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Under African skies : modern African stories / edited and with an introduction by Charles R. Larson. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. - xix, 375 p. ; 24 cm.

The Complete Gentleman / The Eyes of the Statue / Sarzan / Black Girl / Papa, Snake & I / A Meeting in the Dark / A Handful of Dates / Mrs. Plum / Tekayo / Two Sisters / Girls at War / The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses / In the Hospital / The True Martyr Is Me / Innocent Terror / Africa Kills Her Sun / Afrika Road / Why Don't You Carve Other Animals / The Magician and the Girl / A Prayer from the Living / Effortless Tears / Give Me a Chance / Taken / I'm Not Talking About That, Now / My Father, the Englishman, and I / Amos Tutuola -- Camara Laye -- Birago Diop -- Sembene Ousmane -- Luis Bernardo Honwana -- Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- Tayeb Salih -- Es'kia Mphahlele -- Grace Ogot -- Ama Ata Aidoo -- Chinua Achebe -- Bessie Head -- Similih M. Cordor -- Rene Philombe -- Tijan M. Sallah -- Ken Saro-Wiwa -- Don Mattera -- Yvonne Vera -- Veronique Tadjo -- Ben Okri -- Alexander Kanengoni -- Mzamane Nhlapo -- Steve Chimombo -- Sindiwe Magona -- Nuruddin Farah -- A Gathering of Bald Men / Mandla Langa.

ISBN: 9781841955957

LCCN: 96048601

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Short stories, African.
African fiction--20th century.
Short stories, African--Translations into English.

LC Class. No.: PR9348 / .L334 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 808.83/10896