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<p><P>Spanning a wide geographical range, this collection features many of the now prominent first generation of African writers and draws attention to a new generation of writers. Powerful, intriguing and essentially non-Western, these stories will be welcome by an audience truly ready for multicultural voices.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Modern Africa's senior writers join a selection of promising new voices in this splendid sampler of short fiction from more than a dozen nations. Larson, a professor at American University, includes his own illuminating introduction and prefaces each story with a succinct author biography. Reflecting a variety of narrative styles and voices, many of the stories address similar themes: the effects of political turmoil on ordinary citizens; the mysterious presence of spirits; the importance of resilience and family. Some of the most moving stories concern tensions between native Africans and their European employers. These include "Black Girl," by Sembene Ousmane of Senegal, in which a maid's suicide comes as a surprise to her dangerously nave employers, and "Mrs. Plum," by Es'Kia Mphahele of South Africa, in which a liberal, well-meaning woman

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Author

Charles R. Larson, Chinua Achebe, Larson, Charles., Charles Larson

Publisher

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374211783

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction

Rating

3.86 / 5 (86 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14