Writing Africa in the short story / editor, Ernest N. Emenyonu ; assistant editor, Patricia T. Emenyonu ; associate editors, Jane Bryce, Maureen N. Eke, Stephanie Newell, Charles E. Nnolim, Chimalum Nwankwo, Ato Quayson, Kwawisi Tekpetey, Iniobong I. Uko ; reviews editor, James Gibbs.
| Other author | Emenyo̲nu, Ernest, 1939- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Currey ; Ibadan, Nigeria : HEBN Publishers PLC, 2013. |
| Description | xii, 179 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | African literature today ; 31 African literature today ; 31. ^A808815 |
| Contents | 'Once upon a time begins a story...' / Ernest N. Emenyou -- 'Real Africa'/'Which Africa?' : the critique of mimetic realism in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's short fiction / Eve Eisenberg -- Writing apartheid: Miriam Tlali's Soweto Stories / Mary Jane Androne -- Articulations of home & Muslim identity in the short stories of Leila Aboulela / Lindsey Zanchettin -- Ugandan women in contest with reality : Mary K. Okurutu's A Woman's voice & the women's future / Iniobong I. Uko -- Snapshots of the Botswana nation : Bessie Head's The Collector of treasures & other Botswana Village tales as a national project / Louisa Uchum Egbunike -- Widowhood : institutionalized dead weight to personal identity & dignity : a reading of Ifeoma Okoye's The Trial & other stories / Regina Okafor -- Feminist censure of marriage in Islamic societies : a thematic analysis of Alifa Rifaat's short stories / Juliana Daniels -- Diaspora identities in short fiction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Sefi Atta / Rose A. Sackeyfio -- Exposition of apartheid South African violence & injustice in Alex Ia Guma's short stories / Blessing Diala-Ogamba -- Locating a genre: is Zimbabwe a short story country? / Tinashe Mushakavanhu -- Mohammed Dib's short stories on the memory of Algeria / Imene Moulati -- Ama Ata Aidoo's short stories : empowering the African girl-child / Hellen Roselyne Shigali -- Ama Ata Aidoo : an interview for ALT / Maureen Eke, Vincent Odamtten & Stephanie Newell. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013498653 |
| ISBN | 9781847010810 (softcover) |
| ISBN | 1847010814 (softcover) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |