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03067cam a2200505 a 4500 001 6E2E7E622AF511DEBA9D0F07A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20221207011208 008 961108s1997 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 96048601 020 $a 9780374176594 (alk. paper) 020 $a 0374176590 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780374211783 (alk. paper) 020 $a 0374211787 (alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d PFO $d FIT $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d IWV $d SILO 050 00 $a PL8011 $b .U7 1997 082 00 $a 808.83/10896 $2 21 245 0 $a Under African skies : $b modern African stories / $c edited, and with an introduction by Charles R. Larson. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $c 1997. 300 $a xix, 315 p. ; $c 24 cm. 505 0 $a The complete gentleman / Amos Tutuola -- The eyes of the statue / Camara Laye -- Sarzan / Birago Diop -- Black girl / Sembene Ousmane -- Papa, snake & I / Luis Bernardo Honwana -- A meeting in the dark / Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- A handful of dates / Tayeb Salih -- Mrs. Plum / Es'kia Mphahlele -- Tekayo / Grace Ogot -- Two sisters / Ama Ata Aidoo -- Girls at war / Chinua Achebe -- The prisoner who wore glasses / Bessie Head -- In the hospital / Similih M. Cordor -- The true martyr is me / Rene Philombe -- Innocent terror / Tijan M. Sallah -- Africa kills her sun / Ken Saro-Wiwa -- Afrika road / Don Mattera -- Why don't you carve other animals / Yvonne Vera -- The magician and the girl / Veronique Tadjo -- A prayer from the living / Ben Okri -- Effortless tears / Alexander Kanengoni -- Give me a chance / Mzamane Nhlapo -- Taken / Steve Chimombo -- I'm not talking about that, now / Sindiwe Magona -- My father, the Englishman, and I / Nuruddin Farah -- A gathering of bald men / Mandla Langa 520 $a An anthology of short stories by African writers from a dozen countries. The subjects range from war and politics to problems with domestics and African humor. Some stories were written in English, others are translations from Arabic, French and Portuguese. All were written in the latter part of this century. 650 0 $a Short stories, African. 650 0 $a African fiction $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Short stories, African $v Translations into English. 700 1 $a Larson, Charles R. 941 $a 15 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525032206.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718072342.0 952 $l N2AX314 $d 20210728011257.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926072228.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180103031054.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160817021229.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20140415012359.0 952 $l UWAX953 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $m 808.83/10896 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l TOPB062 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6E2E7E622AF511DEBA9D0F07A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search