Disruption New Short Fiction From Africa

Author : Macsmart Ojiludu,Kanyinsola Olorunnisola,Najwa Bin Shatwan,Nadia Ahidjo-Iya,Innocent Ilo,Melusi Nkomo,Victor Forna,Nicholas Dawn,Genna Gardini,Philisiwe Twijnstra,Doreen Anyango,Masiyaleti Mbewe,Julia Smuts Louw,Liam Brickhill,Jacob M'Hango,Gomolemo Mogotsi,Mbozi Haimbe,Idza Luhumyo,Alithnayn Abdulkareem,Yefon Isabelle,Edwin Okolo
Publisher : Catalyst Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1946395579

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Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa by Macsmart Ojiludu,Kanyinsola Olorunnisola,Najwa Bin Shatwan,Nadia Ahidjo-Iya,Innocent Ilo,Melusi Nkomo,Victor Forna,Nicholas Dawn,Genna Gardini,Philisiwe Twijnstra,Doreen Anyango,Masiyaleti Mbewe,Julia Smuts Louw,Liam Brickhill,Jacob M'Hango,Gomolemo Mogotsi,Mbozi Haimbe,Idza Luhumyo,Alithnayn Abdulkareem,Yefon Isabelle,Edwin Okolo Pdf

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.

Author : Karen Jennings
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780620588867

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Feast, Famine and Potluck by Karen Jennings Pdf

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.

Author : Efemia Chela,Bongani Kona,Helen Moffett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : African fiction (English).
ISBN : 0620745401

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Migrations by Efemia Chela,Bongani Kona,Helen Moffett Pdf

Author : Helen Moffett
Publisher : New Internationalist
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780264608

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ID Identity by Helen Moffett Pdf

Short Story day africabrings together writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, teachers and school children from all over the globe to write, submit, read, workshop and discuss stories. The theme for Short Story Day Africa's (SSDA) latest anthology is 'Identity'. It's annual competition sought innovative short fiction exploring identity, especially (but not limited to) the themes of gender identity and sexuality. The shortlist of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will be announced in early 2018. Limbo by Innocent Ilo - Nigeria All Our Lives by Okafor Tochukwu - Nigeria Borrowed by the Wind by David Medalie - South Africa God Skin by Michael Yee - South Africa Who We Were Then, Who We Are Now by Nadu Ologoudou - Benin Plums by Kharys Laue - South Africa Waiting by Harriet Anena - Uganda The Piano Player by Agazit Abate - Ethiopia A Brief Eruption Of Madness by Eric Essono Tsimi - Cameroon When the War Came Home by Heran Abate - Ethiopia Ibinabo by Michael Agugom - Nigeria Fever by Alithnayn Abdulkareem - Nigeria Unblooming by Alexis Teyie - Kenya Transubstantiation by Genna Gardini - South Africa Taba by Adelola Ojutiku - Nigeria Bloated by Hanna Ali - Somalia The Geography of Sunflowers by Michelle Angwenyi - Kenya The House on the Corner by Lester Walbrugh - South Africa Blue in Green by Chourouq Nasri -Morocco Sew Your Mouth by Cherrie Kandie - Kenya South of Samora by Farai Mudzingwa - Zimbabwe

Author : Rebecca Fasselt,Corinne Sandwith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000562408

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The Short Story in South Africa by Rebecca Fasselt,Corinne Sandwith Pdf

This book considers the key critical interventions on short story writing in South Africa written in English since the year 2000. The short story genre, whilst often marginalised in national literary canons, has been central to the trajectory of literary history in South Africa. In recent years, the short story has undergone a significant renaissance, with new collections and young writers making a significant impact on the contemporary literary scene, and subgenres such as speculative fiction, erotic fiction, flash fiction and queer fiction expanding rapidly in popularity. This book examines the role of the short story genre in reflecting or championing new developments in South African writing and the ways in which traditional boundaries and definitions of the short story in South Africa have been reimagined in the present. Drawing together a range of critical interventions, including scholarly articles, interviews and personal reflective pieces, the volume traces some of the aesthetic and thematic continuities and discontinuities in the genre and sheds new light on questions of literary form. Finally, the book considers the place of the short story in twenty-first century writing and interrogates the ways in which the short story form may contribute to, or recast ideas of, the post-apartheid or post-transitional. The perfect guide to contemporary short story writing in South Africa, this book will be essential reading for researchers of African literature.

Author : Lizzy Attree
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443820998

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Blood on the Page by Lizzy Attree Pdf

The fourteen interviews in this book form an unprecedented wealth of material on authors’ responses to HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Zimbabwe. They comprise a valuable archive which documents and contextualises the variety of views and opinions of different authors on their often ground-breaking choices in writing about HIV/AIDS. Each author ranks among the first to publish fiction on HIV/AIDS in their respective countries. These interviews are of particular merit as these issues have not been discussed at length with any of the authors before. Collectively they offer a unique range of approaches and opinions in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in southern Africa. Their significance lies in their specific literary, as well as their broader social, cultural and political perspectives on a disease which continues to spread despite extensive NGO, medical and government intervention. In both South Africa and Zimbabwe, government responses have failed to address the urgent need for new political and economic solutions to the challenge of HIV infection. Responses among the population have varied from widespread silence, shame and fear to political activism and outspoken critiques of government inaction. Writers give voice to this silence and contextualise the disparate reactions amongst diverse peoples. Globally, AIDS killed approximately 2 million in 2008. In 1998, AIDS was the largest killer in southern Africa, nearly double the one million deaths from malaria and eight times the 209,000 deaths from tuberculosis. It has long been the case that of those dying globally of AIDS, the majority live in southern Africa. When the associated social and cultural implications of infection with HIV are considered, fictional representations contribute significantly to our understanding of the impact of HIV/AIDS on communities and individuals, and provide a much-needed basis for ‘humanising’ an epidemic which is unimaginable statistically. It has been said that the feelings and reactions that HIV/AIDS inspires are often ‘too unreal for words,’ and it is this very notion, that certain diseases are taboo, unmentionable, and hardly even named as such, that makes verbalisation of this epidemic a modern imperative.

Author : Lauren Groff
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593470602

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The Best Short Stories 2023 by Lauren Groff Pdf

The prestigious annual story anthology includes prize-winning stories by Jamil Jan Kochai, David Ryan, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Lisa Taddeo, Ling Ma, Catherine Lacey, and Cristina Rivera Garza. “[A] standout collection . . . . Dazzling performances from some of today’s most exciting writers. . . . This is one of the best fiction anthologies in years.” —Publishers Weekly starred review Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Lauren Groff has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices and including several stories in translation. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Groff, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. AN ANCHOR BOOKS ORIGINAL. THE WINNING STORIES: “Office Hours,” by Ling Ma “Man Mountain,” by Catherine Lacey “Me, Rory and Aurora,” by Jonas Eika, translated from the Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg “The Complete,” by Gabriel Smith “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak," by Jamil Jan Kochai “Wisconsin,” by Lisa Taddeo “Ira & the Whale,” by Rachel B. Glaser “The Commander’s Teeth,” by Naomi Shuyama-Gómez “The Mad People of Paris,” Rodrigo Blanco Calderón, translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead “Snake & Submarine,” by Shelby Kinney-Lang “The Mother,” by Jacob M’hango “The Hollow,” by ’Pemi Aguda “Dream Man,” by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated from the Spanish by Francisca González-Arias “The Locksmith,” by Grey Wolfe LaJoie “After Hours at the Acacia Park Pool,” by Kirstin Valdez Quade “Happy Is a Doing Word,” by Arinze Ifeakandu “Elision,” by David Ryan “Xífù,” by K-Ming Chang “Temporary Housing,” by Kathleen Alcott “The Blackhills,” by Eamon McGuinness

Author : Karina Magdalena Szczurek,Nick Mulgrew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Short stories, African (English)
ISBN : 1928215084

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Water by Karina Magdalena Szczurek,Nick Mulgrew Pdf

Author : Makhosazana Xaba,Karen Martin
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780620924481

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Queer Africa 2: New Stories by Makhosazana Xaba,Karen Martin Pdf

In Queer Africa 2: New Stories, the 26 stories by writers from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda and the USA present exciting and varied narratives on life. There are stories on desire, disruption and dreams; others on longing, lust and love. The stories are representative of the range of human emotions and experiences that abound in the lives of Africans and those of the diaspora, who identify variously along the long and fluid line of the sexuality, gender and sexual orientation spectrum in the African continent. Centred in these stories and in their attendant relationships is humanity. The writers showcase their artistry in storytelling in thought-provoking and delightful ways.

Author : Chin Ce
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789783703698

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African Short Stories: Vol 2 by Chin Ce Pdf

Bequeathing an enduring tenet for the creative enterprise, African Short Stories vol 2 boldly seeks to upturn the status quo by the art of narration. Whether they are stories of the whistle blower estranged and yet sounding the warning for heaven and earth to hear, or a ragtag army fleeing in the wake of a monstrous reptilian onslaught upon her peace, there pervades a sense of ultimate victory in this collection. We can feel the gentle kick of a baby in the womb of a maiden in desperation, or we can muse at the two adolescent genii on the trail of their dreams from the sunset of mutual deceit into the daylight of true becoming. Victory is laid out in that awesome kindness of a total stranger which affirms the divinity latent in even our most harrowing existence. With thirty five stories in two parts these literary experiments compel attention to the courageous hearts and minds that brighten the African universe of narration. Their vibrant notes coming from all corners of north, west, east and south fill us with encouragement and optimism for the contemporary short fiction in Africa.

Author : Carol Kairo
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9781449094164

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23 African Short Stories by Carol Kairo Pdf

This book contains 23 thrilling and intriguing African short stories delivered with the kind of humor and suspense that is guaranteed to captivate you. The stories include: An Era before Modern Medication - In an era where the remedy for any ailment - from headache to sore throat to a rash - could only be administered by the use of a hypodermic needle, "toa suruari" (remove your underwear) were the words most dreaded by many children. What If? - Living in the grip of poverty, Pendo had never known anyone whose radio used more than two batteries. But Mzungu, her secret lover has a big radio cassette that requires eight batteries to operate. Yes, eight! And he loves her - or so he claims. The Bitter Man - Loss of his job, the threat of eviction and tempting aromas from the neighbors' houses are only some of John's problems. And the landlord's black hen will simply not stay out of the hungry man's way... The Road to K'ogelo - When Barrack Obama wins the presidential elections, jubilation grips the air and his new found relatives from his father's roots prepare a big feast in K'ogelo. Word has it that Mr. Obama might be present at the celebrations and no one wants to be left behind. Navigating River Road - One man is determined to do whatever it takes to improve his relationship with his ruthless mother-in-law. His encounter with a karata man (gambler) presents an opportunity to win the old woman's favor once and for all.

Author : Helen Moffett,Otieno Owino
Publisher : New Internationalist
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : African fiction (English)
ISBN : 1780264593

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Identity by Helen Moffett,Otieno Owino Pdf

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

Author : Colm Toibin
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771083891

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Nora Webster by Colm Toibin Pdf

From one of contemporary literature's most acclaimed and beloved authors comes this magnificent new novel set in a small town in Ireland in the 1960s, where a fiercely compelling, too-young widow and mother of four moves from grief, fear, and longing to unexpected discovery. Toibin's portrayal of the intricacy and drama of ordinary lives brings to mind of the work of Alice Munro. Set in Wexford, Ireland, and in breathtaking Ballyconnigar by the sea, Colm Toibin's tour de force eighth novel introduces the formidable, memorable Nora Webster. Widowed at 40, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who rescued her from the stifling world she was born into. Wounded and self-centred from grief and the need to provide for her family, she struggles to be attentive to her children's needs and their own difficult loss. In masterfully detailing the intimate lives of one small family, Toibin has given us a vivid portrait of a time and an intricately woven tapestry of lives in a small town where everyone knows everyone's business, and where well-meaning gestures often have unforeseen consequences. Toibin has created one of contemporary fiction's most memorable female characters, one who has the strength and depth of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. In Nora Webster, Colm Toibin is writing at the height of his powers.

Author : Sola Njoku,Short Story Day Africa,Moso Sematlane,Aba Amissah Asibon,Kabubu Mutua,Doreen Anyango,Salma Abdulatif Yusuf,Zanta Nkumane,Emily Pensulo,N A Dawn,Khumbo Mhone,Yovanka Paquete Perdigão,Josephine Sokan
Publisher : Catalyst Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1946395943

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Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa by Sola Njoku,Short Story Day Africa,Moso Sematlane,Aba Amissah Asibon,Kabubu Mutua,Doreen Anyango,Salma Abdulatif Yusuf,Zanta Nkumane,Emily Pensulo,N A Dawn,Khumbo Mhone,Yovanka Paquete Perdigão,Josephine Sokan Pdf

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.

Author : Neil Clarke,Ray Nayler,Alice Towey,José Pablo Iriarte,Robert Reed,Karl Schroeder,Anil Menon,Mary Anne Mohanraj,Vandana Singh,Meg Elison,Erin Barbeau,Hannu Rajaniemi,S. Qiouyi Liu,Shauna O'Meara,Kim Bo-young,R.S.A. Garcia,Gregory Norman Bossert,An Owomoyela,Indrapramit Das,Hao Jingfang,Shiv Ramdas,Cooper Shrivastava,Regina Kanyu Wang,Ken Liu,Octavia Cade,Tade Thompson,Grace Chan,Rich Larson,Aliette de Bodard,Suzanne Palmer
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625676917

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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 7 by Neil Clarke,Ray Nayler,Alice Towey,José Pablo Iriarte,Robert Reed,Karl Schroeder,Anil Menon,Mary Anne Mohanraj,Vandana Singh,Meg Elison,Erin Barbeau,Hannu Rajaniemi,S. Qiouyi Liu,Shauna O'Meara,Kim Bo-young,R.S.A. Garcia,Gregory Norman Bossert,An Owomoyela,Indrapramit Das,Hao Jingfang,Shiv Ramdas,Cooper Shrivastava,Regina Kanyu Wang,Ken Liu,Octavia Cade,Tade Thompson,Grace Chan,Rich Larson,Aliette de Bodard,Suzanne Palmer Pdf

A remote village is determined to keep their robot teacher from being fired. A poetry-loving AI controls the wastewater treatment facility, but a series of malfunctions are beginning to cause concern. The biggest pop idol of the twenty-second century is trapped on Enceladus, and deeply alone. Latchko can talk to the banned AIs and now that his secret is out things are about to get complicated. A former child soldier is raised by a plant-like species but struggles to understand them. Ice fishing on Europa just keeps turning up rocks and things just got worse ... something is changing the world, making it better, but for whom? Short fiction is the heart of science fiction, introducing new voices, experimenting with ideas and technique, and paving the way for the future of the field. Thousands of stories are published every year in the many genre magazines, anthologies, collections, podcasts, and websites, as well as other less common venues. Each year, Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning editor Neil Clarke sifts through the myriad of offerings to select works that represent the best and the brightest, report on the state of the field, and recommend additional stories for further reading. In this volume, covering 2021, you'll find works by Aliette de Bodard, Meg Elison, Rich Larson, Ken Liu, Ray Nayler, Suzanne Palmer, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Karl Schroeder, Vandana Singh, Tade Thompson, and many more.