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African Literature: Fiction

African Literature: Fiction

New titles - May 1997

From Home Guard to Mau MauElisha Mbabu 9966469311 245pp. 1996 [publ. 1997] East African Educ. Publ. (Spear Books imprint) $7.50/Pound3.95 pap
Unmarried Wife
Sitwala Imenda 9966465014 141pp. 1996 [publ. 1997] East African Educ. Publ. (Spear Books imprint) $7.50/Pound3.95 pap

New titles - March 1997

The Girl Was Mine
David Karanja
996468846 281pp. 1996 East African Educ. Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95 pap

The Crash of Apartheid
Francis Baffour
9964701500 320pp. 1996 Afram Publ. (Ghana) $12.50/Pound6.95 pap

Under the Tongue
Yvonne Vera
0908311931 114pp. 1996 Baobab Books $10.00/Pound6.25 pap

The First Daughter
Goretti Kyomuhendo
997002119X 113pp. 1996 Fountain Publ. $7.50/Pound3.95 pap

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Adaku & Other Stories
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1870716108 174pp. 1989 Saros Int. Publ. (Saros Star series, 8) $16.00/Pound8.95 cased

African Creations: A Decade of "Okike" Short Stories
E.N. Obiechina
9781561815 192pp. 1985 Fourth Dimension Publ. $12.50/Pound6.95

The American Standard
Sam DeSanto
996646476X 211pp. ill. 1995 East African Educ. Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95

Awaiting Court Martial
Festus Iyayi
9782601799 255pp. 1996 Malthouse Press $10.00/Pound6.25

The Ayah
David G. Maillu
[no ISBN avail.] 178pp. 1986 East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Baals of the Niger
Gabriel Orji
9781563869 240pp. 1994 Fourth Dimension Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Basi and Company. A Modern African Folktale
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1870716000 216pp. 1987 Saros Int. Publ. (Saros Star series, 4) $12.50/Pound6.95

Batolica
Femi Olugbile
9782601241 230pp. 1995 Malthouse Press $11.50/Pound6.50

Birds on a Ledge
Andrina Dashwood Forbes
1874863016 56pp. 1992 Buchu Books $11.50/Pound6.50

Black Fury. A Novel
Kodwo Abaidoo
9964978162 301pp. 1995 Woeli Publ. Services $16.00/Pound8.95

The Bottled Leopard
Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike
9782492736 190pp. 1994 [reprint of 2nd. ed. 1991] University Press, Nigeria $8.50/Pound4.95

Challenge of the Barons
Lekan Are
9872494771 158pp. 1995 University Press, Nigeria $8.50/Pound4.95

The Changing Pattern. (The Old Immigrant)
Bhageeruthy Gopaul
9990301794 290pp. 1995 Editions de l'OcÈan Indien $12.50/Pound6.95

Colonel Ben Brim
K. Uka
9781560037 176pp. 1985 Fourth Dimension Publ. $6.95/Pound3.75

Colour of Carnations
Ayub Ndii
9966469079 304pp. 1994 East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Coming of the Dry Season
Charles Mungoshi
0949932035 61pp. 1972 Zimbabwe Publ. House (ZPH Writers series, 2) $6.50/Pound3.50

Comrade Inmate
Charles K. Githae
9966466673 204pp. 1994 East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Conduct Unbecoming
Timothy M. Aluko
9781293691 165pp. 1993 Heinemann Ed. Books (Nigeria) (Heinemann Frontline series) $7.95/Pound4.25

Confessions of an Aids Victim
Carolyne Adalla
9966468463 83pp. 1993 East African Educ. Publ. $7.50/Pound3.95

Cordelia
Okinba Launko
9782601349 58pp. 1989 Malthouse Press $8.50/Pound4.95

The Dancing Tortoise
Naa Otua Codjoe-Swayne
9964701365 293pp. 1994 Afram Publ. (Ghana) $12.50/Pound6.95

Date with Destiny
Uchegbulem Okorie
9782492868 180pp. 1992 University Press, Nigeria $8.50/Pound4.95

Destined to Live
John Chukwu
9782461695 117pp. 1992 Spectrum Books $8.50/Pound4.95

Drums and the Voice of Death
Nathan Nkala
978156413X 218pp. 1996 Fourth Dimension Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95

Effortless Tears
Alexander Kanengoni
0908311613 114pp. ill. 1993 Baobab Books $12.50/Pound6.95

The Epidemic
Tony Marinho
9781293810 117pp. 1992 Heinemann Ed. Books (Nigeria) (Heinemann Frontline series) $5.75/Pound3.25

Expedition to the Mount of Thought (The Third Saga)
D.O. Fagunwa
9781361024 180pp. ill. 1994 [publ. 1995] Obafemi Awolowo Univ. Press $7.95/Pound4.95

Flight 800
Dan Fulani
0946480044 112pp. 1996 [reprint of ed. 1983] Spectrum Books $7.50/Pound3.95

For the Fairest
Ulysses Chuka II
[no ISBN avail.] 305pp. 1991 Fountain Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

The Girl from Uganda
Tengio Urrio
9966469656 137pp. 1993 East African Educ. Publ. $6.95/Pound3.75

The Girl Was Mine
David Karanja
996468846 281pp. 1996 East African Educ. Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95

Hearthstones
Kekelwa Nyaywa
9966468722 206pp. 1995 East African Educ. Publ. $7.95/Pound4.25

The Herdsman's Daughter
Bernard Chahilu
9966466800 228pp. 1995 [1st publ. 1974] East African Educ. Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95

Home, Sweet, Sweet Home
Femi Ojo-Ade
0195757939 123pp. 1987 University Press, Nigeria $8.50/Pound4.95

Homing In
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
9966465472 205pp. 1994 East African Educ. Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95

I Am Directed
Augustus Adebayo
978246077X 135pp. 1991 Spectrum Books $8.50/Pound4.95

I Remember
Chintamanee Chummun
9990334013 148pp. 1993 Editions de l'OcÈan Indien $12.50/Pound6.95

Iska
Cyprian Ekwensi
9782462721 222pp. 1996 [reprint of ed. 1981] Spectrum Books $7.95/Pound4.25

Jagua Nana's Daughter
Cyprian Ekwensi
9782460435 247pp. 1993 [reprint of ed. 1986] Spectrum Books $8.50/Pound4.95

Kandaya: Another Time, Another Place
Angus Shaw
0908311605 209pp. 1993 Baobab Books $13.75/Pound7.50

Kanina and I
Charles Mangua
9966464514 282pp. 1994 East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

The Kidnap of an Angel
Peter Iwoba Eguda
9782462624 380pp. 1995 Spectrum Books $12.50/Pound6.95

Lady in Chains
F.M. Genga-Idowu
9966466061 198pp. 1993 East African Educ. Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95

Land Without Thunder
Grace Ogot
996646588X 204pp. 1988 East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

The Legacy
Tsitsi V. Himunyanga-Phiri
1779010125 58pp. 1992 Zimbabwe Publ. House $7.50/Pound3.95

Links of a Chain
Monica Genya
9966469567 292pp. 1996 East African Educ. Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95

The Living and the Dead
'Sola Osofisan
9781292415 56pp. 1991 Heinemann Ed. Books (Nigeria) (Heinemann Frontline series, Upper Level) $5.50/Pound2.95

Love at First Sight
Bisi Abejo
9782460001 241pp. 1996 [reprint of ed. 1986] Spectrum Books $8.50/Pound4.95

Man of the Moment
Labo Yari
9781562897 108pp. 1992 Fourth Dimension Publ. $5.50/Pound2.95

The Melting Pot and Other Stories
Tunde Omobowale
9782493163 155pp. 1993 University Press, Nigeria $7.95/Pound4.25

A Message from the Madhouse
Maxwell Nwagboso
1870716175 136pp. 1991 Saros Int. Publ. (Saros Star Series, 13) $8.50/Pound4.95

Mission to Gehenna
K. Wa Kang'ethe
9966464212 129pp. 1989 East African Educ. Publ. $7.95/Pound4.25

Mixed Signals
Thabo Nkosinathi Masemola
0947479864 189pp. 1993 [publ. 1994] Skotaville Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

My Village Captured Hitler
Augustus Adebayo
978246158X 137pp. 1993 Spectrum Books $7.50/Pound3.95

Nehanda
Yvonne Vera
0908311621 118pp. ill. 1993 Baobab Books $10.00/Pound6.25

The Nest and the Nestlings
Ghunsiam Jhuboo
9990301506 121pp. 1993 Editions de l'OcÈan Indien $10.00/Pound6.25

Nice People
Wamugunda Geteria
9966986502 190pp. 1992 East African Educ. Publ. $7.95/Pound4.25

Nobody's Friend
Sam Mpasu
1779010907 278pp. 1995 Zimbabwe Publ. House $12.50/Pound6.95

The Non-Believer's Journey
Stanley Nyamfukudza
0949932477 113pp. 1994 [reprint of ed. 1990] Zimbabwe Publ. House $7.50/Pound3.95

Of Men and Ghosts
Kofi Osei Aidoo
9964103425 117pp. 1991 Ghana Publ. Corp. $6.50/Pound3.50

On the Run
Kapache Victor
9991631224 69pp. 1994 New Namibia Books $7.50/Pound3.95

The Operator
Chris Mwangi
996646493X 169pp. 1989 East African Educ. Publ. (Spear Books series) $8.50/Pound4.95

The Other Woman
Grace Ogot
9966469885 250pp. 1992 [reprint of ed. 1976] East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Our Wife & Other Stories
Karen King-Aribisala
9782601594 164pp. 1990 Malthouse Press $13.75/Pound7.50

Pawns
Charles Samupindi
0908311311 199pp. 1992 Baobab Books $11.50/Pound6.50

Pita Dumbrok's Prison
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1870716191 280pp. 1991 Saros Int. Publ. (Saros Star Series, 15) $16.00/Pound8.95

The Plight of Succession
Prosper Pwegoshora
9976601956 146pp. 1993 Dar es Salaam Univ. Press $7.95/Pound4.25

Points of Disorder!
Safe Adewumi
9782492345 121pp. 1990 University Press, Nigeria $7.50/Pound3.95

The Potter's Wheel
Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike
9782492833 223pp. 1993 [reprint of ed. 1973] University Press, Nigeria $10.00/Pound6.25

Prisoners of Jebs
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1870716078 180pp. 1988 Saros Int. Publ. (Saros Star series, 5) $25.00/Pound13.95 cased $13.75/Pound7.50 pap

A Private Journey
Regis Fanchette
999030209X 127pp. 1996 Editions de l'OcÈan Indien $7.95/Pound4.25

The Promised Land
Grace Ogot
9966467718 208pp. 1991 East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Quills of Desire
Binwell Sinyangwe
0908311591 171pp. 1993 Baobab Books $12.50/Pound6.95

Rainbows are for Lovers
Wale Okediran
978246080X 211pp. rev. ed. 1993 [1st publ. 1987] Spectrum Books $7.00/Pound3.95

Recipe for Disaster
Lilian Tindyebwa
9970020331 144pp. 1994 Fountain Publ. $7.95/Pound4.25

Reckoning at Storm End
Arthur A. Nwankwo
9781563737 196pp. 1993 Fourth Dimension Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Sand-Dunes and Windblows
Arthur A. Nwankwo
9781563753 243pp. 1994 Fourth Dimension Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Scrapiron Blues
Dambudzo Marechera
Compiled by Flora Veit-Wild
0908311702 250pp. ill. 1994 Baobab Books $21.50/Pound11.95

The Search
Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike
9781293772 260pp. 1991 Heinemann Ed. Books (Nigeria) (Heinemann Frontline series) $8.50/Pound4.95

Season of Hurricane
Arthur A. Nwankwo
978156122X 190pp. 1993 Fourth Dimension Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

The Seed Yams have been Eaten
Phanuel Egejuru
9781291834 260pp. 1993 Heinemann Ed. Books (Nigeria) (Heinemann Frontline series) $10.00/Pound6.25

Shadow over Breaking Waves
Arthur A. Nwankwo
9781563788 296pp. 1993 Fourth Dimension Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Silent Journey From the East
Isheunesu Valentine Mazorodze
0949225827 186pp. 1994 [reprint of ed. 1989] Zimbabwe Publ. House $8.50/Pound4.95

Son of Fate
John Kiriamiti
9966464395 276pp. 1994 East African Educ. Publ. $12.50/Pound6.95

Son of Woman
Charles Mangua
9966465529 159pp. 1988 East African Educ. Publ. $6.95/Pound3.75

Son of Woman in Mombasa
Charles Mangua
9966462759 211pp. 1986 East African Educ. Publ. $6.95/Pound3.75

The Stench of Khaki. A Novel
Willie Ansah
9964978154 222pp. 1994 Woeli Publ. Services $13.75/Pound7.50

The Strange Bride
Grace Ogot
996646865X 156pp. 1989 East African Educ. Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95

Street Life
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
9966463623 102pp. 1987 East African Educ. Publ. $6.50/Pound3.50

Summer
Sooresh Rago
9990300763 208pp. 1992 Editions de l'OcÈan Indien $12.50/Pound6.95

Sunset at Dawn. A Novel of the Biafran War
Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike
978249282 252pp. 1993 [reprint of ed. 1976] University Press, Nigeria $10.00/Pound6.25

Sunset Over Nairobi
Rasheed Gbadamosi
9781293675 140pp. 1992 Heinemann Ed. Books (Nigeria) (Heinemann Frontline series) $7.95/Pound4.25

Tenderness of Blood
Mandla Langa
0949225304 426pp. 1987 Zimbabwe Publ. House $13.75/Pound7.50

The Third Dimple
Omowunmi Segun
9781291885 253pp. 1992 Heinemann Ed. Books (Nigeria) (Heinemann Frontline series) $5.75/Pound3.25

Three Days on the Cross
Wahome Mutahi
9966465561 182pp. 1991 East African Educ. Publ. (Heinemann Kenya Writers series) $8.50/Pound4.95

Times Beyond
Omondi Mak'Oloo
996646736X 242pp. 1991 East African Educ. Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95

To My Husband from Iowa
Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike
9782601438 268pp. 1996 Malthouse Press $12.50/Pound6.95

Toads for Supper
Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike
9782492470 192pp. 1991 [1st publ. 1965] University Press, Nigeria $8.50/Pound4.95

The Triumvirate
Olatoun Williams
9782601993 51pp. 1992 Malthouse Press $6.50/Pound3.50

Waiting for the Rain
Charles Mungoshi
0949932027 180pp. 1991 [reprint of ed. 1981] Zimbabwe Publ. House (ZPH Writers series, 1) $8.50/Pound4.95

Waste not your Tears
Violet Kala
0908311649 73pp. 1994 Baobab Books (Turn About series) $7.50/Pound3.95

White Teeth
Okot p'Bitek
996646445X 108pp. 1989 East African Educ. Publ. $7.95/Pound4.25

A Wind from the North and Other Stories
Kofi Agovi
9964103409 82pp. 1989 Ghana Publ. Corp. $4.95/Pound2.75

Without a Conscience
Barbara Baumann
9966467483 174pp. 1992 East African Educ. Publ. $7.95/Pound4.25

Without a Name
Yvonne Vera
0908311788 103pp. 1994 Baobab Books $8.50/Pound4.95

Without a Silver Spoon
Eddie Iroh
9782460354 112pp. 1981 Spectrum Books $5.50/Pound2.95

The World She Knew
Chinyere Nwoga
9781563443 116pp. 1993 Fourth Dimension Publ. $7.50/Pound3.95

A Worm in the Head
Charles K. Githae
9966463216 305pp. 1987 East African Educ. Publ. $8.50/Pound4.95

The Wrath of Koma
M. Kambishera Mumba
9966463526 153pp. 1987 East African Educ. Publ. $6.95/Pound3.75

Zabela. My Wasted Life
Bento Sitoe
0908311842 43pp. 1996 Baobab Books (Turn About series) $5.75/Pound3.25

African Literature: Folklore and Oral Tradition

Acholi Proverbs
Okot P'Bitek
[no ISBN avail.] 38pp. 1985 East African Educ. Publ. $5.50/Pound2.95

A Dictionary of Oral Literature
Leteipa Ole Sunkuli & Simon Okumba Miruka
9966465073 132pp. 1990 East African Educ. Publ. $18.00/Pound9.95

Encounter with Oral Literature
Okumba Miruka
9966466916 194pp. 1994 East African Educ. Publ. $17.00/Pound9.50

Gikuyu Oral Literature
Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira & K. Muthahi
9966463771 167pp. 1988 East African Educ. Publ. $12.50/Pound6.95

Ilu Ndi Igbo: Vol. 1 A Study of Igbo Proverbs. Translation, Explanation and Usage (With a comparison with some Hausa Proverbs)
Solomon Amadiume
9781563966 100pp. 1994 [publ. 1995] Fourth Dimension Publ. $11.50/Pound6.50 S

Ilu Ndi Igbo: Vol. 2 A Study of Igbo Proverbs. Suitable Proverbs for Different Occasions Translated (Similarities Between Igbo and Yoruba Proverbs)
Solomon Amadiume
9781564105 76pp. 1995 Fourth Dimension Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25 S

Keep My Words. Luo Oral Literature
B. Onyango-Ogutu & A.A. Roscoe
[no ISBN avail.] 159pp. 1988 East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Kenyan Oral Narratives. A Selection
K. Adagala & Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira
[no ISBN avail.] 90pp. 1986 East African Educ. Publ. $12.50/Pound6.95

Myths & Legends of the Swahili
Jan Knappert
[no ISBN avail.] 212pp. 1986 East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Noin Nengia, Bere Negia, Nembe N'Akabu. More Days, More Wisdom: Nembe Proverbs
E.J. Alagoa
9782321109 137pp. 1987 Univ. Port Harcourt Press (Delta series, 5) $13.75/Pound7.50 S

The Oral Artist
Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira
[no ISBN avail.] 105pp. 1983 East African Educ. Publ. $12.50/Pound6.95

Oral Literature of the Kalenjin
C. Chesaina
9966468919 167pp. 1991 East African Educ. Publ. $18.00/Pound9.95

Oral Literature of the Masai
N. Kipury
[no ISBN avail.] 233pp. 1983 East African Educ. Publ. $21.50/Pound11.95

The Oral Performance in Africa
Isidore Okpewho
9782460095 277pp. 1990 Spectrum Books $30.00/Pound16.75

The Singing Anthill: Ogoni Folk Tales
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1870716159 144pp. 1991 Saros Int. Publ. (Saros Star Series, 11) $12.50/Pound6.95

Taroh Folktales
Esther Bali
9782460532 95pp. ill. 1990 [publ. 1991] Spectrum Books $6.50/Pound3.50

Understanding Oral Literature
Edited by Austin Bukenya, Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira et al.
996684631X 102pp. 1994 [publ. 1995] Nairobi Univ. Press $13.75/Pound7.50

The Valley of the Dead
Eta Johnevi
9964103697 179pp. 1992 Ghana Publ. Corp. $7.95/Pound4.25

Yoruba Folktales
Amos Tutuola
9781211865 56pp. ill. 1987 Ibadan Univ. Press $10.00/Pound6.25

Zambian Proverbs
Nyambe Sumbwa
9982300717 84pp. rev ed. 1996 Multimedia $8.50/Pound4.95



Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar
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