Серия книг «African Writers Series» — 119 книг — стр. 3

The international outcry over the detention of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o without trial by the Kenyan authorities even reached him in prison. In this book he describes the purposeful degradation and humiliation of prison life.

The international outcry over the detention of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o without trial by the Kenyan authorities even reached him in prison. In this book he describes the purposeful…

Ngugi and Micere Mugo have built a powerful and challenging play out of the circumstances surrounding the trial of one of the celebrated leaders of the Mau Mau revolution.

This historical novel is set in Ghana. By the author of "Fragments" and "Two Thousand Seasons".

An exposition of the raw side of human emotions as explored through one man's tormented life's experiences. It seeks to expose the fallacies of the human condition while remaining real in its depiction of universal problems inflicted on postcolonial Africa.

An exposition of the raw side of human emotions as explored through one man's tormented life's experiences. It seeks to expose the fallacies of the human condition while remaining…

This historical novel looks at the clash between Cecil Rhodes and Lobengula, the Matebele King.

The autobiography of Kenneth Kaunda.

Set in Kenya, this portrayal of post-colonial decadence features the newly wealthy black landowner, Baba Pesa, who clashes with his family, friends and neighbours as he attempts to gain financial dominance of his region.

Set in Kenya, this portrayal of post-colonial decadence features the newly wealthy black landowner, Baba Pesa, who clashes with his family, friends and neighbours as he attempts…

Two novellas by a Senegalese writer, one concerning an agonized father who carries his dead son from one side of Dakar to the other, and the second story relating the tale of a poverty-stricken family in the throes of a revolt against their tyrannical father.

Two novellas by a Senegalese writer, one concerning an agonized father who carries his dead son from one side of Dakar to the other, and the second story relating the tale of a…

Pepetela's novel is a fascinating study of the tensions produced by racism, tribalism, and sexual morals.

This second book of essays reappraising literary criticism to date and challenging readers' assumptions includes: C. L. Innes on Ayi Kwei Armah and Ama Ata Aidoo; Belinda Jack on Assia Djebar; Lucy Stone McNeece on Tahar Ben Jelloun; Stewart Brown on contemporary Nigerian poetry; Hangson-Mpalive Msiska on Malawian poetry; Abdulrazak Gurnah on Dambudzo Marechera; Caroline Rooney on Chenjerai Hove's Bones and Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions; Ato Quayson on Ben Okri; and Neloufer De Mel on Moyez Vassanji.

This second book of essays reappraising literary criticism to date and challenging readers' assumptions includes: C. L. Innes on Ayi Kwei Armah and Ama Ata Aidoo; Belinda Jack on…

This selection of poems is from 4500 entries submitted for the 1988 BBC Arts and Africa Poetry Award. The collection reflects the great depth and vigour of contemporary African poetry.

This selection of poems is from 4500 entries submitted for the 1988 BBC Arts and Africa Poetry Award. The collection reflects the great depth and vigour of contemporary African…

Should Remi, the first of his tribe to go to university, return to his people? Or should he continue to be a black hermit in the town?

In 1947 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Throughout this novel, written from the workers' perspective, the community social tensions emerge, and increase as the strike lengthens. The author's other novels include "Xala" and "Black Docker".

In 1947 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Throughout this novel, written from the workers' perspective, the community social tensions emerge, and increase…

"Your mother was insane. If you're not careful you'll get insane just like your mother. Your mother was a white woman. They had to lock her up, as she was having a child by the stable boy who was a native." It is never clear to Elizabeth whether the mission school principal's cruel revelation of her origins is at the bottom of her mental breakdown. She has left South Africa with her son and is living in the village of Motabeng, the place of sand, in Botswana where there are no street lights at night. In the darkness of this country where people turn and look at her with vague curiosity as an outsider she establishes an entirely abnormal relationship with two men. A mind-bending book which takes the reader in and out of sanity.

"Your mother was insane. If you're not careful you'll get insane just like your mother. Your mother was a white woman. They had to lock her up, as she was having a child by the…

"French African prose can be given a beginning with the publication in 1921 of the novel" Batouala" . . . its sensitive portrayal of African life, with its evocation of the natural environment, could not but make a profound impression upon its African readers and offered a vivid example of what an African novel in French could be." -Abiola Irele

"French African prose can be given a beginning with the publication in 1921 of the novel" Batouala" . . . its sensitive portrayal of African life, with its evocation of the…

by Cosmo Pieterse (Editor)