Africa39 : new writing from Africa south of the Sahara / with a preface by Wole Soyinka ; edited by Ellah Waktama Allfrey.

Book

First U.S. Edition.

New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.

xxii, 361 pages ; 21 cm

The Hay Festival brings its 39 Project to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to identify the most promising writing talents under the age of 40 from Sub-Saharan Africa and its diaspora. From the list of 39 writers chosen by the judges, editor Allfrey has selected stories, extracts from novels, and other writings, many never before published, to create a collection of some of the most varied and exciting new work in world literature.

African fiction (English) -- 21st century.

Short stories, African (English)

Allfrey, Ellah Wakatama, 1966- editor.

Soyinka, Wole, author of preface.

Hay Festival

Africa 39

Africa thirty nine

Features work by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria), Richard Ali A Mutu (Congo), Monica Arac de Nyeko (Uganda), Rotimi Babatunde (Nigeria), Eileen Almeida Barbosa (Cape Verde), A. Igoni Barrett (Nigeria), Jackee Budesta Batanda (Uganda), Recaredo Silebo Boturu (Equatorial Guinea), Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (Ghana-USA), Shadreck Chikoti (Malawi), Edwige-Renée Dro (Ivory Coast), Tope Folarin (Nigeria), Clifton Gachagua (Kenya), Stanley Gazemba (Malawi), Mehul Gohil (Kenya), Hawa Jande Golakai (Liberia), Shafinaaz Hassim (South Africa), Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (Nigeria), Stanley Onjezani Kenani (Kenya), Dinaw Mengestu (Ethiopia-USA), Nadifa Mohamed (Somalia-England), Nthikeng Mohlele (South Africa), Linda Musita (Kenya), Sifiso Mzombe (South Africa), Glaydah Namukasa (Uganda), Kioko Ndinda (Kenya-England), Ondjaki (Angola), Okwiri Oduor (Kenya), Ukamaka Olisakwe (Nigeria), Chibundu Onuzo (Nigeria), Taiye Selasi (Ghana-Nigeria-England), Namwali Serpell (Zambia), Lola Shoneyin (Nigeria), Nii Ayikwei Parkes (Ghana), Novuyo Rose Tshuma (Zimbabwe), Chika Unigwe (Nigeria), Mary Watson (South Africa), Zukiswa Wanner (Zambia), and Mohamed Yunus Rafiq (Tanzania).

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