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The Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories
I haven't read it, I´m just leaving it here as a reminder to buy it later one. I didn't know about it, just found it while browsing. I am so curious!
The African short stories are twenty and thanks Amazon for that "look inside this book" feature, if it weren't for it there would be no way of telling whose and which short stories int this book...
Southern Africa:
Njabulo S. Ndebele (South Africa) - The Profetess
Nadine Gordiner (South Africa) - Amnesty
Lindiwe Mabuza (South Africa) - Wake...
Daniel Madishona (Zimbabwe) - A Wated Land
Mia Couto (Mozambique) - The Birds of God
Central Africa:
Steve Chimombo (Malawi) - The Rubbish Dump
E. B. Dongala (Congo) - The Man
East Africa:
Abdulrazak Gurnah (Zanzibar) - Cages
Saida Hagi-Dirie Herzi (Somalia) - Government by Magic Spell
Tololwa Marti Molell (Tanzania) - A Night Out
Kyalo Mativo (Kenya) - On the Market Day
M. G. Vassanji (Tanzania) - Leaving
Northern Africa:
Assia Djebar (Algeria) - The foreigner, sister of the foreign woman
Jamal Mahjoub (Sudan) - Road Block
West Africa:
Ben Okri (Nigeria) - Converging City
Adewale Maja-Pearce (Nigeria) - The Hotel
Okey Chigbo (Nigeria) - The Housegirl
Ba'bila Mutia (Cameroons) - The Miracle
Tijan M. Sallah (Gambia) - Weaverdom
Kojo Laing (Ghana) - Vacancy for the Post of Jesus Christ
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And if you have any interest in this matter, check out the list A Few Books About Africa by "avid reader".