A Ghanaian explores the increasing influence of China across the region, a Kenyan student activist writes of exile in Kampala, a Liberian scientist shares her diary of the Ebola crisis; a Nigerian journalist travels to the north to meet a community at risk, a Kenyan travels to Senegal to interview a gay rights activist and a South African writer recounts a tale of family discord and murder in a remote seaside town. With an introductory essay by Ellah Allfrey, this anthology gathers new stories of contemporary Africa.
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In a collection that ranges from travel writing and memoir to reportage and meditative essays, editor Ellah Wakatama Allfrey has brought together some of the most talented writers of creative nonfiction from across Africa.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781911115168
Publisert
2016-05-22
Utgiver
Cassava Republic Press; Cassava Republic Press
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Om bidragsyterne

Ellah Wakatama Allfrey is an editor, critic, and broadcaster. The former Deputy Editor of Granta magazine, and Chair of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize judging panel, Ellah is Series Editor for the Kwani? Manuscript Prize, the Deputy Chair of the Caine Prize for African Writing, and patron of the Etisalat Literature Prize. A member of the 2015 Man Booker judging panel, she was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to the publishing industry. She lives in London, England.