num_pages: 284
description: The madman / Chinua Achebe --Maruma / I.N.C. Aniebo --In the cutting of a drink / Ama Ata Aidoo --Heart of a judge / R. Sarif Easmon --Emente / Onuora Ossie Enekwe --Noorjehan / Ahmed Essop --Blankets / Alex La Guma --Looking for a rain god / Bessie Head --A man can try / Eldred D. Jones --The winner / Barbara Kimenye --Black skin what mask / Dambudzo Marechera --The criminals / Stephen Mpofu --Some kinds of wounds / Charles Mungoshi --A different time / Chicks Nkosi --The doum tree of Wad Hamid / Tayeb Salih --Thoughts in a train / Mango Tshabangu --The soldier without an ear / Paul Zaleza --The spider's web / Leonard Kibera --Call me not a man / Mutuzeli Matshoba --The spearmen of malama / Kafungulwa Mubitana --A present for my wife / Mbulelo Mzamane --The rain came / Grace Ogot --The will of Allah / David Owoyele --The nightmare / William Saidi --The return / Ngugi wa Thiong'o --The point of no return / Miriam M. Tlali
language: English
title: Looking for a Rain God: An Anthology of Contemporary African Short Stories
titlecomplete: Looking for a Rain God: An Anthology of Contemporary African Short Stories
genres: Fiction, Anthologies, Africa, Short Stories
ratings_count: 19
publisher: Fireside