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- catalog abstract "A fine anthology, well selected, well ordered, and altogether a pleasure to read. The editors have chosen twenty stories by twenty different writers from all over Africa, grouping them geographically into four different sections: West, East, North and Southern Africa.... They have done a particularly good job of balancing the work of lesser-known, younger writers with established figures: David Owoyele as well as Adhebe, Abdulrzak Gurnah as well as Ngugi, Ahmed Essop as well as Nadine Gordimer and Bessie Head.".
- catalog alternative "Twenty short stories from across the continent".
- catalog contributor b8327345.
- catalog contributor b8327346.
- catalog contributor b8327347.
- catalog contributor b8327348.
- catalog coverage "Africa Social conditions Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "Africa Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog created "1985 (1987 [printing])".
- catalog date "(1987 [printing])".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "1987".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1985".
- catalog description "A fine anthology, well selected, well ordered, and altogether a pleasure to read. The editors have chosen twenty stories by twenty different writers from all over Africa, grouping them geographically into four different sections: West, East, North and Southern Africa.... They have done a particularly good job of balancing the work of lesser-known, younger writers with established figures: David Owoyele as well as Adhebe, Abdulrzak Gurnah as well as Ngugi, Ahmed Essop as well as Nadine Gordimer and Bessie Head.".
- catalog description "The false prophet / Sembene Ousmane -- Certain winds from the south / Ama Ata Aidoo -- The apprentice / Odun Balogun -- The will of Allah / David Owoyele -- Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- The gentlemen of the jungle / Jomo Kenyatta -- The green leaves / Grace Ogot -- Bossy / Abdulrazak Gurnah -- The spider's web / Leonard Kibera -- Minutes of glory / Ngugi wa Thiongo̓ -- An incident in the Ghobashi household / Alifa Rifaat -- A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- A conversation from the third floor / Mohamed El-Bisatie -- Papa, Snake & I / B.L. Honwana -- The bridegroom / Nadine Gordimer -- The betrayal / Ahmed Essop -- Protista / Dambudzo Marechera -- The coffee-cart girl / Ezekiel Mphahlele -- Snapshots of a wedding / Bessie Head -- Reflections in a cell / Mafika Gwala.".
- catalog extent "159 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0435905368 (pbk) :".
- catalog identifier "0435905376 (export)".
- catalog isPartOf "African writers series".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "1987".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Heinemann Educational,".
- catalog spatial "Africa Social conditions Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Africa Social life and customs Fiction.".
- catalog subject "823/.01/0896 19".
- catalog subject "PR9347.5".
- catalog subject "Short stories, African (English)".
- catalog subject "Short stories, African Translations into English.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The false prophet / Sembene Ousmane -- Certain winds from the south / Ama Ata Aidoo -- The apprentice / Odun Balogun -- The will of Allah / David Owoyele -- Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- The gentlemen of the jungle / Jomo Kenyatta -- The green leaves / Grace Ogot -- Bossy / Abdulrazak Gurnah -- The spider's web / Leonard Kibera -- Minutes of glory / Ngugi wa Thiongo̓ -- An incident in the Ghobashi household / Alifa Rifaat -- A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- A conversation from the third floor / Mohamed El-Bisatie -- Papa, Snake & I / B.L. Honwana -- The bridegroom / Nadine Gordimer -- The betrayal / Ahmed Essop -- Protista / Dambudzo Marechera -- The coffee-cart girl / Ezekiel Mphahlele -- Snapshots of a wedding / Bessie Head -- Reflections in a cell / Mafika Gwala.".
- catalog title "African short stories / selected and edited by Chinua Achebe and C.L. Innes.".
- catalog title "Twenty short stories from across the continent".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Translations. fast".
- catalog type "text".