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Africa World Press announces the release of: Speaking For The Generations -
An Anthology of Contemporary African Short Stories, edited by Dike Okoro.

This anthology aims to represent the best of contemporary African short stories written in
English. Familiar names such as Benjamin Kwakye, Tijan Sallah, Zahra Ramij, Freddy Macha,
Arja Salafranca, Odun Balogun, Tanure Ojaide, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Lola Shoneyin,
Mohamed Said Raihani and Omar Akikli are present along with the new talent of younger
generation which includes Kondwani Kamiyala, Ayobami Adebayo, Prince Mensah, Dipita
Kwa, Khadija El Younossi. This book will introduce readers to finely crafted stories or human
conditions comparable to those captured in narratives from other parts of the world.

    In forty-eight stories that showcase the rich narratives,
    cultures, and customs of the continent, the reader will
    become acquainted with both established and
    emerging African male and female writers. Themes
    include love, family, relationships, death, politics, exile,
    childhood, gender, struggle (personal and communal),
    rage and hope.


    “This anthology boasts two major strengths. First, it
    brings North Africa into a conversation with sub-
    Saharan Africa as very few such anthologies of African
    literature have so far done. Second, there is an
    invigorating freshness about the new talents brought to
    our attention here as well as an urgency in their
    reflections on contemporary African and global issues.
    Dike Okoro should be commended for the imagination
    he has shown in putting together a collection of stories
    anyone--student, teacher, or general reader--would
    love to possess and share with others.”

--Isidore Okpewho, State University of New York Distinguished Professor of Africana Studies,
English, & Comparative Literature at Binghamton University

“The stories in this collection clearly capture the changing face of contemporary African
societies as they reveal the fears and dreams, the confusion and clarity of the cultures they
reflect. While depicted situations in the narratives are often precarious at best, the constant,
a hope for a better tomorrow or a better existence, pulses at the heart of these stories.”

--Walter P. Collins, III, Ph.D., Associate Professor of French & English, University of South
Carolina at Lancaster

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Dike Okoro, poet, short story writer, editor, essayist and critic, has published widely. His
creative work and non-fiction have appeared in major journals/magazines/books, including
Yellow Medicine Review, Witness Magazine, Botsotso, Farafina, African Writing Online, JALA:
Journal of African Literature Association, IRCAL: International Research in Contemporary
African Literature, Dictionary of Literary Biography: African Writers Series and Emerging
Voices of Post Colonial African Literature. Okoro is the recipient of a Sam Walton Fellowship
(2004) and the US/South Africa Education/Research Grant (2003). His major publications
include the poetry collection Dance of the Heart and two anthologies of poetry: Songs for
Wonodi and Echoes from the Mountain: New and Selected Poems by Mazisi Kunene. He is an
assistant professor of English and World Literature at Olive-Harvey College, Chicago.

CATEGORY
Fiction/AFRICA
Manufacturer: Africa World Press, Inc.
SKU: 1592217192
ISBN: 1592217192

To purchase autographed copies of the book, Speaking for the Generations:
Contact one of the contributors, Roland Bankole Marke on his website: www.rolandmarke.
com, email:bankole@mindspring.com or call @ 904-645-5738