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Female Genital Mutilation in African Literature
Tobe Levin and Augustine H. Asaah, editors
“A thorough discussion and education on the subject of female circumcision—whether driven
by rage, empathy, or engagement—is important. By focusing on creative writing as the site of
discussion, this book provides a multifaceted education. A must read.” —NGUGI WA THIONG’O
“An important collection on an important subject that some misguided cultural nationalists would
rather keep wrapped under the silences and perversions of tradition.... It derives its freshness and
power from its excavation of representations in the works of African and Diasporan writers.”
—PAUL TIYAMBE ZELEZA
This pioneering collection discusses representations of female genital mutilation as a theme
in literary art. The contributors—both scholars and activists—join together to analyze African
and African American literature in the context of the debate between those who see FGM as a
time-honored tradition and those who recognize it as an egregious human rights abuse.
Tobe Levin is professor of English and women’s studies at the University of Maryland
University College Europe. Augustine H. Asaah is associate professor of modern languages
at the University of Ghana, where he pioneered research into African feminist literature and
gender-based violence in African fiction.
C ONTENTS : Assaults on Female Genitalia:
Activists, Authors and the Arts—T. Levin.
EMPATHIZERS. From Women’s Rite to Human
Rights Issue: Literary Explorations of Female
Genital Excision since Facing Mount Kenya
(1938)—E. Bekers. Oppositional Approaches to
FGM in African Literature—S. Bishop. Going
Home Again: Diaspora, FGM and Kinship in
Warrior Marks—T.L. Cage. ”Mother” as a Verb:
The Erotic, Audre Lorde and FGM—J. Browdy de
Hernandez. ENRAGED. Female Genital Mutilation:
Ambivalence, Indictment and Commitment in
Sub-Saharan African Fiction—A.H. Asaah. The
Anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Novel in
Public Education: An Example from Ghana—
A.V. Adams. What Is Wrong with Mariam? Gloria
Naylor’s Infibulated Jew—T. Levin. Somali
Womanhood: A Re-visioning—M. Sarkis.
ENGAGED. Excision and African Literature: An
Activist’s Annotated Bibliographical Excursion—
P. Herzberger-Fofana. Who’s Afraid of Female
Sexuality?—M. Mathai. Tränen im Sand/Desert
Tears (Excerpts)—N. Abdi and L.G. Linder.
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Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice a novel
Anthonia C. Kalu, editor
Véronique Tadjo, translated by Amy Baram Reid
“A Herculean labor of dedication and love.... The incontestable value of this anthology is in its gathering together of, and making available, materials which show the range, richness and variety of the
corpus.... Every undergraduate library in the country should have a copy ... on its shelves.”
“With Queen Pokou, Tadjo has given a clear and magnificent rendition of an Akan classic of this
tragic motif. In an English version that seems not to have lost anything in translation, this poetic
narrative is as lyrical as it is cerebrally compelling.” —AMA ATA AIDOO
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“An important collection.... Enhances a reader’s understanding of the development from oral literature
to contemporary written texts.... There is an exciting sense of discovery as one turns the pages of this
book.” —ANNE SERAFIN, MULTICULTURAL REVIEW
Ranging from ancient cultures to the present century, from Africa’s rich oral traditions to its
contemporary fiction, poetry, and drama, this long-awaited comprehensive anthology
reflects the enduring themes of African literature.
The pieces are organized chronologically within geographic region and enhanced by
both introductory material and biographical notes on each writer. An author/title index
and suggestions for further reading are also included.
Anthonia C. Kalu is professor of African American and African studies at Ohio State
University.
PARTIAL CONTENTS: THE ORAL TRADITION
• North Africa • The King Climbs to the
Sky on a Ladder • The Shipwrecked
Sailor. West Africa • Why the Sun and the
Moon Live in the Sky • Anansi Borrows
Money • The Song of Gimmile • Iron Is
Received from Ogun. Central Africa •
The Woman Who Killed Her Co-Wife •
The Mwindo Epic. East Africa and the
Horn • Wanjiru, Sacrificed by Her People
• The Legend of Kintu • How Makeda
Visited Jerusalem, and How Menelik
Became King . Southern Africa • Why the
Hippo Has a Stumpy Tail • Mnkabayi,
Daughter of Jama of the Zulu Clan •
Senzangakhona • EARLY AFRICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHIES • Equiano’s Travels •
Narrative of the Travels of Ali Eisami •
The Narrative of Samuel Ajayi
Crowther • Slave Boy to Priest • THE
COLONIAL PERIOD, 1885–1956 • West
Africa • A. Opoku, River Afram • C. Laye,
The Dark Child (Chs 2–3) • J.E. Henshaw,
The Jewels of the Shrine • A. Tutuola, The
Palm Wine Drinkard. Central Africa •
P.G. Lumumba, Dawn in the Heart of
Africa. South Africa • T. Mofolo, Chaka
(Chs 3–4) • S.W. Nkuhlu, The Land of the
People Once Living • P. Abrahams, Mine
➤ TO
Boy • E. Mphahlele, Exile in Nigeria • THE
POSTCOLONIAL PERIOD, 1957 TO THE
PRESENT • North Africa • T. Salih, The
Doum Tree of Wad Hamid • Y. Sibai, The
Country Boy • A. Djebar, My Father
Writes to My Mother • D. Chraibi,
Mother Comes of Age (Chs 2–3) • N. el
Saadawi, The Fall of the Imam • A.
Chedid, Who Remains Standing? • T. AlHakim, Food for the Millions (Acts 1–3).
West Africa • C. Achebe, Things Fall Apart
(Chs 3–4) • F. Nwapa, Efuru (Chs 9–10) •
F. Oyono, Houseboy • M. Bâ, So Long a
Letter (Chs 1–8) • B. Emecheta, Kehinde
(Chs 13–14) • S. Ousmane, Tribal Scars or
The Voltaique • Z. Alkali, Saltless Ash • B.
Kwakye, The Clothes of Nakedness (Chs
8–9) • K. Awoonor, Songs of Sorrow • B.
Dadie, I Thank You God • K. Anyidoho,
Our Birth-Cord • I. Amadiume, Nok
Lady in Terracotta • E. Ohaeto, It Is Easy
to Forget • A.P.A. Busia, Achimota • L.S.
Senghor, Letter to a Poet • B. Diop, Breath
• L. Peters, Soweto, I Know Your
Anguish • W. Soyinka, Abiku • C. Okigbo,
Heavens-gate (I, V) • N. Osundare, Our
Earth Will Not Die • N.B. Horne,
Nana Bosompo • O. Agbajoh-Laoye,
Motherhood Cut Short • W. Soyinka, The
Trials of Brother Jero (Act 1, Scenes 1–3)
• A.A. Aidoo, Anowa (from Phase 1).
Central Africa • H. Lopes, The Honorable
Gentleman • T. U Tam’si, Agony. East
Africa and the Horn • N. wa Thiong’o,
Mugumo • A. Ayoda, Workday • P.
Anyang’-Nyong’O, Daughter of the Low
Land • W. Odame, By the Long Road • T.
Gabre-Medhin, Home-Coming Son • O.
p’Bitek, Song of Lawino. Southern Africa
• B. Head, The Deep River • M. V.
Mzamane, Children of Soweto • N.
Gordimer, A City of the Dead, A City of
the Living • D. Marechera, Black Skin
What Mask • G. Ndlovu, The Barrel of a
Pen • T. Dangarembga, Nervous
Conditions (Ch 4) • S. Magona, A State of
Outrage • D. Brutus, Robben Island
Sequence • G. Mhlope, Sometimes When
it Rains •A. Neto, Kinaxixi • C. Hove,
Nursery Rhyme After a War • M.
Kunene, A Note to All Surviving
Africans • N.S. Ndebele, The Revolution
of the Aged • L. Nkosi, The Rhythm of
Violence (Act 1, Scenes 1–3).
2007/977 pages
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“Tadjo uses her powerful and fertile imagination to rekindle an ancient Akan myth and deliberately
sets it ablaze!” —FEMI OSOFISAN
This award-winning novel, woven into the framework of eighteenth century West Africa,
recounts the story of Queen Abraha Pokou’s sacrifice of her son to save the Baoule people.
But it is also much more than that.
Telling and retelling the story, changing key elements each time—what if the queen
saved her son? what if she went crazy from grief? what if she ended up on a slave ship?
and so on—Véronique Tadjo explores both intimate personal relationships and broad historical themes. Her multiple retellings of events surrounding the founding of the Baoule
invites discussion not only of the past, but also about the challenges of the present, most
notably the bloody ethnic wars that have engulfed West Africa in recent decades.
Both enchantingly poetic and deceptively simple, Queen Pokou received the prestigious
Grand Prix littéraire d’Afrique noire in 2005.
Véronique Tadjo, a widely acclaimed African Francophone writer, is head of French
studies at the School of Literature and Language Studies at the University of
Witswatersrand in South Africa.
2010/70 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9555079-9-1
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The Blind Kingdom
Véronique Tadjo, translated by Janis A. Mayes
The Blind Kingdom is a collection of short stories and poetic texts woven together to illustrate an African society on the brink of collapse.
Writing in 1960 at a time when Côte d’Ivoire was in chaos after declaring its independence from France, Véronique Tadjo explores themes of love, independence, and renewal
as she creates a new world of hope and creativity. Her illuminating political allegory will
resonate with contemporary readers as they draw parallels between Côte d’Ivoire’s crisis
of forty years ago and the turmoil facing the country today.
This edition includes an afterword by the translator, Janis Mayes, as well as Professor
Mayes’ interview with the author.
2008/106 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9555079-1-5
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Masculinities in African
Literary and Cultural Texts
NEW!
Helen Nabasuta Mugambi and Tuzyline Jita Allan, editors
Benjamin Kwakye
“This impressive collection provides many answers and is destined to become a staple in the library.”
Praised as one of the most accomplished of a new generation of African novelists—and
perhaps the most important Ghanaian writer since Ayi Kwei Armah—Benjamin Kwakye
establishes a powerful connection with the reader in his story of a young African man’s
immigrant experience.
The protagonist in The Other Crucifix immerses himself in American college life, a new life
that alienates him in more ways than one from his native Africa. As the years pass, memories of Ghana fade until his uncle’s death in a coup d’état triggers a crucial reawakening.
Benjamin Kwakye is author of The Clothes of Nakedness (awarded the 1999
Commonweath Writers’ Prize for Best First Book, Africa) and The Sun by Night (awarded
the 2006 Commonweath Writers’ Prize, Africa). Born in Ghana, he attended Dartmouth
College and Harvard Law School and now lives in Chicago.
The Other Crucifix a novel
—CAROLE BOYCE DAVIES
“Offers important insights that both clarify and complicate our hitherto stereotypical notions of
masculinities in Africa.” —KOFI ANYIDOHO
“Every chapter here makes a significant contribution to the growing theoretical and analytical scholarship in the field. The editors deserve commendation for putting together important materials that
have opened up a new dimension in Cultural and Gender Studies.” —ABDUL-RASHEED N’ALLAH
Focusing on the ways in which men are represented and problematized in African literary
and other cultural expression, this collection represents a ground-breaking intervention in a
field that is largely woman-centered. The book, with its multigenre approach, will serve as
a vital and much-needed resource for both scholars and students.
Helen Nabasuta Mugambi is associate professor of English and comparative literature
at California State University, Fullerton. Tuzyline Jita Allan is professor of English at
Baruch College.
CONTENTS: Preface—A.C. Kalu. Introduction—the
Editors. CONFIGURING MASCULINITY IN ORATURE
AND FILM. Staging Masculinity in the East African
Epic—K.W. Waliaula. Masculinity in the West
African Epic—T.A. Hale. Men and Power:
Masculinity in the Folktales and Proverbs of the
Baganda—A. Kiyimba. “Ndabaga” Folktale
Revisited: (De)Constructing Masculinity in PostGenocide Rwandan Society—R.B. Gallimore.
Deploying Masculinity in African Oral Poetic
Performance: The Man in Udje—T. Ojaide. Masculinity on Trial: Gender Anxiety in African Song
Performances—H.N. Mugambi. Faces of Masculinity in African Cinema: Dani Kouyate’s Sia,
Le Rêve du Python—D. Dipio. Masculinity in
Selected North African Films: An Exploration—
J.D.H. Downing. Penetrating Xala—B. Lindfors.
WRITING THE MASCULINE. Rapacious Masculinity
and Ethno-Colonial Politics in a Swahili Novel—
A. Bukenya. Masculinity in Achebe’s Anthills of the
Savannah—C.A. Okafor. Dark Bodies/White
Masks: African Masculinities and Visual Culture
in Graceland, The Joys of Motherhood and Things
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Fall Apart—G. Etter-Lewis. Sexual Impotence as
Metonymy for Political Failure: Interrogating
Hegemonic Masculinities in Ama Ata Aidoo’s
Anowa—N.B. Horne. Virility and Emasculation in
Ahmadou Kourouma’s Novels—S.A. Konate.
Women, Men, and Exotopy: On the Politics of
Scale in Nuruddin Farah’s Maps—P. Hitchcock.
Killing the Pimp: Firadaus’s Challenge to Masculine Authority in Nawal El Saadawi’s Woman at
Point Zero—M.S. Zucker. The Price of Pleasure: K.
Sello Duiker’s Thirteen Cents and the Economics
of Homosexuality in South Africa—T. Johns. The
Ambivalence of Masculinity in Gorgui Dieng’s A
Leap Out of the Dark—D. Loum. A Retrospective:
Looking for ‘the African’ in the Hybrid: Thoughts
on Masculinity in Equiano’s The Interesting
Narrative—T.J. Allan. Afterword: Masculinities in
African Literary and Cultural Texts—S. Gikandi.
May 2010/352 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9555079-5-3
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April 2010/ca. 220 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9562401-2-5
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Caught in the Storm a novel
Seydou Badian, translated by Marie-Thérèse Noiset
“Noiset ... has meticulously preserved the
integrity and subtlety of the original French, its
invigorating idiom and orality, without undermining its satiric undertones—a challenging
task she has mastered beautifully.”
—JAMAL EN-NEHAS, WORLD LITERATURE TODAY
“This poignant novel evokes the utopian hopes at
the very dawn of the decolonization of Africa.”
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A gentle novel about the enduring conflict
between young and old, new and traditional, foreign and native.
Badian tells the story of a village family
in an African country under French rule.
The family’s father and the eldest son
revere the customs of their ancestors, while
the younger children are strongly attracted
by European ways and ideas. The
inevitable conflict intensifies when the
daughter, who has fallen in love with her
Westernized schoolmate, is promised in
marriage to a merchant who already has
two wives.
As the story unfolds, it is traditional
African wisdom, generous to all perspectives and faithful to both generations, that
resolves the family’s problems.
First published in French (as Sous l’orage)
in 1954.
Seydou Badian was a member of the
second generation of African intellectuals
that rose to defend the value of their own
culture and to take a greater role in their
political future. After the establishment of
the Republic of Mali in 1960, he was leader
of the radical Marxist group in the government of Modibo Keita, and he spent 10
years in prison after Keita’s 1968 overthrow.
Marie-Thérèse Noiset is associate professor
of French at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte.
1998/116 pages
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Nervous Conditions a novel
A Fine Madness
Tsitsi Dangarembga, with a new introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah
a novel
Mashingaidze Gomo
“An absorbing page-turner that will delight the reader.” —BLOOMSBURY REVIEW
“From the first days of its publication, it was obvious that Nervous Conditions had the makings of
a classic: a timeless coming-of-age tale, great lyrical narrative, unforgettable characters, and courageous. Sixteen years down the line, this notion has been amply confirmed.” —AMA ATA AIDOO
“Dangarembga’s characters are fascinating, and the issue of freedom is examined dispassionately and
firmly. A unique and valuable book.” —BOOKLIST
Dangarembga’s acclaimed first novel tells of the coming-of-age of Tambu and, through her,
also offers a profound portrait of African society. In awarding Nervous Conditions the
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Africa in 1989, the judges described the book as “a beautiful and sensitive exploration of the plight and struggle of an African people.... A distinguishing feature of this work is its courageous honesty and devastating understatement.”
Tsitsi Dangarembga lived and studied in both England and Germany before returning
to her native Zimbabwe. She currently is working on the third novel in the trilogy that
began with Nervous Conditions and continues in The Book of Not.
2004/224 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9547023-3-5
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“This is a masterful work…. I found it powerful, as powerful as the fiction of the early Marechera.”
—SIMON GIKANDI
Combining powerful prose and evocative poetry, Mashingaidze Gomo’s first novel reflects
on the nature of war and the fate of African identities during Zimbabwe’s struggle for
independence.
Gomo’s poignant portrait follows a warrior who fights Africa’s wars in places where the
battlefronts keep changing, but the enemy remains the same—and where foreign influences
continue to dictate the direction of his and Africa’s future. Negotiating the fine line between
literary and political genres, A Fine Madness reiterates the scars left by colonialism.
Mashingaidze Gomo, a native of Zimbabwe, was a member of the Zimbabwean
Defence Forces in 1984–2007. His work is already being compared to such classics in the
African literary canon as Franz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth, Aime Cesaire’s Discourse
on Colonialism, and Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol.
April 2010/ca. 208 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9562401-4-9
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The Book of Not a novel
Tsitsi Dangarembga
“This novel disrupts any comfortable sense of closure to the dilemmas of colonial modernity explored in
Nervous Conditions. Life ‘happens’ to Tambu and she must make another journey.... This is a most
engrossing and provocative sequel [and one] that already begs another.” —NANA WILSON-TAGOE
“A most intensely felt and remembered book that reproduces the feel, sight, sound, and emotion of an
African convent boarding school a quarter of a century ago.... No book I have read conveys so powerfully and truthfully the wounds of cultural colonialism.” —TERRENCE RANGER
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“This is, as its title suggests, a book about denial and unfulfilled expectations, about the theft of the
self that remains one of colonialism’s most pernicious legacies. Through all of this, however, it
remains funny and engaging, a tale of adolescent rivalry and misadventure, narrated in a style that
blends the sardonic with the lyrical.” —CHRIS WARNES
This sequel to the award-winning Nervous Conditions traces Tambu’s continuing quest to
redefine the personal, political, and historical forces at work in her complex world.
2006/256 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9547023-7-3
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The Cry of Winnie Mandela
a novel
Njabulo S. Ndebele
Critical Perspectives
on Dennis Brutus
Achebe, Head,
Marechera: On Power
African Novels
in the Classroom
Craig W. McLuckie and Patrick J. Colbert,
and Change in Africa
Margaret Jean Hay, editor
Annie Gagiano
“Hay has edited nothing short of an instantly
invaluable resource for teachers of African
studies.... perhaps the most useful resource I
have found for teachers of African literature
and African studies at the college level.”
—DONALD E. LANDRUM, MULTICULTURAL REVIEW
editors
Poet, activist, teacher, and scholar, Dennis
Brutus is one of the foremost names in
African literature—as a creative force, a
cultural influence, and a personality.
Exploring Brutus’s life and writings,
this collection opens with a biographical
introduction to his “art and activism,”
covering his childhood, his university
days, his arrest and imprisonment in
1964–1965, his years in exile, and his
eventual return to South Africa in 1991.
Subsequent essays focus on Brutus’s poetry, though his politics are not ignored,
and several pieces are personal accounts
of meetings with the writer. The book
includes an interview with Brutus and an
annotated bibliography.
Craig W. McLuckie is professor of
English at Okanagan University College in
Canada. Patrick J. Colbert is associate dean
of arts at Okanagan University College.
1995/269 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-769-6
ISBN: 978-0-89410-770-2
“[An] excellent critical study.... This work
deserves a place on the shelves of students of
African studies. Gagiano has carefully dissected the literary works of these three great
African writers so that the rest of us may now
go beyond wherever we were before we read
“A wonderfully practical, even inspiring,
her book.... opens passageways to meaningful
book for Africanist teachers at the undergraddiscussions on African literature and post—JAN BENDER SHETLER,
uate level.”
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES
—GLEN BUSH,
colonial studies.”
“Njabulo Ndebele has walked where angels fear to tread: he has made Winnie Mandela a character in
an epic story that speaks powerfully about South Africa’s recent history and legacy.”
—BEVERLY ROOS, CAPE ARGUS
The Cry of Winnie Mandela is a powerful novel that links the lives of four “ordinary” South
African women with the life of Winnie Mandela. It is the story of five women who wait for
their husbands during the long years of struggle against apartheid.
Njabulo S. Ndebele is author of the celebrated Fools and Other Stories, as well as the children’s book Bonolo and the Peach Tree and The Rediscovery of the Ordinary, a widely known
collection of critical essays. He is currently vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town.
2004/160 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9547023-0-4
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AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW
“Probing analysis of the narratives of three of
Africa’s most distinguished novelists.... this
book is recommended for all college and university libraries.”—CHOICE
Concentrating on issues of power and
change, Annie Gagiano’s close reading of
literary texts by Chinua Achebe, Bessie
Head, and Dambudzo Marechera teases
out each author’s view of how colonialism affected Africa, the contribution of
LC: 94-6489 Africans to their own malaise, and above
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and postcolonial periods.
Annie Gagiano lectures in English at
the University of Stellenbosch (South
Africa).
2000/314 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-887-7
LC: 99-056357
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Some of the best college teachers have
found novels to be extremely effective
assignments in courses addressing various
aspects of African studies. Here, two dozen
of those teachers describe their favorite
African novels and share their experiences
in using them in the classroom.
Margaret Jean Hay’s publications
include African Women South of the Sahara
(coedited with Sharon Stichter).
CONTENTS: Introduction. Peter Abrahams, A
Wreath for Udomo—R. Rathbone. Chinua
Achebe, Things Fall Apart—M. Klein. Ayi Kwei
Armah, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born—E.
Akyeampong. Miriama Bâ, So Long a Letter—J.
Pritchett. Driss Chraïbi, Mother Comes of Age—J.
Spleth. Lindsey Collen, The Rape of Sita—B.
Mack. Maryse Condé, Segu—J. Bowman. Tsitsi
Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions—B. Bravman.
Modikwe Dikobe, The Marabi Dance—I. Berger.
Buchi Emecheta, The Joys of Motherhood—M.
Bastian. Buchi Emecheta, The Slave Girl—K.
Sheldon. Nuruddin Farah, Gifts—L. Kapteijns.
Elsa Joubert, Poppie Nongena—J. Penvenne. J.
Nozipo Nkosama Maraire, Zenzele—K. Keim.
Meja Mwangi, Going Down River Road—C.
Ambler. Ngugi wa Thiong’o, A Grain of Wheat—
M.J. Hay. D.T. Niane, Sundiata—C. Keim. Flora
Nwapa, Efuru—S. Greene. Ferdinand Oyono,
Houseboy—B. Cooper. Tayeb Salih, Season of
Migration to the North—F. Topan. Ousmane
Sembene, God’s Bits of Wood—D. Cordell. Wole
Soyinka, Ake—T. Giles-Vernick. Moyez G.
Vassanji, The Gunny Sack—J. Monson. P. T.
Zeleza, Smouldering Charcoal—M. Page. Appendixes: Novels by Region. Novels by Theme.
2000/314 pages
ISBN: 978-1-55587-878-8
Underground People
a novel
Lewis Nkosi
“This is one of the best books to have come out of South Africa in recent times.... This absorbingly
fine novel is a leafed score of reflection and sardonic wit, as well as a gripping page turner.”
—ANDRIES OLIPHANT, SOUTH AFRICAN SUNDAY TIMES
“Nkosi’s is a voice that needs to be heard.” —HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
Following on his awarding-winning Mating Birds, Lewis Nkosi’s second novel is a tour de
force. Nkosi takes us from mansions to mountain hideouts, introducing a dazzling array of
characters. Switching from comedy to sensitive observation to action, and with doubledealing operatives and political shenanigans, Underground People blends elements of a political thriller in a sophisticated human drama.
Lewis Nkosi is an eminent critic, novelist, and essayist. A writer for Drum magazine in
its 1950s heyday, he later went into exile from South Africa, pursuing his academic career
elsewhere in Africa, in the United States, and in Europe. At present, he lives in Switzerland.
2005/320 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9547023-2-8
pb $22
LC: 00-022780
pb $25/£19.95
No examination copies available
8
9
Bu Me Be:
Proverbs of the Akans
Peggy Appiah, Kwame Anthony Appiah, and Ivor Agyeman-Duah
Broadening
the Horizon:
The Wild Hunter in
Ken Saro-Wiwa:
the Bush of the Ghosts Writer and Political Activist
Critical Introductions
to Amma Darko
Amos Tutuola, edited by Bernth Lindfors
editors
Vincent O. Odamtten, editor
Amma Darko is revealed in this important collection as a novelist whose work
reflects both compelling storytelling
talent and unflinching criticism of what
Ghana has become as its people are
increasingly enmeshed in the network
of global capitalism.
The authors critically situate Darko’s
work within the context of postindependence Ghanaian and other African writers
such as Ayi Kwei Armah, Ama Ata Aidoo,
Mariama Bâ, and Florence Nwapa.
Vincent O. Odamtten, a poet and
critic originally from Ghana, is professor
of English at Hamilton College.
C ONTENTS : Introduction: Beyond the Comfort
Zone—V.O. Odamtten. Amma Darko: Writing
Her Way—L.A. Zak. Victims and/or Victimisers?
Women’s De(Con)structive Power in The
Housemaid—M. Bungaro. Licit Desires, Alien
Bodies and the Economics of Invisibility in
Amma Darko’s Beyond the Horizon and Stephen
Frears’ Dirty Pretty Things—S.P. O’Connell and
V.O. Odamtten. Ngambika and Grassroots
Fiction: Amma Darko’s The Housemaid and
Faceless—M.E. Higgins. Amma Darko’s The
Housemaid and the Gendering of Novel and
Nation—C. Garritano. Exploitation, Negligence
and Violence: Gendered Interrelationships in
Amma Darko’s Novels—G. Angsotinge, K. Dako,
A. Denkabe, and H. Yitah. Amma Darko’s Beyond
the Horizon: Vending the Dream and Other
Traumas for the Obedient Daughter—V.O.
Odamtten. Sage, Muse, Crone: The Grandmother
in Amma Darko’s Novels—N.B. Horne. Breaking
the Shell: Our Customs, Our Traditions and the
Pan-African Dream; Or, Rethinking PanAfricanism—A. Darko.
2007/160 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9547023-8-0
pb $23.50
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Craig W. McLuckie and Aubrey McPhail,
“Bernth Lindfors ... [is] to be congratulated
for recovering for the Tutuola reader, forty
years on, that early vivid freshness and raw
intensity in this new edition of the author’s
—DEREK WRIGHT,
first written work.”
CRNLE REVIEWS JOURNAL
“A lively, colourful tale, unadulterated by any
long-winded words or pretentious ideas. The
story is told as if it were coming directly from
the teller’s mouth.” —MARY HARPER, WEST AFRICA
The manuscript for this novel, written in
1948, was hidden in a file in London for
more than thirty years, until unearthed by
Bernth Lindfors. The present edition of
the book, its first publication other than a
limited facsimile edition in 1982, incorporates minor revisions made by Tutuola
during a visit to the United States in 1983,
when he corrected obvious errors and
restructured several passages.
The first long prose fiction written by a
Nigerian author for publication in English,
Wild Hunter is a classic example of
Tutuola’s blend of Yoruba and Christian
theology, local folkloric archetypes, and
African oral tradition.
Amos Tutuola (1920–1997) is recognized
as a founding father of 20th century
Nigerian literature. Among his most celebrated novels, all written in his distinctive
Yoruba-influenced version of English, is
The Palm-Wine Drunkard (1952), also adapted into a play.
1989/126 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-452-7
ISBN: 978-0-89410-453-4
“The editors have done an outstanding job of
bringing together first-rate minds to cover the
multiple dimensions of Saro-Wiwa’s writing
and political career.... The bibliography is
extensive and impressive.... This is probably
the most comprehensive book to date analyzing Saro-Wiwa’s creativity.” —TOYIN FALOLA,
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES
“The McLuckie-McPhail volume [strikes] ...
the right balance between honoring the man
and criticizing his patent excesses. The detailed
bibliography, careful organization of essays,
and diversity of information in this volume
also make it an outstanding contribution to
African literary studies, the best resource on
Saro-Wiwa to date.”
—CHRISTOPHER WISE,
“This collection will be useful not only for linguists, but for anyone that takes Akan culture seriously,
from anthropologists to historians, to cultural critics.... It is a veritable treasure trove.” —ATO QUAYSON
“Invaluable…. Our languages cannot grow as literary languages unless we also develop tools that will
enable their effective use. Our languages must be in dialogue with not only the languages of Europe, but
also those of Africa and Asia. This work is an important step in that direction.” —NGUGI WA THIONG’O
This invaluable bilingual collection of more than 7,000 Akan proverbs reveals the nuances of
Akan and Asante life and culture. Kwame Anthony Appiah’s introduction to the volume
contextualizes the proverbs, revealing the wit and wisdom of the Akan language and
demonstrating how the proverbs can be compared with philosophical musings from a wide
range of other countries.
The late Peggy Appiah was awarded the MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for her distinguished promotion of Anglo-Ghanaian cultural and creative enterprises. Kwame Anthony
Appiah is professor of philosophy at Princeton University. Ivor Agyeman-Duah is founder
of the Centre for Intellectual Renewal in Ghana.
2008/312 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9555079-2-2
hc $55
RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES
The shocking execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa
at the hands of the Nigerian government in
1995 stirred new interest in the many facets
of his life—as novelist and short story
writer, radio and television personality,
publisher and entrepreneur, political and
environmental activist. This interdisciplinary collection critically assesses SaroWiwa’s exceptional life and work from a
range of fresh perspectives.
The authors examine Saro-Wiwa’s
literary output both in terms of literary
criticism and within a political framework. They give equal attention to his
more public roles, including public reaction within Nigeria to his work. A comprehensive, annotated bibliography of print
hc $20/£15.95 and electronic resources on Saro-Wiwa is
pb $10/£7.95 an indispensable feature of the book.
Craig W. McLuckie is professor of
English at Okanagan University College in
Canada. Aubrey McPhail is in the English
Department at Mount Royal University.
2000/292 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-883-9
LC: 99-31267
hc $59.95/£47.95
A Month and a Day & Letters
Ken Saro-Wiwa, with a foreword by Wole Soyinka
A Month and a Day & Letters presents an edited version of “A Detention Diary,” Ken SaroWiwa’s own record of his arrest in July 1993 and the story of the Movement for the
Survival of the Ogoni People and the struggle against the Nigerian military dictatorship.
Saro-Wiwa’s criticisms of the corrupt regime eventually led to his execution, along with
eight others, in November 1995.
This edition also includes previously unpublished letters smuggled to and from SaroWiwa during his final imprisonment—including correspondence with Nelson Mandela,
Nadine Gordimer, and Ethel Kennedy, as well as other concerned people from around the
world—and a letter written by Ken Wiwa to his late father.
On September 3, 1993, Saro-Wiwa wrote to the president of International PEN: “The
writer is his cause. I am more and more convinced ... that the path of literature is the
assured way to human salvation and civilisation. I hail the power of the pen.” That power
is abundantly, and poignantly, displayed in this volume.
2006/240 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9547023-5-9
pb $26.50
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Fathers and Daughters:
An Anthology of Exploration
Ato Quayson, editor
The New African
Poetry: An Anthology
Dreams of Dusty
Roads: New Poems
Tanure Ojaide and Tijan M. Sallah, editors
Tijan M. Sallah
“This impressive anthology—the most comprehensive in years in terms of gender, geography, and nationality—hopefully will turn
the tide in favor of attention to the continent’s
contemporary bards.... Equally important, the
informative introduction contextualizes the
volume within the continent’s recent artistic
renaissance.” —WORLDVIEW
“In Dreams of Dusty Roads Tijan Sallah
has matured into a master word magician....
This collection has given me more delight
than any other book of poetry I have read in
recent years.” —TANURE OJAIDE
“These forward-looking and energetic poems
reveal that new African poets ‘sing of a
world reshaped.’” —LIBRARY JOURNAL
This anthology presents the voices of a
new generation of African poets, drawn
from across the continent and representing a wide range of themes, styles, and
ideologies.
Tanure Ojaide is professor of African
and African-American Studies at the
University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Tijan M. Sallah is author of three poetry
collections and a book of short stories.
paperback 2000/233 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-891-4
12
LC: 99-29889
pb $19.95/£15.95
Traces of a Life:
A Collection of Elegies
and Praise Poems
Abena P.A. Busia
These poems of lamentation and celebration were written and dedicated to
individuals—some famous, some
unknown—whose lives touched the
One of the most important literary voices author in a profound way. “I discovered,”
writes Busia, “that these poems when
to emerge from The Gambia for several
decades, Sallah writes nostalgically about placed together not only record the lives
of those to whom they are dedicated, but
his African roots. This, his third collecin the end also trace my own.”
tion, includes elegant, often melodic
Abena P.A. Busia is associate profespoems about love, prayer, fate, homesicksor in the Departments of Literatures in
ness, and the contrasts between different
English, Comparative Literature, and
places and cultures.
Tijan M. Sallah is author of three poet- Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers
University. Widely published in the fields
ry collections and a book of short stories.
of colonial discourse and African litera1993/79 pages
LC: 99-056007 ture, she is also author of an earlier volISBN: 978-0-89410-765-8
hc $25/£19.95 ume of poems, Testimonies in Exile.
ISBN: 978-0-89410-766-5
pb $6.95/£5.50
2009/124 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9555079-7-7
pb $15.95
The rarely explored relationship between African men and their daughters is brought to the
forefront in this anthology of newly commissioned stories and essays. Pieces by women
about their fathers and men about their daughters shed light not only on particular relationships, but also on broader perceptions of African fatherhood.
Contributors include Leila Aboulela, Ama de-Graft Aikins, Abena P. Busia, Harry
Garuba, Simon Gikandi, Helon Habila, Abiola Irele, Anthonia Kalu, Obiageli Okigbo, Teju
Olaniyan, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Véronique Tadjo, and Izundu Uchenna.
Ato Quayson is professor of English and director of the Centre for Diaspora and
Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto.
2009/196 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9555079-0-8
pb $25
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visit www.rienner.com or
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from our overseas representatives,
please see page 24.
13
The Legacy of Efua Sutherland:
Pan-African Cultural Activism
Anne V. Adams and Esi Sutherland-Addy, editors
Islam and the West
African Novel: The
Yambo Ouologuem:
“These intellectually stimulating reminiscences provide invigorating accounts of Sutherland's pragmatic and progressive visionary approach to African education and culture.” —KWADWO OSEI-NYAME, JR.
The City Where
No One Dies
Politics of Representation
Postcolonial Writer,
Islamic Militant
Ahmed S. Bangura
Christopher Wise, editor
Bernard Dadié, translated by Janis A. Mayes
“Bangura has produced an original and pioneering study that is likely to define the critical tradition of African literature of Islamic
orientation for many years to come.”
“The first three parts of the book constitute an
essential source for study of the reception of
Ouologuem.... It is, however, the concluding
accounts of Wise’s own research in the field
which make this volume indispensable for
future discussion of Ouologuem and open
the path for innovative in vivo research into
—GEORGE LANG,
African writing.”
In this witty and ironic reversal of the
typical colonial travelogue, Dadié
recounts the journey of a bemused
African traveler who settles in Rome, continuing his inquiries into the fundamental
nature of humankind. Part conqueror,
part pilgrim, part worshipper, and part
critic, the protagonist compares Roman
and African customs, traditions, history,
and above all, personalities.
Dadié’s account of the rewards and
pitfalls of exploring other cultures is
spiced with a generous enthusiasm and
respect for life and all its eccentricities.
First published in French in 1968.
Bernard Dadié, born near Abidjan in
1916, is a prolific Ivorian novelist, playwright, and poet. He was Côte d’Ivoire’s
minister of culture in 1977–1986. In his
writing, influenced by his experiences of
colonialism as a child, Dadié attempts to
connect the messages of traditional
African folktales with the contemporary
world. Janis A. Mayes is associate professor of comparative African literatures in
the Department of African, Caribbean,
and African-American Literatures at
Syracuse University.
—ALAMIN MAZRUI, JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
“An original and provocative narrative....
[Bangura’s] book offers a rich panoply of
themes and issues to consider in the analysis
of Islam in African fiction.”
—ROBERTA ANN DUNBAR, AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW
“Bangura has produced a pioneering study of
unmistakable strength.”
—ALAMIN MAZRUI,
“A wealth of well-documented information on
literary, historical, philosophical, and mundane aspects of Ouologuem’s work.”
—ROBERT P. SMITH JR., WORLD LITERATURE TODAY
Ahmed Bangura argues that a deeply
ingrained pattern of prejudice toward
Islam in European-language writing on
Africa has led to serious misreadings of
many West African novels.
Bangura discusses the historical and
sociological contexts of Islam in subSaharan Africa, providing a framework
for the study of West African novels with
an Islamic subtext. Contrasting his own
reading of the novels of Sembène
Ousmane, Aminata Sow Fall, and Ibrahim
Tahir with that of traditional Western critics, his analysis also features Wole
Soyinka, Deborah Boyd-Buggs,
Mohamadou Kane, Ali Mazrui, Cheikh
Hamidou Kane, Ahmadou Kourouma,
Mbaye Cham, and Kenneth Harrow.
Ahmed S. Bangura is associate professor of modern languages at the University
of San Francisco.
2000/176 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-863-1
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LC: 99-056007
hc $49.95/£39.95
“Wise renders an important service by bringing together a dozen articles and several
recent interviews on the work of this Malian
(West African) francophone.... Recommended
for all college and university collections supporting studies of African, African American,
and postcolonial literature.” —CHOICE
From the appearance of Bound to Violence in
the late 1960s, Yambo Ouologuem has been
one of Africa’s most controversial writers.
This book gathers the most important
essays on Ouologuem from critics on three
continents. Wise also includes his recent
interviews with the reclusive author and a
companion essay on Ouologuem’s present
life among the Tidjaniya Muslims of northern Mali.
Christopher Wise is associate professor of English at Western Washington
University, where he teaches global literary studies.
1999/258 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-861-7
a novel
1986/139 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-498-5
US, US territories, and Canada only
LC: 86-50451
hc $12
This incisive collection of essays on the legacy of Efua Sutherland, published 11 years after
her death, will rekindle an awareness of her life’s work as an educator, publisher, artist,
and writer. The collection also reflects Sutherland’s deep passion for African and Ghanaian
culture, as well as theatrical cultures from around the world.
Anne V. Adams is director of the W.E.B. DuBois Memorial Centre for Pan-African
Culture in Ghana. Esi Sutherland-Addy, Efua Sutherland’s eldest daughter, is senior
research fellow and head of the Language, Literature, and Drama Section of the Institute
of African Studies and associate director of the African Humanities Institute Programme
at the University of Ghana.
C ONTENTS : Preface—A. Sutherland Phillips.
Introduction—the Editors. EFUA SUTHERLAND’S
ARTISTIC SPACE. The Attainment of Discovery:
Efua Sutherland and the Evolution of Modern
African Drama—O. Rotimi. When Anansegoro
Begins to Grow: Reading Efua Sutherland Three
Decades On—B. Jeyifo. Kodzidan Mboguw:
Supplanted Acts, Displaced Narratives, and the
Social Logic of a Trickster in the ‘House of
Stories’—D. Donkor. The Entrance of Ghanaian
Women into Popular Entertainment—J. Collins.
Empowerment for Gender Equality Through
Theatre: The Case of Tuseme—P. Mlama. Efua
Theodora Sutherland: Visionary Pioneer of
Ghanaian Children’s Literature—M. Komasi.
Creating for and with Children: Efua
Sutherland’s Children’s Plays—E. SutherlandAddy. Meshack Asare: Transforming Folklore into
Children’s Literature—J. Martini. Revis(it)ing
Ritual: The Challenge to the Virility of Tradition
in Works by Efua Sutherland and ‘Fellow’
African Women Writers—A.V. Adams. Dramatising the Diaspora’s Return: Tess Onwueme’s The
Missing Face and Ama Ata Aidoo’s The Dilemma of
a Ghost—S. Richards. Hesitant Homecomings in
Hansberry’s and Aidoo’s First Plays—J. Lemly.
Introducing Daughters of Africa—M. Busby. Selected Bibliography on Efua Sutherland—J. Gibbs.
E FUA S UTHERLAND AND C ULTURAL A CTIVISM .
‘Here, Then, Is Efua’: Sutherland and the Drama
Studio—R. July. Kodzidan—S. Arkhurst. The
Ghana National Commission on Children—C.
Caulley-Hanson. Architecture: Spatial Deployment for Community Experience—H.N.A.
Wellington. Pan-African Partnership on Children’s Literature: Reminiscences of a Diaspora
Educator—V. Windley. ‘There’s a Lot of Strength
in Our People’: Efua Sutherland’s Last Interview
—F. Osofisan. R EMINISCENCES AND T RIBUTES .
‘Tommy’—M. McMullan. My Mentor—F. Laast.
Efua Theodora Sutherland: A Personal Reflection
—W. Branch. Reaching Out to Your Africa: Obituary of Efua Sutherland—M. Busby. Tribute to a
Sister—M. Angelou. Mother Courage: A Tribute to
Auntie Efua from All Her Children in the Arts—
K. Anyidoho. The Pathfinder (For Auntie Efua at
Araba Mansa)—M. Busby. Spirit of the Red Earth:
Remembering Efua—M. Watts. An Interrogation
of an Academic Kind: An Essay—A.A. Aidoo.
EFUA THEODORA SUTHERLAND: A LIFE IN BRIEF.
Dr. Efua Sutherland (A Biographical Sketch)—K.
Anyidoho. Chronology—A. Sutherland Phillips.
2008/271 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9547023-1-1
pb $27.50
LC: 98-46339
hc $29.95/£23.95
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African Love Stories: An Anthology
Maghrebian Mosaic:
Ama Ata Aidoo, editor
A Literature in Transition
Mildred Mortimer, editor
This collection of contemporary love stories by women from Africa and the African
Diaspora combines the tentative freshness of budding writers with the confidence of
established and award-winning authors.
The anthology debunks preconceived notions about African women as impoverished
victims, showing their strength, complexity, and diversity. The stories deal with a range
of challenging themes—including taboo subjects such as same-sex relationships, domestic
violence, female circumcision, and ageism—to produce a melting pot of narratives from
multiple informed perspectives.
Contributors include Sindiwe Magona and Antjie Krog from South Africa; Véronique
Tadjo from Côte d’Ivoire; Leila Aboulela from Sudan; Nawal El Saadawi from Egypt; Helen
Oyeyemi, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sarah Manyika, Sefi Atta, and Promise Ogochukwu
from Nigeria; Yaba Badoe from Ghana; Wangui wa Goro from Kenya; and Doreen Baingana
and Monica Arac de Nyeko from Uganda.
Ama Ata Aidoo, a renowned author in multiple genres, divides her time between Ghana
and the United States, where she teaches at Brown University.
2006/272 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9547023-6-6
pb $22
Nile Baby a novel
Elleke Boehmer
“An unusual kind of story—powerful in its use of language, subtle in tone, and seductive in the layers of narrative it presents to the reader. It is as beautiful and haunting as it is affirming and challenging. Above all, it challenges our sense of what we think are African stories.” —SIMON GIKANDI
“Nile Baby is Grange Hill crossed with Frankenstein—a fascinating read.”
—GILES FODEN, THE GUARDIAN
Nile Baby tells the story of two quirky young friends who discover a 90-year-old fetus in the
laboratory storeroom of their school.
This imaginative and daring novel explores the boundaries between the living and the dead
and between the “other” and ourselves. With its resonances of Conrad and Achebe, it also confronts the restless ghosts of the past that reside in the most unexpected places of our psyche.
The book will appeal to those familiar with African fiction, as well as newcomers to the genre.
Elleke Boehmer, a native of South Africa, is professor of world literature in English at
the University of Oxford.
2008/265 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9555079-3-9
“We are lucky to have this valuable contribution to a long-neglected area of literary study.”
—BEVERLY B. MACK, AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW
“Mortimer is to be congratulated for this excellent collection of essays.... A useful mosaic assessment
of the present state of North African francophone literature.”
—MARY ANNE HARSH, RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURE
“Maghrebian Mosaic will not only introduce readers to a number of established and emerging
francophone Maghribi writers, but also provide them with a wide-ranging overview of current movements in the study of francophone Maghribi literature.” —SUZANNE GAUCH, NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES
When Albert Memmi published the first anthology of francophone Maghrebian literature, he
expressed his unhappy belief that francophone writing would quickly be eclipsed by Arabic.
To the contrary, this volume demonstrates that the francophone writing of North Africa
remains vibrant and prolific.
Throughout the collection, the uneasy and ambiguous relationship between the
Maghrebian writer and the French language is evident, as is the ongoing political nature
of North African literature.
Mildred Mortimer is professor of French at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
C ONTENTS : Introduction—M. Mortimer. THE
IDENTITY QUEST. Inscribing a Maghrebian Identity
in French—F. Abu-Haidar. Translation and the
Interlingual Text in the Novels of Rachid
Boudjedra—R. Serrano. Modernity Through
Tradition in the Contemporary Algerian Novel:
Elements Toward a Global Reflection—G. Carjuzaa.
Rewriting Identity and History: The Sliding
Barre(s) in Tahar Ben Jelloun’s The Sacred Night—M.
Hamil. Rescripting Modernity: Abdelkébir Khatibi
and the Archaeology of Signs—L. Stone McNeece.
INTERIOR LANDSCAPES. Mohammed Dib and Albert
Camus’s Encounters with the Algerian Landscape
—F. Ahmad. The Maghreb of the Mind in Mustapha
Tlili, Brick Oussaïd, and Malika Mokeddem—L.
Rice. The Absence of the Self: Tahar Ben Jelloun’s La
Prière de l’absent—L. Ibnlfassi. WOMEN’S VOICE,
WOMEN’S VISION. Voices of Resistance in Contemporary Algerian Women’s Writing—S. Ireland.
Malika Mokeddem: A New and Resonant Voice in
Francophone Algerian Literature—Y. Helm.
Reappropriating the Gaze in Assia Djebar’s Fiction
and Film—M. Mortimer. Hélé Béji’s Gaze—S. Lee.
Tunisian Women Novelists and Postmodern
Tunis—M. Naudin. BEUR FICTION: NORTH AFRICAN
IMMIGRANTS IN FRANCE. Family, History, and
Cultural Identity in the Beur Novel—D. McConnell.
Decentering Language Structures in Akli Tadjer’s
Les A.N.I. du Tassili—M. Manopoulos. Storytelling
on the Run in Leïla Sebbar’s Shérazade—J-L.
Hippolyte. AFTERWORD—M. Mortimer.
2001/325 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-888-4
LC: 00-032856
hc $29.95/£23.95
pb $17.95
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Flutes of Death
Inspector Ali a novel
a novel
Driss Chraïbi, translated by Lara McGlashan
Driss Chraïbi, translated by Robin A. Roosevelt
Lion Mountain
a novel
Mustapha Tlili, translated by Linda Coverdale
“This skillful translation is faithful to the
original’s delicate and evocative language,
filled with poetic analogies reminiscent of the
Koran. Motherhood and motherland are pointedly interwoven in this work, whose author is
so evidently at one with his land.”
—LIBRARY JOURNAL
After many years abroad, Brahim, the
author of stories about a detective (alterThe first book in a trilogy that continues
ego) named Ali, returns to Morocco with
with Mother Spring and Birth at Dawn, this
his pregnant Scottish wife and two sons.
naturalistic allegory is set in the Atlas
Soon to join them are his in-laws, comMountains.
plete with golf clubs and nervous expectaAt the center of the story is the clash
tions about a mysterious land. In a warm,
between the modern and the traditional,
satirical novel about the misunderstandbetween those who are willing to make
ing between two worlds, Chraïbi pokes
cultural accommodation and those who
fun at both the native Morocco of Brahim
are assertive of ancient traditions. Depicted
and the Great Britain of his visiting famiin language that is sometimes acerbic and
ly, writing in the sometimes tender, somesometimes lyrical, Chraïbi’s characters
times harsh language that is characteristic
confront predicaments common to all culof his work.
tures. First published in French in 1981.
1985/146 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-327-8
1994/143 pages
LC: 83-50204 ISBN: 978-0-89410-746-7
pb $12.95/£9.95 ISBN: 978-0-89410-747-4
LC: 94-414117
hc $26
pb $12.95
US and Canada only
“[Tlili’s] description of the willful destruction
of a small paradise is movingly elegiac.”
—KIRKUS REVIEWS
“[Tlili’s] fresh, imaginative descriptions
empower this work with magic, myth, and
poetry.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“Mr. Tlili has written a small but elegant
novel whose characters bear universal truths.”
—NEW YORK TIMES
Lion Mountain is the unforgettable story of
a stubborn old woman, a one-legged
Nubian war hero, and a mountain.
As a young widow with two boys to
raise, Horia El-Gharib struggled to reconcile tradition and change. She dared to
take on a man’s role in commerce and
trade to protect the future of her sons—
but now, all is at risk in the midst of the
turmoil of the newly independent regime.
Mustapha Tlili, a native of Tunisia,
currently makes his home in New York
City. The French edition of Lion Mountain
was short-listed for the prestigious Prix
Fémina in 1988.
1998/180 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-878-5
LC: 97-52967
pb $15.95/£12.50
Mother Spring
Mother Comes of Age
a novel
Driss Chraïbi, translated by Hugh A. Harter
Beginning with an epilogue set in the
present, this novel quickly moves back to
the time of the generation after
Muhammad—a time when North Africa,
the home of the Berber peoples, was overrun by Arab armies. With strong characters and a compelling sense of place,
Chraïbi demonstrates how the Berbers
tried to maintain their cultural identity in
the face of the overwhelmingly rapid and
powerful spread of Islam throughout their
world. First published in French in 1982.
1989/118 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-402-2 pb
a novel
Driss Chraïbi, translated by Hugh A. Harter
Chraïbi opens the door on the protected
world of a well-to-do Arab woman during
World War II and charts her unexpected
journey on new intellectual and emotional
realms. First published in French in 1972.
1984/121 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-323-0
Muhammad
a novel
Driss Chraïbi, translated by Nadia Benabid
“Assuredly one of the most beautiful accounts ever written of ... the Prophet Muhammad.”
—QUATRA, REVUE DE L'INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE
“[A] moving and lyrical account of the life of Islam’s most sacred personage.... While the novel’s
action is concentrated intensely upon a period of only a day and a half, its scope extends far beyond
—LUCY STONE MCNEECE,
the here and now to embrace almost the whole of human culture.”
THE JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES
“One of the assets enabling the reader to appreciate this beautifully lyrical work is Nadia Benabid’s
flawless translation.... [Benabid] masterfully conveys into English the fluid lyricism of the original.”
—MONA M. ZAKI, BANIPAL
It is the 26th day of Ramadan in the year 610, and a handsome man named Muhammad is
meditating in a cave on Mount Hira. The day that will transform Muhammad’s life—and
change the world—has begun.
This finely crafted, poetic novel captures the mystery of religious revelation as it unfolds
in all its intensity, providing a unique window on Islam’s Prophet. Winner of Morocco’s
Grand Prix Atlas in 1996, it was first published in French in 1995 as L'homme du Livre.
Born in Morocco in 1926, the late Driss Chraïbi is author of more than a dozen highly
acclaimed novels.
paperback 2008/90 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-895-2
LC: 98-5353
pb $17.95/£13.95
LC: 81-51655
pb $13.95/£10.95
The Butts a novel
LC: 83-50206
$14.50/£11.50 Driss Chraïbi, translated by Hugh A. Harter
The dehumanization of the Arabs who
emigrated to “Mother France” is the subject of The Butts, one of Chraïbi’s earliest
novels. First published in French in 1955.
Birth at Dawn
a novel
Driss Chraïbi, translated by Ann Woollcombe
1989/123 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-325-4
LC: 83-70251
pb $13.95/£10.95
The final volume in this trilogy, Birth at
Dawn extends to the eighth century the
story of the arrival of Islam in Morocco and
Algeria. First published in French in 1986.
1990/136 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-576-0
ISBN: 978-0-89410-577-7
LC: 86-51006
hc $18
pb $12
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Fountain and Tomb a novel
Naguib Mahfouz, translated by Soad Sobhi, Essam Fattouh, and James Kenneson
A Last Glass of Tea
The Sinners
The Cheapest Nights
and Other Stories
a novel
Yusuf Idris, translated by Wadida Wassef
Mohammed El-Bisatie,
Yusuf Idris, translated by Kristin Peterson-Ishaq
“Yusuf Idris ... is the renovator and genius of
the short story.” —TAWFIQ AL-HAKIM
edited and translated by Denys Johnson-Davies
A woman abandons her newborn baby in
A vivid portrait of the lives of the Egyptian a ditch. Soon discovered, the corpse arouses in the local peasants an intense desire
poor, particularly in the Nile Delta region,
to bring the killer to justice—and gives
emerges in this collection of 24 short
them the excuse to pry into the lives of the
stories. El-Bisatie offers glimpses of the
entire community. The primary suspects
daily struggles and activities of old men,
are a group of migrant workers, and the
young women, prisoners, war widows,
question of their guilt or innocence soon
and everyone in between. Masterfully
reveals other kinds of truths. The Sinners is
crafted, his stories cultivate in the reader
an evocative account of life in prerevolucompassion, hatred, understanding, and
tionary Egypt, taking a hard look at the
suspense.
Mohammed El-Bisatie has written
social mores and taboos of peasant society.
several volumes of short stories and four
First published in Arabic in 1959.
novellas. Born in the Nile Delta, he now
A physician as well as a writer, Yusuf
lives in Cairo. Denys Johnson-Davies has Idris (1927–1991) was imprisoned for
published more than twenty-five volumes political activism under both Farouk and
of stories, novels, plays, and poetry trans- Nasser. For a time he was forced to retire
lated from modern Arabic literature. He
from public view, but he emerged after
lives in Cairo.
the 1973 war, when he was appointed literary editor of Cairo’s Al Ahram newspa1998/150 pages
LC: 95-22229 per. His stories are powerful reflections of
ISBN: 978-0-89410-800-6
hc $14.95
both the experiences of his own rebellious
No rights in Egypt or Western Europe
life and his concern with social injustice.
1984/118 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-394-0
LC: 95-9464
pb $12.50/£9.95
“This collection, spanning more than 15 years
of Idris' writing career, explores the social
problems of everyday life in Egypt with
authenticity, empathy, and humor.... Not only
Idris' style, but also his social concerns, characters, and situations add up to a unique
voice that readers of English are fortunate to
have the opportunity to enjoy.”
—WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS
Idris developed a form of expression new
to Arabic literary tradition, deliberately
distinguishing between the colloquial
Arabic spoken by his characters and the
classical form that he used as narrator.
This innovation at first raised an outcry
among Arab critics, who disparaged his
deviation from tradition; eventually, however, his work came to be valued as a
purely indigenous product and a stark
expression of himself.
1989/196 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-666-8
LC: 89-20355
pb $14.95
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Jordan, Lebanon, and the UK
edited by Roger Allen
“Allen has made a judicious and balanced selection.... All written by well-known scholars and
critics, the selected studies analyze a representative number of Idris’s works and make available
in one handy book an intelligent introduction to his fictional and dramatic universe and a good
evaluation of his literary legacy.... A unique autobiographical piece written in English by Idris
himself in 1983.... it is a valuable addition to the volume. So is the bibliography of works by and
about Idris at the end of the book.” —ISSA J. BOULLATA, WORLD LITERATURE TODAY
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—ANNIE GREET, CRNLE REVIEWS JOURNAL
“I enjoy playing in the small square between
the archway and the takiya [monastery] where
the Sufis live. Like all the other children, I
admire the mulberry trees in the takiya garden,
the only bit of green in the whole neighborhood.
Our tender hearts yearn for their dark berries.
But it stands like a fortress, this takiya, circled
by its garden wall. Its stern gate is broken and
always, like the windows, shut. Aloof isolation
drenches the whole compound. Our hands
stretch toward this wall—reaching for the
moon.”
So begins Naguib Mahfouz’s Fountain and
Tomb, a kaleidoscopic novel set in Cairo
during the 1920s. The narrator tells tales of
the street—of separated lovers, childhood
games, workers, neighbors, loneliness. In
his alley, his small slice of Egypt, he finds
the excitement and harshness of Cairo at
the one end, and the withdrawn but beautiful world of the sanctuary at the other.
Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz is one
of Egypt’s most beloved writers. This translation of Fountain and Tomb won Columbia
University’s 1986 Arab League Translation
Award.
1988/120 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-581-4
pb $16/£12.50
LC: 86-51004
pb $13.95/£10.95
Bab el-Oued a novel
Merzak Allouache, translated by Angela M. Brewer
“Algeria’s national and cultural problems are
translated in this novel into the daily feelings
and concerns of its complex characters.”
—SARRA TLILI, MESA BULLETIN
“[Allouache] deftly surveys the embattled populace of a poor section of Algiers ruled by a platitudinous and ingenuous ‘Imam’ and rife with
both sexual tension and militant Islamic politi—KIRKUS REVIEWS
cal activity.”
Critical Perspectives on Yusuf Idris
1994/180 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-672-9
“Mahfouz is engrossed with the mysteries of
existence.... The novel reads as an intriguing
kaleidoscope, as intricate as a finely patterned
prayer mat, as quickly brilliant as a discreet
jewel.... The tales are warming, bizarre, frightening, frustrating—as, of course, is life.”
Bored housewives, kept in seclusion, smuggling in Harlequin romances. Modish
young men transformed into Islamic militants in beards and white robes. A baker
unwittingly caught in a web of intrigue, an
imam whose faith is tested by urban corruption, a lonely divorcee—all take part in
Merzak Allouache’s compelling novel of a
society on the brink of crisis.
Allouache tells the story of the people of
Bab el-Oued, a poor neighborhood in
contemporary Algiers. His experience as a
filmmaker lends the work a cinematic quality, bringing it vibrantly and immediately
to life. Through his words, we come to
appreciate the human costs of economic
and political decline, and also to understand something of the reasons underlying
the power of new and violent forms of
Islamic militancy.
“I wrote this book,” said Algerian director Merzak Allouache, “to exorcise the
many frustrations that arose when making
the film Bab el-Oued City in Algiers. Writing
the book gave me a sense of freedom not
possible with the constraints of the camera.” Bab el-Oued City is Allouache’s fifth
full-length film.
1998/133 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-860-0
LC: 98-38470
pb $14.95
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Tawfiq al-Hakim: A Reader’s Guide
Season of Migration to the North
William Maynard Hutchins
a novel
Tayeb Salih, translated by Denys Johnson-Davies
“Hutchins’s thorough knowledge and undoubted passion for his subject succeed in making accessible to
Western readers a writer who deserves recognition beyond the small sanctum of Arabs and Arabists.”
—FARIDA ABU-HAIDAR, RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES
“A beautifully constructed novel by an author whose reputation in Arabic is deservedly vast.”
—LONDON TRIBUNE
“A valuable tool for research and teaching at all levels. Highly recommended. All levels.” —CHOICE
Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987) dedicated much of his long life to a fruitful attempt to
advance the fortunes of twentieth century Arabic literature by writing it. This guide to his
work provides paths for readers through his multiple literary worlds. Chapters on his personal history, his novels, plays, short stories, and essays, his Islamic feminism, and his theology are enhanced by a discussion of reactions in the Arab world to his writing. The book
also includes plot summaries, a chronology of al-Hakim’s life, and a comprehensive annotated bibliography.
William Maynard Hutchins is known for his translations of Tawfiq al-Hakim’s Return of the
Spirit, In the Tavern of Life and Other Stories, and Plays, Prefaces, and Postscripts, as well as Naguib
Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy. He is professor of Islamic studies at Appalachian State University.
2003/267 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-885-3
LC: 2002036825
hc $29.95/£23.95
“An Arabian Nights in reverse, enclosing a pithy moral about international misconceptions and
delusions.” —THE OBSERVER
Salih’s shocking and beautiful novel reveals much about the people on each side of a cultural divide. A brilliant Sudanese student takes his mix of anger and obsession with the
West to London, where he has affairs with women who are similarly obsessed with the
mysterious East. Life, ecstasy, and death share the same moment in time. First published in
Arabic in 1969.
Tayeb Salih, a native of Sudan, is one of the most acclaimed of contemporary Arab writers.
In 2001, Season of Migration to the North was selected by the Arab Literary Academy in
Damascus as the most important Arab novel of the twentieth century. Denys JohnsonDavies has published more than twenty-five volumes of stories, novels, plays, and poetry
translated from modern Arabic literature. He lives in Cairo.
1980/169 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-199-1
pb $13.95
US and Canada only
In the Tavern of Life and Other Stories
Return of the Spirit
Tawfiq al-Hakim, translated by William Maynard Hutchins
a novel
“[This] is the first collection of [al-Hakim’s]
stories to be published in English, beautifully
rendered by William Maynard Hutchins....
Whether they are inspired by Egyptian social
conditions or by readings in the literary tradition, they consistently offer food for thought
by their underlying serious analysis of ideas,
even when they are comical, and by their critical views of reality.”
Tawfiq al-Hakim,
—WORLD LITERATURE TODAY
“Eminently readable.... Recommended for all
academic collections, stories in this volume
can be perused and analyzed by students of
literature, literary form, and area studies at
all levels.” —CHOICE
For more than five decades, Tawfiq alHakim (1898–1987) was a dominant,
influential, and controversial voice in
modern Arabic and Egyptian literature.
This first collection of his stories to be
published in English includes 27 of the
author’s best works written between
1927 and 1984.
1998/232 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-648-4
ISBN: 978-0-89410-649-1
LC: 95-19994
hc $40/£31.95
pb $18.95/£14.95
translated by
William Maynard Hutchins
“An admirable translation of
an important work, well presented and annotated. It will
assuredly serve to enhance
Tawfiq al-Hakim’s already outstanding reputation in the West.”
—JOHN HAYWOOD, WORLD LITERATURE TODAY
Al-Hakim’s first novel tells the story of
a young patriotic Egyptian artist in
1918–1919 Egypt. For some critics, this
remains al-Hakim’s greatest novel, synthesizing Western and Islamic cultural
and philosophical systems and treating
issues of social justice, changing mores,
and religious conflicts. First published
in Arabic in 1933.
1990/288 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-426-8
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The Wedding of Zein and Other Stories
Tayeb Salih, translated by Denys Johnson-Davies and illustrated by Ibrahim Salahi
“This book ... has timelessness and universality ... humanity and abundant humor in all hues ...
insights and worldliness and awareness.” —LONDON TRIBUNE
Acclaimed in both its English translation and its original Arabic version, the title work in
this collection has been made into a film, and a second piece, “A Handful of Dates,” is
among the most anthologized of modern short stories.
1985/120 pages
ISBN: 978-0-89410-201-1
pb $13.95
US and Canada only
LC: 83-51167
pb $16.50/£12.95
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Index
Achebe, Head, Marechera, 8
Last Glass of Tea and Other Stories, 20
Adams, Anne V., 15
African Love Stories, 16
African Novels in the Classroom, 8
Agyeman-Duah, Ivor, 11
Aidoo, Ama Ata, 16
Allan, Tuzyline Jita, 4
Allen, Roger, 20
Allouache, Merzak, 21
Appiah, Kwame Anthony, 6, 11
Appiah, Peggy, 11
Asaah, Augustine H., 1
Legacy of Efua Sutherland, 15
Levin, Tobe, 1
Lindfors, Bernth, 10
Lion Mountain, 18
Bab el-Oued, 21
Badian, Seydou, 5
Bangura, Ahmed S., 14
Benabid, Nadia, 19
Birth at Dawn, 18
El-Bisatie, Mohammed, 20
Blind Kingdom, 3
Boehmer, Elleke, 16
Book of Not, 6
Brewer, Angela M., 21
Broadening the Horizon, 10
Bu Me Be, 11
Busia, Abena P.A., 12
Butts, 18
Caught in the Storm, 5
Cheapest Nights, 20
Chraïbi, Driss, 18, 19
City Where No One Dies, 14
Colbert, Patrick J., 8
Coverdale, Linda, 18
Critical Perspectives on Dennis Brutus, 8
Critical Perspectives on Yusuf Idris, 20
Cry of Winnie Mandela, 9
Dadié, Bernard, 14
Dangarembga, Tsitsi, 6
Dreams of Dusty Roads, 12
Empathy and Rage, 1
Fathers and Daughters, 13
Fattouh, Essam, 21
Fine Madness, 7
Flutes of Death, 18
Fountain and Tomb, 21
Gagiano, Annie, 8
Gomo, Mashingaidze, 7
al-Hakim, Tawfiq, 22
Harter, Hugh A., 18
Hay, Margaret Jean, 8
Hutchins, William Maynard, 22
Idris, Yusuf, 20
In the Tavern of Life, 22
Inspector Ali, 18
Islam and the West African Novel, 14
Johnson-Davies, Denys, 20, 23
Kalu, Anthonia C., 2
Kenneson, James, 21
Ken Saro-Wiwa, 10
Kwake, Benjamin, 5
Maghrebian Mosaic, 17
Mahfouz, Naguib, 21
Masculinities in African Literary and
Cultural Texts, 4
Mayes, Janis A., 3, 14
McGlashan, Lara, 18
McLuckie, Craig W., 8, 10
McPhail, Aubrey, 10
Month and a Day & Letters, 11
Mortimer, Mildred, 17
Mother Comes of Age, 18
Mother Spring, 18
Mugambi, Helen Nabasuta, 4
Muhammad, 19
Ndebele, Njabulo S., 9
Nervous Conditions, 6
New African Poetry, 12
Nile Baby, 16
Nkosi, Lewis, 9
Noiset, Marie-Thérèse, 5
Odamtten, Vincent O., 10
Ojaide, Tanure, 12
Other Crucifix, 5
Peterson-Ishaq, Kristin, 20
Quayson, Ato, 13
Queen Pokou, 3
Reid, Amy Baram, 3
Return of the Spirit, 22
Rienner Anthology of African Literature, 2
Roosevelt, Robin A., 18
Salahi, Ibrahim, 23
Sallah, Tijan M., 12
Salih, Tayeb, 23
Saro-Wiwa, Ken, 11
Season of Migration to the North, 23
Sinners, 20
Sobhi, Soad, 21
Soyinka, Wole, 11
Sutherland-Addy, Esi, 15
Tadjo, Véronique, 3
Tawfiq al-Hakim, 22
Tlili, Mustapha, 18
Traces of a Life, 12
Tutuola, Amos, 10
Underground People, 9
Wassef, Wadida, 20
Wedding of Zein and Other Stories, 23
Wild Hunter in the Bush of the Ghosts, 10
Wise, Christopher, 14
Woolcombe, Ann, 18
Yambo Ouologuem, 14
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