Popular African Short Story Books
Find short story books written by authors from Africa for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (49)
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Manchester Happened by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi EN
UgandaDescription:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HEARST BIG BOOK AWARDS 2019 AN AMBITIOUS AND ASSURED COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF KINTU If there's one thing the characters in Jennifer Makumbi's stories know, it's how to field an uncomfortable question. 'Let me buy you a cup of tea...what are you doing in England?' 'Do these children of yours speak any Luganda?' 'Did you know that man Idi Amin?' But perhaps the most difficult question of all is the one they ask themselves- 'You mean this is England?' Told with empathy, humour and compassion, these vibrant, kaleidoscopic stories ... continue
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Ngando by Paul Lomami Tshibamba NL
Country: Africa / 
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Description:
Literaire verhalen van de Congolese auteur met magisch realistische elementen.
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Nimrod : Selected Writings by Nimrod ; ed. Frieda Ekotto EN
ChadDescription:
The Chadian writer Nimrod—philosopher, poet, novelist, and essayist—is one of the most dynamic and vital voices in contemporary African literature and thought. Yet little of Nimrod’s writing has been translated into English until now. Introductory material by Frieda Ekotto provides context for Nimrod’s work and demonstrates the urgency of making it available beyond Francophone Africa to a broader global audience. At the heart of this volume are Nimrod’s essays on Léopold Sédar Senghor, a key figure in the literary and aesthetic Négritude movement of the 1930s and president of Senegal from 1945... continue
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O fio das missangas : contos by Mia Couto PT
Country: Africa / 
Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
Estórias breves mas contendo, cada uma delas, as infinitas vidas que se condensam em cada ser humano. Uma vez mais, a linguagem é trabalhada como se fosse delicada filigrana, confirmando o que o autor disse de si mesmo: «conto estórias por via da poesia». São vinte e nove contos unidos como missangas em redor de um fio, que é a escrita encantada de um consagrado fabricador de ilusões.
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Obligations to the Wounded : Stories by Mubanga Kalimamukwento EN
ZambiaDescription:
In formally adventurous stories rooted in Zambian literary tradition, Obligations to the Wounded explores the expectations and burdens of womanhood in Zambia and for Zambian women living abroad. The collection converses with global social problems through the depiction of games, social media feuds, letters, and folklore to illustrate how girls and women manage religious expectation, migration, loss of language, death, intimate partner violence, and racial discrimination. Although the women and girls inhabiting these pages are separated geographically and by life stage, their shared burdens, cu... continue
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Pé de Perfume : Ylang-Ylang by Olinda Beja PT
Country: Africa / 
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe
Description:
Sobre o livro: (...) as estórias de "Pé-de-Perfume", marcadas fortemente pelo cunho da tradição africana da narração oral, são transversalmente habitadas por Poesia, ou não fosse Olinda Beja um grande poeta, seja na função da linguagem, nas imagens sugeridas pelo desenho dos cenários ou pela postura dos personagens. Ao mesmo tempo, os contos curtos são encabeçados por epígrafes proverbiais nas duas línguas, santomense e portuguesa, como que anunciando uma lição final das estórias que assumem, assim, muita vez, o perfil de fábulas. A certos animais marinhos ou terrestres emblemáticos do arquipé... continue
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Peces tropicales by Doreen Baingana ES
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A partir de ocho relatos que pueden leerse en conjunto como una sola historia, Peces tropicales sigue la historia de tres hermanas, Christine, Patti y Rosa desde su niñez hacia su juventud en Entebbe. La decadencia familiar, el descubrimiento del amor y del sexo, la espiritualidad, el gobierno de Idi Amin y las peripecias del exilio son algunos de los temas que Doreen Baingana enhebra con maestría en estas historias íntimas que nos llevan a descubrir de su mano la vida en Uganda. Ganadora de los premios Commonwealth Writers Prize, Associated Writers and Writing Programmes Award y Washington Wr... continue
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Poems and Short Stories of Seychelles and Beyond by Marion Zarqani Gendron EN
Country: Africa / 
Seychelles
Seychelles
Description:
Do you wish to be inspired into an actual presence in the Seychelles? The Seychelles and Beyond is an experience of the captivating endearment of these magical islands set in a tropical paradise.This is much more than a travel experience ?
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Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan EN
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Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances. A family living in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya scurries to find gifts of any kind for the impending Christmas holiday. A Rwandan girl relates her family's struggles to maintain a facade of normalcy amid unspeakable acts. A young brother and sister cope with their uncle's attempt to sell them into slavery. Aboard a bus filled with refugees-a microcosm of today's Africa-a Muslim boy summons his faith to bear a treacherous ride acr... continue