Africa39
Subtitle: new writing from Africa south of the Sahara
By: with a preface by Wole Soyinka ; edited by Ellah Waktama Allfrey
Contributors: Hay Festival
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9781620407790
Subjects: African fiction (English); Translations into English; Short stories, African (English); African fiction
Other titles: Africa 39; Africa thirty-nine
Description: 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.
Notes: Anthology.

"A Hay Festival and Rainbow Foundation Project in celebration of Port Harcourt UNESCO World Book Capital 2014"--Cover.

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).
Table of contents: title: The shivering  -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; title: The banana eater  -- Monica Arac de Nyeko; title: The tiger of the mangroves, from a novel in progress  -- Rotimi Babatunde; title: Two fragments of love  -- Eileen Almeida Barbosa; title: Why radio DJs are superstars in Lagos, from the forthcoming novel Blackass  -- A. Igoni Barrett; title: from the forthcoming novel Our time of sorrow  -- Jackee Budesta Batanda; title: Alú  -- Recaredo Silebo Boturu; title: Mama's future; title: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond --; title: The occupant, from the forthcoming novel Azotus, the Kingdom  -- Shadreck Chikoti; title: The professor  -- Edwige-Renée Dro; title: New mom, from a novel in progress  -- Tope Folarin; title: No kissing the dolls unless Jimi Hendrix is playing  -- Clifton Gachagua; title: Talking money  -- Stanley Gazemba; title: Day and night  -- Mehul Gohil; title: The score, from a novel in progress  -- Hawa Jande Golakai; title: The pink oysters  -- Shafinaaz Hassim; title: Echoes of mirth  -- Abubakar Adam Ibrahim; title: The old man and the pub  -- Stanley Onjezani Kenani; title: Sometime before Maulidi  -- Ndinda Kioko; title: from the novel All our names  -- Dinaw Mengestu; title: Number 9  -- Nadifa Mohamed; title: from the forthcoming novel Rusty bell  -- Nthikeng Mohlele; title: Cinema demons  -- Linda Musita; title: an extract from the forthcoming novel Ebamba, Kinshasa-makambo  -- Richard Ali A Mutu; title: By the tracks, from the forthcoming novel Durban December  -- Sifiso Mzobe; title: from the forthcoming novel My new home  -- Glaydah Namukasa; title: I'm going to make changes to the kitchen  -- Ondjaki; title: Rag doll  -- Okwiri Oduor; title: This is how I remember it  -- Ukamaka Olisakwe; title: from the forthcoming novel The wayfarers  -- Chibundu Onuzo; title: Hope's hunter  -- Mohamed Yunus Rafiq; title: from the novel Ghana must go  -- Taiye Selasi; title: The sack  -- Namwali Serpell; title: from the forthcoming novel Harlot  -- Lola Shoneyin; title: Arroz Azucarado, from the forthcoming novel ¡Azúcar!  -- Nii Ayikwei Parkes; title: excerpt from work in progress  -- Novuyo Rosa Tshuma; title: Soham's mulatto, from Mood indigo, a novel in progress  -- Chika Unigwe; title: Migrant labour  -- Zukiswa Wanner; title: Hiding in plain sight -- Mary Watson.