight of brooding stairs, down an airless hallway with frayed carpeting, and stopped at a door. The... (read more)

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Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum and the Northern Horn, 1000 BC - Ad 1300 (Eastern African Studies)
Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum and the Northern Horn, 1000 BC - Ad 1300 (Eastern African Studies)
by David W. Phillipson
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Focuses on the Aksumite state of the first millennium AD in northern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea, its development, florescence and eventual transformation into the so-called medieval civilisation of Christian Ethiopia. This book seeks to apply a common... (read more)

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Tell Me Friends Tell Me Friends: Contemporary Stories and Plays of Tanzania Contemporary Stories and Plays of Tanzania
Tell Me Friends Tell Me Friends: Contemporary Stories and Plays of Tanzania Contemporary Stories and Plays of Tanzania
by Lilian Osaki
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This third volume of Tell Me, Friends collects stories and plays written by students and staff at the University of Dar es Salaam between 2006 and 2008. The stories in the collection are: "Our Man" by Saida Yahya-Othman; "The Window Seat" by Benjamin... (read more)

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Africa South - Viewpoints, 1956-1961
Africa South - Viewpoints, 1956-1961
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Africa South was a major non-partisan organ of opposition to the apartheid government of South Africa. The 21 issues of the journal altogether published some 460 essays, of which 57 are reprinted here. Among the topics are South Africa's struggle for... (read more)

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Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
by Eric Ross
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A book about contemporary urban design, a metaphysical worldview and a cultural process that transcends the pre-colonial/colonial/post-colonial divides.... (read more)

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Higher Education in Tanzania: A Case Study (Higher Education in Africa)
Higher Education in Tanzania: A Case Study (Higher Education in Africa)
by Brian Cooksey
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The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa commissioned case studies of higher education provision in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, as part of its effort to stimulate enlightened, equitable, and knowledge-based... (read more)

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A Labour of Moles (Sylph Editions - Cahiers)
A Labour of Moles (Sylph Editions - Cahiers)
by Ivan Vladislavic
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"I found myself in the thick of things. I shut my eyes experimentally, opened them again. If I was dreaming, the scene should change – but no, everything was exactly as it had been before." So begins A Labour of Moles, by one of South... (read more)

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The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013
The Caine Prize for African Writing 2013
by Caine Prize Caine Prize
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The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa's leading literary prize. It has helped launch the careers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Segun Afolabi, Leila Aboulela, Brian Chikwava, Binyavanga Wainaina, and many others. The 2013 collection includes the... (read more)

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Images Out of Africa: The Virginia Garner Diaries of the Africa Motion Picture Project
Images Out of Africa: The Virginia Garner Diaries of the Africa Motion Picture Project
by Virginia Garner
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In 1938, Virginia and Ray Garner began making films in the Belgian Congo and French Cameroons. This book features Virginia Garner's diaries, which highlight the challenges of making films in Africa in the 1930s and include rich descriptions of cross... (read more)

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Writing African History (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
Writing African History (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
by John Edward Philips
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Writing African History is an essential work for anyone who wants to write, or even seriously read, African history. It will replace Daniel McCall's classic Africa in Time Perspective as the introduction to African history for the next generation and as... (read more)

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The Caine Prize for African Writing 2012 (Caine Prize: Annual Prize for African Writing)
The Caine Prize for African Writing 2012 (Caine Prize: Annual Prize for African Writing)
by Caine Prize Caine Prize
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The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa's leading literary prize. For over ten years it has supported and promoted contemporary African writing. Keeping true to its motto "Africa will always bring something new," the prize has helped launch the... (read more)

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The Best of Gowanus: New Writing from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean
The Best of Gowanus: New Writing from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean
by Thomas J. Hubschman
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Short stories and essays from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.... (read more)

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Where to Now? Short Stories from Zimbabwe
Where to Now? Short Stories from Zimbabwe
by Jane Morris
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The collection, Where to Now? Short Stories from Zimbabwe, features sixteen Zimbabwean writers - Raisedon Baya, NoViolet Bulawayo, Diana Charsley, Mapfumo Clement Chihota, Murenga Joseph Chikowero, John Eppel, Fungai Rufaro Machirori, Barbara Mhangami... (read more)

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New Writing from Africa 2009
New Writing from Africa 2009
by J. M. Coetzee
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Whats on the minds of African writers? The South African chapter of PEN International asked this question, and this volume collects the answer they received. More than 800 pieces of new writing were submitted in response to the call for entries for the... (read more)

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Long Time Coming. Short Writings from Zimbabwe
Long Time Coming. Short Writings from Zimbabwe
by Jane Morris
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Long Time Coming brings together short stories and poems from thirty-three writers that provide snapshots of this turbulent period in Zimbabwe's history. Snapshots of living in a country where basic services have crumbled: where shops have no food, taps... (read more)

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War & the Politics of Identity in Ethiopia: The Making of Enemies & Allies in the Horn of Africa (Eastern Africa)
War & the Politics of Identity in Ethiopia: The Making of Enemies & Allies in the Horn of Africa (Eastern Africa)
by Kjetil Tronvoll
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Images of war, narratives of suffering and notions of ethnicity are intrinsically linked to Western perceptions of Africa. Filtered through a mostly international media the information of African wars is confined to narrow categories of explanation... (read more)

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Bards and Tyrants. Essays in Contemporary African Writing
Bards and Tyrants. Essays in Contemporary African Writing
by Chin Ce
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Bards and Tyrants is a collection of essays and book review presentations in literary journals and publisher forums within and outside Nigeria in the last decade by Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic, Chin Ce. In his preface to the volume Ce admits of... (read more)

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Pastoralism and Politics in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia (Eastern Africa)
Pastoralism and Politics in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia (Eastern Africa)
by Gunther Schlee
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Focuses on pastoralism, politics, policies and development in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. It is based on anthropological field research over a period of thirty-four years and attempts a synthesis of historical findings and political... (read more)

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Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing
Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing
by Rob Spillman
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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... (read more)

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Women Writing Zimbabwe
Women Writing Zimbabwe
by Irene (edt) Staunton
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The fifteen stories in Women Writing Zimbabwe offer a kaleidoscope of fresh, moving, and comic perspectives on the way in which events of the last decade have impacted on individuals, women in particular. Several stories (Tagwira, Ndlovu and Charsley... (read more)

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