Migrations: New Short Fiction from Africa

Migrations: New Short Fiction from Africa PDF Author: Sibongile Fisher
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1780264062
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221

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Short Story Day Africa presents its annual anthology. The stories explore true and alternative African culture through a competition on the theme of Migrations. 'Wherever we go, so do our stories.' Shortlisted Authors: Sibongile Fisher (South Africa), Mirette Bhagat Eskaros (Egypt), Blaize Kaye (South Africa), Megan Ross (South Africa), Stacy Hardy (South Africa), TJ Benson (Nigeria).

Migrations: New Short Fiction from Africa

Migrations: New Short Fiction from Africa PDF Author: Sibongile Fisher
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1780264062
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221

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Book Description
Short Story Day Africa presents its annual anthology. The stories explore true and alternative African culture through a competition on the theme of Migrations. 'Wherever we go, so do our stories.' Shortlisted Authors: Sibongile Fisher (South Africa), Mirette Bhagat Eskaros (Egypt), Blaize Kaye (South Africa), Megan Ross (South Africa), Stacy Hardy (South Africa), TJ Benson (Nigeria).

Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa

Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa PDF Author: Sola Njoku
Publisher: Catalyst Press
ISBN: 9781946395948
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Twelve new and emerging writers from Africa and the African Diaspora explore the identities that connect us, the obsessions that bewitch us, and the self-delusions that tear us apart. Introducing Captive, the latest anthology from Short Story Day Africa. Passion and mania, creation and destruction, honesty and deception: the blurred lines between these powerful forces are fundamental to the human condition. In three parts--Claustrophobia & Inescapable Obsessions; Metamorphosis, Cycles & Identity; andSelf-awareness, Illusion, Delusion & Deception--the writers of Captive investigate these liminal spaces and rail against the boxes in which others seek to confine them, as writers, as Africans, and as humans. Journey from the fantastical Heaven's Mouth where time stagnates to a London bus where a neurodiverse woman steals love to the beats of Tom Jones... Flip the page to Ghana to examine a neglected fertility fetish or a post-apocalyptic Lesotho where sentient AI uses our emotions against us... Slip into the small town life of a Ladybrand store clerk healing a broken heart in the arms of a man who cannot love him... Captive is a riot of imagination, a collision of worlds, and a testament to the prismatic nature of the human soul. Captive is the second anthology from Short Story Day Africa to be published by Catalyst Press, its predecessor Disruption receiving a 2022 Caine Prize win for "Five Years Next Sunday" by Idza Luhumyo and a 2022 Nommo Award shortlist nomination for "Shelter" by Mbozi Haimbe.

Feast, Famine and Potluck

Feast, Famine and Potluck PDF Author: Karen Jennings
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 0620588861
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 261

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A dazzling collection from across the African continent and diaspora here SHORT STORY DAY AFRICA has assembled the best nineteen stories from their 2013 competition. Food is at the centre of stories from authors emerging and established, blending the secular, the supernatural, the old and the new in a spectacular celebration of short fiction. Civil wars, evictions, vacations, feasts and romances the stories we bring to our tables that bring us together and tear us apart.

Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa

Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa PDF Author: Macsmart Ojiludu
Publisher: Catalyst Press
ISBN: 9781946395573
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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These stories by new and emerging writers from the continent of Africa all tackle the theme of 'Disruption' in ingenious ways and represent a range of genres, from Innocent Ilo's imaginative exploration of a post-apocalyptic African village, to Victor Forna's stylistic take on the destruction of humanity. Masiyaleti Mbewe's brutal tale of Apartheid and climate change through the eyes of a time-traveling cyborg sits alongside Genna Gardini's diverting allegory of companionship and an escaped exotic pet. The 2021 anthology features stories from across the continent, from Libya to Sierra Leone to Zambia to South Africa, and also includes a translated story, 'Armando's Virtuous Crime' by Najwa Bin Shatwan, translated from Arabic into English by Sawad Hussain.

ID

ID PDF Author: Helen Moffett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780639952604
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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Identity

Identity PDF Author: Helen Moffett
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 9781780264592
Category : African fiction (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Short Story Day Africa's (SSDA) latest anthology explores 'Identity', especially (but not limited to) the themes of gender identity and sexuality.

Steps from Black Africa

Steps from Black Africa PDF Author: Lucius Perk
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 67

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Crossing a desert of thousands of miles, and then jumping over an unsafe and overloaded boat to challenge the ancient forces of the Mediterranean sea, is an uncommon experience. These possible stories are inspired by extraordinary journeys undertaken with great courage. "Steps from Black Africa. Ten short stories about migrants" is a collection of stories inspired by the meeting with some young African migrants. Presented in the form of short confessions-interviews, precisely to try to maintain the appearance of confidence and personal narration, these stories convey the truth of the adventures and sufferings endured by those who seek salvation through a dangerous migration: from the countries of deep Africa across the Mediterranean Sea, to land in Europe.To speak of immigrants today more than ever means to evoke a universal phenomenon: migrations, exoduses and persecutions of refugees take place everywhere on Earth. The majority of African migrants are now hosted by numerous Italian and European assistance organizations and associations. They are awaiting the recognition of a precarious residence permit. At the bottom of the book there are suggestions for other readings, through a selection of reviewed titles of the major contemporary novels of sub-Saharan Africa. Lucius Perk is a European writer. Attentive observer of the world around him, he graduated in humanities and he is passionate about scientific culture. After several experiences as a teacher he decided to become a full-time writer. Table of Contents: Introduction1 Criminal gangs2 The sands of the Sahara3 A hernia and loneliness4 The residential neighborhood5 The issue of the father6 Health7 Drums and spirits8 Animals of Africa9 Looking for a job10 Brother you won't dieFurther readingsAbout the Author

Water

Water PDF Author: Karina Magdalena Szczurek
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781928215080
Category : Short stories, African (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 301

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Payback and Other Stories

Payback and Other Stories PDF Author: Tomi Adeaga
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643910541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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The short stories explore the complications faced by Africans in living the postcolonial experience, especially as it directly impacts the African world, its peoples and their sometimes ``complicated'' lifestyles. The narratives capture not only the angst of seeking meaning in a world that challenges wholeness for African communities and individuals but, above all, look at ways of retrieval of cultural/ancestral knowledge in authenticating themselves.

African Migrants (Novel)

African Migrants (Novel) PDF Author: Lang Dampha
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781515333838
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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A young Gambian immigrant gives an account of the hardship he encountered through the Sahara Desert, in Libya and the Mediterranean before smuggling himself from Italy to France. In Paris, while hiding his identity as a "boat-migrant", he lived the contrasting philosophies of his fellows with regard to African reconstruction: hard Pan-Africanism versus staunch pro-Western. The story manifests the triviality and purposelessness of the attitude of most Africans with regards to African socio-economic rehabilitation. This story presents a world of tragedy, terror and futility, tempered by the voice of reason.