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A review by anetq
Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara by Lola Shoneyin, Shafinaaz Hassim, A. Igoni Barrett, Jack Willow, Taiye Selasi, Edwige-Renée Dro, Ondjaki, Chibundu Onuzo, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Mehul Gohil, Ndinda Kioko, Recaredo Silebo Boturu, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Stankey Onjezani Kenani, Dinaw Mengestu, Zukiswa Wanner, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Linda Musita, Eileen Almeida Barbosa, Shadreck Chikoti, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Nadifa Mohamed, Stanley Gazemba, Mary Watson, Monica Arac de Nyeko, Ukamaka Olisakwe, H.J. Golakai, Clifton Gachagua, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Richard Ali A Mutu, Namwali Serpell, Chika Unigwe, Okwiri Oduor, Nthikeng Mohlele, Wole Soyinka, Rotimi Babatunde, Sifiso Mzobe, Glaydah Namukasa, Tope Folarin, Mohamed Yunus Rafiq
1) “The Shivering”, by [a:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie|19992417|Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1625749716p2/19992417.jpg] - From [b:The Thing Around Your Neck|5587960|The Thing Around Your Neck|Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320413162l/5587960._SX50_.jpg|5759301] (which I had already read).
2) “The Banana Eater”, by [a:Monica Arac de Nyeko|689406|Monica Arac de Nyeko|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
- Chasing out loitering vendors from the back yard & losing a friend...
3) Excerpt from "The Tiger of the Mangroves", by [a:Rotimi Babatunde|9860605|Rotimi Babatunde|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]-
- Chief Koko meets the Consul (who meets the merchants).
4) “Two Fragments of Love”, by Eileen Almedia Barbosa
- The artists' muse and shipwrecked
5) “Why Radio DJs are Superstars in Lagos”, by [a:A. Igoni Barrett|6545303|A. Igoni Barrett|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1389787756p2/6545303.jpg]
Excerpt from BlackAss - (I gave up on the book a few years ago)
6) Excerpt from Our Time of Sorrow, by [a:Jackee Budesta Batanda|8303282|Jackee Budesta Batanda|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]- the christian cult.
7) “Alu”, by [a:Recaredo Silebo Boturu|6245878|Recaredo Silebo Boturu|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - and his mother's story.
8) “Mama’s Future”, by [a:Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond|3105925|Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1276550109p2/3105925.jpg] - Mama Africa (who's had a rough century) is on the deathbed and calling her children home to advise them on the future.
9) “The Occupant”, by [a:Shadreck Chikoti|14150766|Shadreck Chikoti|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - Sci-fi: A watcher develops an interest in an occupant.
10) “The Professor”, by [a:Edwige-Renée Dro|14150767|Edwige-Renée Dro|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - a story of love and literature.
11) Excerpt from New Mom, by [a:Tope Folarin|9860606|Tope Folarin|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - would you want a new mom, if the old one went crazy?
12) “No Kissing the Dolls Unless Jimi Hendrix is Playing”, by [a:Clifton Gachagua|6575844|Clifton Gachagua|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
13) “Talking Money”, by [a:Stanley Gazemba|4168200|Stanley Gazemba|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
14) “Day and Night”, by [a:Mehul Gohil|14150768|Mehul Gohil|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
15) Excerpt from The Score, by [a:Hawa Jande Golakai|14150769|Hawa Jande Golakai|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
16) “The Pink Oysters”, by [a:Shafinaaz Hassim|3135638|Shafinaaz Hassim|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
17) “Echoes of Mirth”, by [a:Abubakar Adam Ibrahim|4289203|Abubakar Adam Ibrahim|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1527678094p2/4289203.jpg]
18) “The Old Man and the Pub”, by Stanley Onjezani Kenani
19) “Sometime Before Maulidi”, by [a:Ndinda Kioko|8388158|Ndinda Kioko|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
20) Excerpt from All Our Names, by [a:Dinaw Mengestu|135726|Dinaw Mengestu|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1392940247p2/135726.jpg]
21) “Number 9”, by [a:Nadifa Mohamed|3045585|Nadifa Mohamed|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1294679111p2/3045585.jpg]
22) Excerpt from Rusty Bell, by [a:Nthikeng Mohlele|3242711|Nthikeng Mohlele|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
23) “Cinema Demons”, by [a:Linda Musita|8388142|Linda Musita|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
24) Excerpt from Ebamba, Kinshasa-Makambo, by [a:Richard Ali A Mutu|14150771|Richard Ali A Mutu|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
25) “By the Tracks”, by [a:Sifiso Mzobe|4344945|Sifiso Mzobe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1317037868p2/4344945.jpg]
26) “My New Home”, by [a:Glaydah Namukasa|3497395|Glaydah Namukasa|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
27) “I’m Going to Make Changes to the Kitchen”, by [a:Ondjaki|884320|Ondjaki|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1313061144p2/884320.jpg]
28) “Rag Doll”, by [a:Okwiri Oduor|7453260|Okwiri Oduor|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
29) “The Is How I Remember It”, by [a:Ukamaka Olisakwe|5804474|Ukamaka Olisakwe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1582907952p2/5804474.jpg]
30) Excerpt from The Wayfarers, by [a:Chibundu Onuzo|5147513|Chibundu Onuzo|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1404941278p2/5147513.jpg]
31) Hope's Hunter [a:Mohamed Yunus Rafiq|14150772|Mohamed Yunus Rafiq|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
32) Excerpt from Ghana Must Go, by [a:Taiye Selasi|6463599|Taiye Selasi|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1612960780p2/6463599.jpg]
33) “The Sack”, by [a:Namwali Serpell|6895960|Namwali Serpell|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1534476832p2/6895960.jpg]
34) Excerpt from Harlot, by [a:Lola Shoneyin|3187323|Lola Shoneyin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1288639059p2/3187323.jpg]
35) “Amoz Azucarado”, by [a:Nii Ayikwei Parkes|432788|Nii Ayikwei Parkes|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1294248640p2/432788.jpg]
36) Ex from work in progress [a:Novuyo Rosa Tshuma|5307695|Novuyo Rosa Tshuma|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1508017628p2/5307695.jpg]
37) Soham's Mulatto from Mood Indigo [a:Chika Unigwe|875189|Chika Unigwe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1425042538p2/875189.jpg]
38) Migrant Labour [a:Zukiswa Wanner|918413|Zukiswa Wanner|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1512275300p2/918413.jpg]
39) Hiding in plain sight [a:Mary Watson|558061|Mary Watson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1585082791p2/558061.jpg]
2) “The Banana Eater”, by [a:Monica Arac de Nyeko|689406|Monica Arac de Nyeko|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
- Chasing out loitering vendors from the back yard & losing a friend...
3) Excerpt from "The Tiger of the Mangroves", by [a:Rotimi Babatunde|9860605|Rotimi Babatunde|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]-
- Chief Koko meets the Consul (who meets the merchants).
4) “Two Fragments of Love”, by Eileen Almedia Barbosa
- The artists' muse and shipwrecked
5) “Why Radio DJs are Superstars in Lagos”, by [a:A. Igoni Barrett|6545303|A. Igoni Barrett|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1389787756p2/6545303.jpg]
Excerpt from BlackAss - (I gave up on the book a few years ago)
6) Excerpt from Our Time of Sorrow, by [a:Jackee Budesta Batanda|8303282|Jackee Budesta Batanda|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]- the christian cult.
7) “Alu”, by [a:Recaredo Silebo Boturu|6245878|Recaredo Silebo Boturu|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - and his mother's story.
8) “Mama’s Future”, by [a:Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond|3105925|Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1276550109p2/3105925.jpg] - Mama Africa (who's had a rough century) is on the deathbed and calling her children home to advise them on the future.
9) “The Occupant”, by [a:Shadreck Chikoti|14150766|Shadreck Chikoti|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - Sci-fi: A watcher develops an interest in an occupant.
10) “The Professor”, by [a:Edwige-Renée Dro|14150767|Edwige-Renée Dro|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - a story of love and literature.
11) Excerpt from New Mom, by [a:Tope Folarin|9860606|Tope Folarin|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - would you want a new mom, if the old one went crazy?
12) “No Kissing the Dolls Unless Jimi Hendrix is Playing”, by [a:Clifton Gachagua|6575844|Clifton Gachagua|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
13) “Talking Money”, by [a:Stanley Gazemba|4168200|Stanley Gazemba|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
14) “Day and Night”, by [a:Mehul Gohil|14150768|Mehul Gohil|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
15) Excerpt from The Score, by [a:Hawa Jande Golakai|14150769|Hawa Jande Golakai|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
16) “The Pink Oysters”, by [a:Shafinaaz Hassim|3135638|Shafinaaz Hassim|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
17) “Echoes of Mirth”, by [a:Abubakar Adam Ibrahim|4289203|Abubakar Adam Ibrahim|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1527678094p2/4289203.jpg]
18) “The Old Man and the Pub”, by Stanley Onjezani Kenani
19) “Sometime Before Maulidi”, by [a:Ndinda Kioko|8388158|Ndinda Kioko|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
20) Excerpt from All Our Names, by [a:Dinaw Mengestu|135726|Dinaw Mengestu|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1392940247p2/135726.jpg]
21) “Number 9”, by [a:Nadifa Mohamed|3045585|Nadifa Mohamed|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1294679111p2/3045585.jpg]
22) Excerpt from Rusty Bell, by [a:Nthikeng Mohlele|3242711|Nthikeng Mohlele|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
23) “Cinema Demons”, by [a:Linda Musita|8388142|Linda Musita|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
24) Excerpt from Ebamba, Kinshasa-Makambo, by [a:Richard Ali A Mutu|14150771|Richard Ali A Mutu|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
25) “By the Tracks”, by [a:Sifiso Mzobe|4344945|Sifiso Mzobe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1317037868p2/4344945.jpg]
26) “My New Home”, by [a:Glaydah Namukasa|3497395|Glaydah Namukasa|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
27) “I’m Going to Make Changes to the Kitchen”, by [a:Ondjaki|884320|Ondjaki|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1313061144p2/884320.jpg]
28) “Rag Doll”, by [a:Okwiri Oduor|7453260|Okwiri Oduor|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
29) “The Is How I Remember It”, by [a:Ukamaka Olisakwe|5804474|Ukamaka Olisakwe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1582907952p2/5804474.jpg]
30) Excerpt from The Wayfarers, by [a:Chibundu Onuzo|5147513|Chibundu Onuzo|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1404941278p2/5147513.jpg]
31) Hope's Hunter [a:Mohamed Yunus Rafiq|14150772|Mohamed Yunus Rafiq|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
32) Excerpt from Ghana Must Go, by [a:Taiye Selasi|6463599|Taiye Selasi|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1612960780p2/6463599.jpg]
33) “The Sack”, by [a:Namwali Serpell|6895960|Namwali Serpell|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1534476832p2/6895960.jpg]
34) Excerpt from Harlot, by [a:Lola Shoneyin|3187323|Lola Shoneyin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1288639059p2/3187323.jpg]
35) “Amoz Azucarado”, by [a:Nii Ayikwei Parkes|432788|Nii Ayikwei Parkes|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1294248640p2/432788.jpg]
36) Ex from work in progress [a:Novuyo Rosa Tshuma|5307695|Novuyo Rosa Tshuma|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1508017628p2/5307695.jpg]
37) Soham's Mulatto from Mood Indigo [a:Chika Unigwe|875189|Chika Unigwe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1425042538p2/875189.jpg]
38) Migrant Labour [a:Zukiswa Wanner|918413|Zukiswa Wanner|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1512275300p2/918413.jpg]
39) Hiding in plain sight [a:Mary Watson|558061|Mary Watson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1585082791p2/558061.jpg]