| Authors: |
Achebe, Chinua.
Innes, Catherine Lynette.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Short stories, African (English)
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
Oxford : Heinemann, 1987, c1985. |
| Description: |
xiv, 159 p. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0435905368 |
| Contents: |
West Africa. The false prophet / Sembene Ousmane -- Certain winds from the south / Ama Ata Aidoo -- The apprentice / Odun Balogun -- The will of Allah / David Owoyele -- Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- East Africa. The gentlemen of the jungle / Jomo Kenyatta -- The green leaves / Grace Ogot -- Bossy / Abdulrazak Gurnah -- The spider's web / leonard Kibera -- Minutes of glory / Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- Northern Africa. An incident in the Ghobashi household / Alifa Rifaat -- A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- A conversation from the third floor / Mohamed El-bisatie -- Southern Africa. Papa, snake & I / B.L. Honwana -- The bridegroom / Nadine Gordimer -- The betrayal / Ahmed Essop -- Protista / Dambudzo Marechera -- The coffee-cart girl / Ezekiel Mphahlele -- Snapshots of a wedding / Bessie Head -- Reflections in a cell / Mafika Gwala. |
| Series: |
African writers series
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