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Book SynopsisA woman who carries her fate and that of her community in her hair is beguiled by the deceptive designs of Europeans out to colonise her most prized possession. A man finds happiness in the reincarnation of a lost love. A young woman risks her life for freedom through the cultural practice of a human loan scheme.
Tales of sacrifice, love, freedom, self-discovery and loss fill the pages of this larger-than-life tapestry of stories from across Africa and its diaspora. Forged in a diversity of tempers and forms, these stories range from the epistolary to the experimental, from mysteries, noirs and political thrillers to speculative fiction and futurism, and much more. In prose that moves from visual and lyrical to gritty and visceral, these writers explore fate, memory, the fragility of love and the duplicitous nature of human interactions
Stories by: Doreen Baingana, Meron Hadero, Rémy Ngamije Troy Onyango, Iryn Tushabe Joshua Chizoma Nana-Ama Danquah, Hannah Giorgis , Idza Luhumyo Billie McTernan, Elizabeth Johnson, Audrey Obuobisa-Darko, Sally Sadie Singhateh, Victor Forna, Onengiye Nwachukwu, Kofi Konadu Berko, Akua Serwaa Amankwah, Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, Andrew Aidoo, Rafeeat Aliyu and TJ Benson.
Table of ContentsForeword
Editor’s Preface
2021 Shortlisted Stories
1. Lucky by Doreen Baingana (Uganda)
2. The Street Sweep by Meron Hadero (Ethiopia)
3. The Giver of Nicknames by Rémy Ngamije (Namibia)
4. This Little Light of Mine by Troy Onyango (Kenya)
5. A Separation by Iryn Tushabe (Uganda)
2022 Shortlisted Stories
1. Collector of Memories by Joshua Chizoma (Nigeria)
2. When a Man Loves a Woman by Nana-Ama Danquah (Ghana)
3. A Double-Edged Inheritance by Hannah Giorgis (Ethiopia)
4. Five Years Next Sunday by Idza Luhumyo (Kenya)
5. The Labadi Sunshine Bar by Billie McTernan (Ghana)
Caine Prize Workshop Stories
1. A Mind to Silence by Elizabeth Johnson
2. Nnome by Audrey Obuobisa-Darko
3. The Loan by Sally Sadie Singhateh
4. They Will Fly with Blooded Wings by Victor Forna
5. Trial By Fire by Onengiye Nwachukwu
6. A Girl Becomes a Vessel by Kofi Konadu Berko
7. Sugar’s Daughters by Akua Serwaa Amankwah
8. Homecoming by Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo
9. A Spruced up Young Man by Andrew Aidoo
10. Land of Prophetic Women by Rafeeat Aliyu
11. Please, Please by TJ Benson
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