Table of Contents

Part I: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; Part II: The Early Twentieth Century (1900-1935); Part III: The Mid-Twentieth Century (1936-1969); Part IV: Late Twentieth Century (1970-1995); Part V: Into the Twenty-first Century (1996-2004).

Promotional Information

Featured at conferences: National Women's Studies Association; African Studies Association; Modern Language Association Extensive review media Outreach to African bookstores Direct mailing piece to libraries and academics featuring outstanding reviews of first two volumes

About the Author

Amandina Lihamba is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Dar Es Salaam University, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. She holds a degree in film studies from UCLA. Fulata L. Moyo has been Coordinator of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Malawi, in Zomba, Malawi. She is now working on a doctorate in religious studies at Lutheran Theological Institute in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Mugyabuso M. Mulokozi is Director of the Institute of Kiswahili Research at Dar Es Salaam University in Tanzania. He is a scholar, a well-known poet, and translator. Naomi L. Shitemi, was a coordinator of the Department of Kiswahili and other African Languages at Moi University, in Eldoret, Kenya. She is now Dean of a division in that university.

Reviews

"The third volume from the Women Writing Africa Project makes a significant contribution to the study of African literature. . . . The editors' lucid introduction usefully contextualizes these wonderful writings, and this volume will be especially welcome in college classrooms. General readers who want to be entertained, educated and chastened about women's struggles and triumphs in east Africa will delight in this literary feast." —Publishers Weekly

"The third volume from the Women Writing Africa Project makes a significant contribution to the study of African literature. . . . The editors' lucid introduction usefully contextualizes these wonderful writings, and this volume will be especially welcome in college classrooms. General readers who want to be entertained, educated and chastened about women's struggles and triumphs in east Africa will delight in this literary feast." —Publishers Weekly

"The third volume from the Women Writing Africa Project makes a significant contribution to the study of African literature. . . . The editors' lucid introduction usefully contextualizes these wonderful writings, and this volume will be especially welcome in college classrooms. General readers who want to be entertained, educated and chastened about women's struggles and triumphs in east Africa will delight in this literary feast." Publishers Weekly
"The third volume from the Women Writing Africa Project makes a significant contribution to the study of African literature. . . . The editors' lucid introduction usefully contextualizes these wonderful writings, and this volume will be especially welcome in college classrooms. General readers who want to be entertained, educated and chastened about women's struggles and triumphs in east Africa will delight in this literary feast." -Publishers Weekly