Africa39
Subtitle: new writing from Africa South of the Sahara
By: edited by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey ; with an introduction by Wole Soyinka
Contributors: Hay Festival
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9781408854662
Subjects: African fiction (English); Short stories, African (English)
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: "A Hay Festival Project"--Cover.

"In celebration of Port Harcourt UNESCO World Book Capital 2014"--Cover.

Features work by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria), 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), Ndinda Kioko (Kenya), Dinaw Mengestu (Ethiopia-USA), Nadifa Mohamed (Somalia-England), Nthikeng Mohlele (South Africa), Linda Musita (Kenya), Richard Ali A Mutu (Congo), Sifiso Mzobe (South Africa), Glaydah Namukasa (Uganda), Ondjaki (Angola), Okwiri Oduor (Kenya), Ukamaka Olisakwe (Nigeria), Chibundu Onuzo (Nigeria), Mohamed Yunus Rafiq (Tanzania), Taiye Selasi (Ghana-Nigeria-England), Namwali Serpell (Zambia), Lola Shoneyin (Nigeria), Nii Ayikwei Parkes (Ghana), Novuyo Rose Tshuma (Zimbabwe), Chika Unigwe (Nigeria), Zukiswa Wanner (Zambia) and Mary Watson (South Africa).
Table of contents: title: The shivering / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; title: The banana eater / Monica Arac de Nyeko; title: [from the forthcoming novel] The tiger of the mangroves / Rotimi Babatunde; title: Two fragments of love / Eileen Almeida Barbosa; title: Why radio DJs are superstars in Lagos [from Blackass, a novel in progress] / A. Igoni Barrett; title: [from the forthcoming novel] Our time of sorrow / Jackee Budesta Batanda; title: Alŭ / Recaredo Silebo Boturu; title: Mama's future / 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 / Stanlay Onjezani Kenani; title: Sometime before Maulidi / Ndinda Kiokjo; 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] Ehamba, 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 / Ukumaka 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 Azucar! / 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 labout / Zukiswa Wanner; title: Hiding in plain sight / Mary Watson.