Daughters of Africa
Subtitle: an international anthology of words and writings by women of African descent from the ancient Egyptian to the present
By: edited and with an introduction by Margaret Busby.
Contributors: Busby, Margaret.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1089
Subjects: Literature -- Women authors; Literature -- Black authors -- Translations into English
Description: From all over the world, this is a collection of works from two hundred women writers of African descent, including: Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alice Childress, Maryse Conde, Aldo do Espirito Santo, Marita Golden, Pilar Lopez Gonzales, June Jordan, Terry McMillan, Queen of Sheba, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Phillis Weatley, and many, many others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [1008]-1063) and index.