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. (75)
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Love is Power or Something Like That by A. Igoni Barrett EN
NigeriaDescription:
Where sex is a currency, or a weapon. Where power ends in corruption, or violence. Where the worst thing to happen is for the best, sometimes. Where love is power, or something like that. In these nine blistering stories cavort jealous husbands, kissing cousins, teenage internet hustlers, democratic bus rides, home exorcisms and bowls of dubious catfish peppersoup: this is a searing, savage portrait of an utterly modern Nigeria. Dark yet disarming, in prose that is tough, vigorous and immediately distinctive, Love is Power, Or Something Like That is a phenomenal short story collection from a p... continue
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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
CongoDescription:
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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O Mundo Visto do Meio by Conceição Lima PT
Country: Africa / 
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe
Description:
Estas crónicas, entre muitas outras excluídas do formato livro ou, simplesmente, retidas ainda numa zona de hesitação entre publicar e não publicar, foram transcorrendo ao longo dos dias, ao longo de anos, ao longo dos tempos de ofício de jornalista. Umas acionadas por factos, considerados, por uma ou outra razão, relevantes e dignos de registo, outras filhas ‘’apenas’’ de reflexões íntimas, subterrâneas congeminações, (in)frutíferas meditações, fundas palpitações. Elas aí estão, finalmente, em páginas cronologicamente anichadas. O texto curatorial da VII Bienal de São Tomé e Príncipe foi ‘’ac... continue
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O Paraíso São Os Outros by Valter Hugo Mae PT
AngolaDescription:
"O paraíso são os outros" de Valter Hugo Mãe, ganha nova edição pela Biblioteca Azul com ilustrações do autor inéditas no Brasil. "O paraíso são os outros", uma menina volta seu olhar pueril para os casais. Casais de pessoas e de animais, de homem e mulher, de mulher com mulher, de golfinhos e de pinguins. Uma menina a quem o amor intriga e fascina. Uma menina que ao imaginar a vida dos outros, sonha com a pessoa que um dia irá amar. Sua voz inocente toca tanto as crianças quanto os adultos. A nova edição desta obra do aclamado escritor português Valter Hugo Mãe traz ilustrações do autor e tex... continue
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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