Table of Contents

**********West Africa**********The False Prophet - Sembene OusmaneCertain Winds from the South - Ama Ata AidooThe Apprentice - Odun BalogunThe Will of Allah - David OwoyeleCivil Peace - Chinua Achebe**********East Africa**********The Gentlemen of the Jungle - Jomo KenyattaThe Green Leaves - Grace OgotBossy - Abdulrazak GurnahThe Spider's Web - Leonard KiberaMinutes of Glory - Ngugi we Thiong'o**********Northern Africa**********An Incident in the Ghobashi Household - Alifa RifaatA Handful of Dates - Tayeb SalihA Conversation from the Third Floor - Mohammed El-Bisatie**********Southern Africa**********Papa, Snake & I - B. L. HonwanaThe Bridegroom - Nadine GordimerThe Betrayal - Ahmed EssopProtista - Dambudzo MarecheraThe Coffee-Cart Girl - Ezekiel MphahleleSnapshots of a Wedding - Bessie HeadReflections in a Cell - Mafika Gwala

Reviews

"'A fine anthology, well selected, well ordered, and altogether a pleasure to read. The editors have chosen twenty stories by twenty different writers from all over Africa, grouping them geographically into four different sections: West, East, North and Southern Africa... They have done a particularly good job of balancing the work of lesser-known, younger writers with established figures: David Owoyele as well as Adhebe, Abdulrzak Gurnah as well as Ngugi, Ahmed Essop as well as Nadine Gordimer and Bessie Head.'"
World Literature Today


"'There is indeed wonderful writing in the collection'."
New York Literary Supplement


"'A highly recommended book for teachers to use as an introduction (a) to the short story and (b) to Africa.'"
The Times Educational Supplement, Edward Blishen

"'...African Short Stories is a worthy showcase of recent African writing...""
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