African Writers Series


African Writers Series is a series of books by African writers that has been published by Heinemann since 1962. The series has ensured an international voice to major African writers—including Chinua Achebe, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Steve Biko, Ama Ata Aidoo, Nadine Gordimer, Buchi Emecheta, and Okot p'Bitek. The emphasis is on Anglophone Africa, although a number of volumes were translated into English from French, Portuguese, Zulu, Swahili, Acholi, Sesotho, Afrikaans, Luganda and Arabic.

History

Founded in 1962, the AWS created a forum for many post-independence African writers, and provided texts that African universities could use to address the colonial bias then prominent in the teaching of literature. The books were designed for classroom use, printed solely in paperback to make them affordable for African students. They were published by Heinemann Educational Books in London and in various African cities.
The idea of the series came from Heinemann executive Alan Hill, who "recognised that the nascent post-colonial publishing industry was not supporting the growth of original African literature". The first advisory editor to the series was the Nigerian Chinua Achebe - who became one of Africa's most famous writers. Achebe focused first on West African writers, but soon the series branched out, publishing the works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in East Africa, and Nadine Gordimer in South Africa. Achebe left the editorship in 1972. James Currey, the editorial director at Heinemann Educational Books in charge of the African Writers Series from 1967 to 1984, has provided a book-length treatment of the series entitled Africa Writes Back.
After a fairly successful beginning, the series faced difficulties that mirrored those that faced the continent. By the mid-1980s, Heinemann published only one or two new titles a year, and much of the back catalogue fell out of print. By the early 1990s, however, the series began to revive—branching into new work, republishing originally locally released texts, and releasing translated works. Adewale Maja-Pearce was editor of the series from 1986 to 1994).
The AWS was relaunched by Pearson Education in 2011.

List of authors and books in the African Writers Series

NumberAuthorYearTitle
1Achebe, Chinua1962Things Fall Apart
2Ekwensi, Cyprian1962Burning Grass: a story of the Fulani of Northern Nigeria. Illustrated by A. Folarin; cover drawing by Dennis Duerden.
3Achebe, Chinua1963No Longer at Ease. Illustrated by Bruce Onobrakpeya.
4Kaunda, Kenneth D.1962Zambia Shall Be Free: an autobiography
5Ekwensi, Cyprian1963People of the City. Revised edition.
6Abrahams, Peter1963Mine Boy. Illustrated by Ruth Yudelowitz.
7Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1964Weep Not, Child
8Reed, John, Wake, Clive, eds1964A Book of African Verse. Later edition published as New Book of African Verse.
9Rive, Richard, ed.1964Modern African Prose. An anthology compiled and edited by Richard Rive. Illustrated by Albert Adams. Contributions by Peter Abrahams, Chinua Achebe, Es'kia Mphahlele, Abioseh Nicol, Richard Rive, Alfred Hutchinson, Efua Sutherland, Jonathan Kariara, Peter Clarke, Luis Bernardo Honwana, Jack Cope, Cyprian Ekwensi, Amos Tutuola, Camara Laye, James Matthews, Alf Wannenburgh, William Conton, Onuora Nzekwu, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
10Equiano, Olaudah1966Equiano's Travels: His Autobiography; The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African. Abridged and edited by Paul Edwards
11Aluko, T. M.1964One Man, One Matchet
12Conton, William1964The African.
13Beti, Mongo1964Mission to Kala: a novel. Translated by Peter Green from the French novel Mission terminée. US edition published as Mission Accomplished.
14Rive, Richard, ed.1963Quartet: New voices from South Africa. Short stories by Alex La Guma, James Matthews, Richard Rive and Alf Wannenburgh.
15Cook, David1965Origin East Africa: a Makerere anthology devised and edited by David Cook. Prose and verse.
16Achebe, Chinua1966Arrow of God
17Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1965The River Between
18Obotunde Ijimere1966The Imprisonment of Obatala, and other plays.
19Ekwensi, Cyprian1966Lokotown and Other Stories.
20Gatheru, Mugo1966Child of Two Worlds.
21Munonye, John1966The Only Son.
22Peters, Lenrie1966The Second Round.
23Beier, Ulli, ed.1966The Origin of Life and Death: African creation myths.
24Kachingwe, Aubrey1966No Easy Task.
25Amadi, Elechi1966The Concubine. Heinemann: London.
26Nwapa, Flora1966Efuru.
27Selormey, Francis1966The Narrow Path.
28Cook, David, Lee, Miles, eds1968Short East African Plays in English: Ten plays in English.
29Oyono, Ferdinand1966Houseboy. Translated by John Reed from the French Une vie de boy
30Aluko, T. M.1967One Man, One Wife.
31Achebe, Chinua1966A Man of the People.
32Aluko, T. M.1966Kinsman and Foreman
33Samkange, Stanlake1967On Trial for my Country
34Pieterse, Cosmo, ed.1968Ten One-Act Plays. Includes "Encounter" by Kuldip Sondhi; "Yon Kon" by Pat Maddy; "The Game" by Femi Euba; "Blind Cyclos" by Ime Ikeddeh; "With Strings' by Kuldip Sondhi; "The Deviant" by Ganesh Bagchi; "Fusane's Trial" by Alfred Hutchinson; "The Opportunity" by Arthur Maimane; "Maama" by Kwesi Kay; and "The Occupation" by Athol Fugard
35La Guma, Alex1968A Walk in the Night and other stories.
36Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1967A Grain of Wheat.
37Peters, Lenrie1967Satellites
38Oginga Odinga1967Not Yet Uhuru: the autobiography of Oginga Odinga. With a foreword by Kwame Nkrumah.
39Oyono, Ferdinand1967The Old Man and the Medal. Translated by John Reed from the French Le vieux nègre et la médaille.
40Konadu, Asare1967A Woman in Her Prime
41Djoleto, Amu1967The Strange Man.
42Awoonor, Kofi and Adali, Mortty, G.1970Messages: poems from Ghana.
43Armah, Ayi Kwei1969The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.
44Amadi, Elechi1969The Great Ponds.
45Munonye, John1969Obi.
46Brutus, Dennis1968Letters to Martha: and other poems from a South African prison.
47Salih, Tayeb1969The Wedding of Zein, and other stories. London; printed in Malta: HEB, 1969. Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies from the Arabic, and illustrated by Ibrahim Salahi.
48Gbadamosi, Bakare; Beier, Ulli1968Not Even God Is Ripe Enough. Translated from the Yoruba
49Nkrumah, Kwame1968Neo-colonialism: the last stage of imperialism.
50Clark, J. P.1968America: Their America. London: HEB in association with Andre Deutsch.
51Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1968The Black Hermit.
52Sellassie, B. M. Sahle1969The Afersata: an Ethiopian novel. London: HEB.
53Palangyo, Peter K.1968Dying in the Sun.136pp
54Serumaga, Robert1969Return to the Shadows.
55Konadu, Asare1969Ordained by the Oracle. 160 pp. Originally published as Come Back Dora, Accra: Anowuo Educational Publ.
56Nwapa, Flora1970Idu.
57Dipoko, Mbella Sonne1969Because of Women.
58Beier, Ulli, ed.1969Political Spider: an anthology of stories from "Black Orpheus".
59Asare, Bediako1971Rebel.
60Honwana, Luís Bernardo1969We Killed Mangy Dog and Other Stories. Translated from the Portuguese by Dorothy Guedes.
61Umeasiegbu, Rems Nna1969The Way We Lived: Ibo customs and stories.
62Okigbo, Christopher1971Labyrinths. With Path of Thunder.
63Ousmane, Sembene1970God's Bits of Wood. Translated by Francis Price.
64Pieterse, Cosmo, ed.19717 South African Poets: poems of exile. Collected and selected by Cosmo Pieterse.
65Emecheta, Buchi1980The Joys of Motherhood..
66Salih, Tayeb1969Season of Migration to the North. Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies from the Arabic Mawsim al-hijrah ilā al-shamāl.
67Nwankwo, Nkem1970Danda.
68Okara, Gabriel1970The Voice. Introduction by Arthur Ravenscroft.
69Liyong, Taban lo1969Fixions, and other stories.
70Aluko, T. M.1970Chief, The Honourable Minister.
71Senghor, Léopold Sédar1969Nocturnes. Translated by John Reed and Clive Wake from the French.
72U'tamsi, Felix1970Selected Poems. Translated by Gerald Moore from the French.
73Ortzen, Len, ed.1970North African Writing. Selected, translated, and with an introduction by Len Ortzen.
74Liyong, Taban lo, ed.1970Eating Chiefs: Lwo culture from Lolwe to Malkal. Selected, interpreted and transmuted by Taban lo Liyong.
75Knappert, Jan1970Myths and Legends of the Swahili.
76Soyinka, Wole1970The Interpreters. With introduction and notes by Eldred Jones. London: Heinemann.
77Beti, Mongo1970King Lazarus: a novel. Translated from the French Le roi miraculé
78Pieterse, Cosmo1972Short African plays. Including: "Ancestral Power" by Kofi Awoonor; "Magic Pool" by Kuldip Sondhi; "God's Deputy" by Sanya Dosunmu; "Resurrection" by Richard Rive; "Life Everlasting" by Pat Amadu Maddy; "Lament" by Kofi Awoonor; "Ballad of the Cells" by Cosmo Pieterse; "Overseas" by Mbella Sonne Dipoko; "This Time Tomorrow" by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o; "Episodes of an Easter Rising" by David Lytton
79Chraibi, Driss1972Heirs to the Past. Translated by Len Ortzen from the French.
80Farah, Nuruddin1970From a Crooked Rib.
81Mboya, Tom1970The Challenge of Nationhood: a collection of speeches and writings. Foreword by H. E. Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, and postscript by Pamela Mboya.
82Dipoko, Mbella Sonne1970A Few Nights and Days.
83Knappert, Jan1971Myths and Legends of the Congo. Nairobi: HEB.
84Ekwensi, Cyprian1971Beautiful Feathers.
85Onuora Nzekwu1971Wand of Noble Wood.
86Bebey, Francis1971Agatha Moudio's Son. Translated by Joyce A. Hutchinson from the French Le fils d'Agatha Moudio.
87Dadié, Bernard B.1971Climbié. Translated by Karen C. Chapman from the French.
88Beti, Mongo1971The Poor Christ of Bomba. Translated by Gerald Moore from the French Le pauvre Christ de Bombay.
89Maddy, Pat Amadu1971Obasai and other plays.
90Liyong, Taban lo1971Frantz Fanon's Uneven Ribs: poems more and more.
91Nzekwu, Onuora1972Blade Among the Boys.
92Ousmane, Sembène1972The Money-Order; with, White Genesis. Translated by Clive Wake. London: Heinemann.
93Knappert, Jan, ed.1972A Choice of Flowers. Chaguo la Maua: an anthology of Swahili love poetry. Edited and translated from Swahili by Jan Knappert.
94Munonye, John1971Oil Man of Obange.
95Ibrahim, Sonallah1971The Smell Of It, and other stories. Translated from the Arabic by Denys Johnson-Davies.
96Cook, David, Rubadiri, David, eds1971Poems from East Africa.
97Mazrui, Ali A.1971The Trial of Christopher Okigbo.
98Mulaisho, Dominic1971The Tongue of the Dumb.
99Ouologuem, Yambo1971Bound to Violence. Translated by Ralph Manheim from the French Devoi de violence.
100Achebe, Chinua1972Girls At War.
101Head, Bessie1972Maru.
102Omotoso, Kole1971The Edifice.
103Peters, Lenrie1971Katchikali. Poems.
104Themba, Can1972The Will to Die. Selected by Donald Stuart and Roy Holland.
105Lubega, Bonnie1971The Outcasts.
106Reed, John, Wake, Clive, eds1972French African verse. With English translations by John Reed & Clive Wake.
107Dipoko, Mbella Sonne1972Black and White in Love: poems.
108Awoonor, Kofi1972This Earth, My Brother.
109Obiechina, Emmanuel N.1972Onitsha Market Literature.
110La Guma, Alex1972In the Fog of the Seasons' End.
111Angira, Jared1972Silent Voices: poems.
112Vambe, Laurence1972An Ill-Fated People: Zimbabwe before and after Rhodes.
113Mezu, S. Okechukwu1971Behind the Rising Sun.
114Pieterse, Cosmo1972Five African Plays.
115Brutus, Dennis1973A Simple Lust: selected poems including Sirens Knuckles Boots; Letters to Martha; Poems from Algiers; Thoughts Abroad.
116Liyong, Taban lo1972Another Nigger Dead: poems.
117Hakim, Tawfiq al-1973Fate of a Cockroach: four plays of freedom. Selected and translated from the Arabic by Denys Johnson-Davies.
118Amadu, Malum1972Amadu's Bundle: Fulani tales of love and djinns. Collected by Malum Amadu; edited by Gulla Kell and translated into English by Ronald Moody.
119Kane, Hamidou1972Ambiguous Adventure. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods.
120Achebe, Chinua1970Beware, Soul Brother. Revised and enlarged edition. London: HEB.
121Munonye, John1973A Wreath for Maidens. : Heinemann
122Omotoso, Kole1972The Combat.
123Mandela, Nelson1973No Easy Walk to Freedom.
124Dikobe, Modikwe1973The Marabi Dance.
125Worku, Daniachew1973The Thirteenth Sun.
126Cheney-Coker, Syl1973 Concerto for an Exile: poems.
127Henderson, Gwyneth, Pieterse, Cosmo, eds1973Nine African Plays for Radio.
128Zwelonke, D. M.1973Robben Island.
129Egudu, Romanus, Nwoga, Donatus, eds1973Igbo Traditional Verse. Compiled and translated by Romanus Egudu and Donatus Nwoga.
130Aluko, T. M.1973His Worshipful Majesty.
131Lessing, Doris1973The Grass is Singing
132Bown, Lalage1973Two Centuries of African English: a survey and anthology of non-fictional English prose by African writers since 1769.
133Mukasa, Ham1975Sir Apolo Kagwa Discovers Britain. Edited by Taban lo Liyong.
134Henderson, Gwyneth, ed.1973African Theatre: eight prize-winning plays for radio. Includes "Make Like Slaves" by Richard Rive; "Station Street" by A. K. Mustapha; "Sweet Scum of Freedom" by J. Singh; "Double Attack" by C. C. Umeh; "Scholarship Woman" by D. Clems; "The Transistor Radio" by K. Tsaro-Wiwa; "Family Spear" by E. N. Zirimu; and "Sign of the Rainbow" by W. Ogunyemi.
135Maran, René1973Batouala. Translated by Barbara Beck and Alexandre Mboukou; introduction by Donald E. Herdeck.
136Sekyi, Kobina1974The Blinkards.
137Maddy, Yulisa Amadu1973No Past, No Present, No Future.
138Owusu, Martin1973The Sudden Return, and other plays.
139Ruheni, Mwangi1973The Future Leaders.
140Amadi, Elechi1973Sunset in Biafra: a civil war diary.
141Nortje, Arthur1973Dead Roots. Poems.
142Sembène, Ousmane1974Tribal Scars and other stories. Translated from the French by Len Ortzen.
143Mwangi, Meja1973Kill Me Quick.
144Fall, Malick1973The Wound. Translated by Clive Wake from the French La plaie.
145Mwangi, Meja1973Carcase for Hounds.
146Ekwensi, Cyprian1975Jagua Nana.
147p'Bitek, Okot1974The Horn of My Love.
148Aniebo, I. N. C.1974The Anonymity of Sacrifice.
149Head, Bessie1974A Question of Power.
150Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o1975Secret Lives, and other stories.
151Mahfouz, Naguib1975Midaq Alley. Translated from the Arabic by Trevor Le Gassick.
152La Guma, Alex1974The Stone-Country.
153Munonye, John1975A Dancer of Fortune.
154Armah, Ayi Kwei1974Fragments.
155Armah, Ayi Kwei1974Why Are We So Blest?: a novel. London: Heinemann.
156Ruheni, Mwangi1975The Minister's Daughter.
157Kayper-Mensah, A. W.1975The Drummer in Our Time.
158Kahiga, Samuel1974The Girl From Abroad.
159Mvungi, Martha1975Three Solid Stones.
160Mwasi, George Simeon1975Strike a Blow and Die: the classic story of the Chilembwe Rising. Edited and introduced by Robert I. Rotberg.
161Djoleto, Amu1975Money Galore.
162Kayira, Legson1974The Detainee. London: Heinemann.
163Sellassie, B. M. Sahle1974Warrior King.
164Royston, Robert1974Black Poets in South Africa.
165Etherton, Michael, ed.1975African Plays for Playing 2. Plays by Nuwa Sentongo, Jacob Hevi & Segun Ajibade. Selected and edited by Michael Etherton. London: Heinemann.
166De Graft, Joe1975Beneath the Jazz and Brass.
167Rabearivelo, Jean-Joseph1975Translations from the Night: selected poems of Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo. Edited with English translations by Clive Wake and John Reed.
168Echewa, T. Obinkaram1976The Land's Lord.
169Samkange, Stanlake1975The Mourned One.
170Mungoshi, Charles1975Waiting for the Rain.
171Soyinka, Wole, ed.1975Poems of Black Africa. Edited and introduced by Wole Soyinka. London: Heinemann.
172Ekwensi, Cyprian1975Restless City and Christmas Gold. London: Heinemann.
173Nwankwo, Nkem1975My Mercedes is Bigger Than Yours.
174Diop, David Mandessi1975Hammer Blows. Translated from the French and edited by Simon Mpondo and Frank Jones. London: Heinemann.
175Ousmane, Sembène1976Xala. Translated from the French by Clive Wake. As Xala: roman, Paris: Présence Africaine, 1973.
176Mwangi, Meja1976Going Down River Road.
177Gordimer, Nadine1976Some Monday for Sure.
178Peteni, R. L.1976Hill of Fools.
179Etherton, Michael 1976African Plays for Playing 2. Includes Monkey on the tree by Uwa Udensi, Black mamba two by Godfrey Kabwe Kasoma and The tradedy of Mr. No-balance by Victor Eleame Musinga.
180Senghor, Léopold Sédar1976Prose and Poetry. Selected and translated from French by John Reed and Clive Wake.
181Beti, Mongo1978Perpetua and the Habit of Unhappiness. Translated by Clive Wake and John Reed from the French Perpétue et l'habitude du malheur.
182Head, Bessie1977The Collector of Treasures.
183Okara, Gabriel1978The Fisherman's Invocation.
184Farah, Nuruddin1976A Naked Needle.
185Ekwensi, Cyprian1976Survive the Peace.
186Boateng, Yaw M.1977The Return.
187Rugyendo, Mukotani1976Barbed Wire and Other Plays.
188Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o1977Petals of Blood.
189Iroh, Eddie1976Forty-eight Guns for the General
190Samkange, Stanlake1978Year of the Uprising
191Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa & Mugo, Micere Githae1976The trial of Dedan Kimathi
192Jahadmy, Ali A. 1977Anthology of Swahili poetry. Parallel Swahili text and English translation. Selected and translated by Ali A. Jahadmy.
193p'Bitek, Okot1978Hare and Hornbill. Compiled and translated from the Acholi by Okot p'Bitek. London: Heinemann.
194Armah, Ayi Kwei1979The Healers: an historical novel.
195Munonye, John1978Bridge to a Wedding. London: Heinemann.
196Johnson-Davies, Denys 1978Egyptian short stories. Includes "House of flesh" by Yusuf Idris, "Grandad Hasan" by Yahya Taher Abdullah, "Within the walls" by Edward El-Kharrat, "The performer" by Ibrahim Aslan, "The whistle" by Abdul Hakim Kassem, "Suddenly it rained" by Baha Taher, "The man who saw the sole of his left foot in a cracked mirror" by Lutfi Al-Khouli, "A conversation from the third floor" by Mohamed El-Bisatie, "Yusuf Murad Morcos" by Nabil Gorgy, "The conjurer made off with the dish" by Naguib Mahfouz, "The accusation" by Suleiman Fayyad, "A place under the dome" by Abdul Rahman Fahmy, "The country boy" by Yusuf Sibai, "The snake" by Sonallah Ibrahim, "The crush of life" by Yusuf Sharouni, "A story from prison" by Yahya Hakki & "The child and the king" by Gamil Atia Ibrahim.
197Mahfouz, Naguib1978Miramar. Edited and revised by Maged el Kommos and John Rodenbeck; introduced by John Fowles.
198Cabral, Amilcar1979Unity and Struggle: speeches and writings. Texts selected by the PAIGC; translated from Portuguese by Michael Wolfers.
199Sassine, Williams1980Wirriyamu. Translated from the French by John Reed and Clive Wake.
200Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o1982Devil on the Cross.
201Plaatje, Sol T.1978Mhudi: an epic of South African native life a hundred years ago..
202Vieira, José Luandino1978The Real Life of Domingos Xavier. Translated from the Portuguese by Michael Wolfers.
203Njau, Rebeka1978Ripples in the Pool.
204Mulaisho, Dominic1979The Smoke that Thunders
205Bebey, Francis1978The Ashanti Doll. Translated from the French by Joyce A. Hutchinson.
206Aniebo, I. N. C.1978The Journey Within.
207Marechera, Dambudzo1978The House of Hunger.
208Brutus, Dennis1978Stubborn Hope: new poems and selections. London: Heinemann.
209Idris, Yusuf1978The Cheapest Nights, and other stories. Translated from the Arabic by Wadida Wassef.
210Amadi, Elechi1978The Slave.
211Kunene, Mazisi1979Emperor Shaka the great: a Zulu epic. Translated from the Zulu by the author.
212Le Guma, Alex1979Time of the Butcherbird.
213Iroh, Eddie1979Toads of War.
214Beti, Mongo1980Remember Ruben. Translated from the French by Gerald Moore.
215Wolfers, Michael 1979Poems from Angola. Selected, translated and introduced by Michael Wolfers.
216Yirenki, Asiedu1980Kivuli and other plays.
217Biko, Steve1979I Write What I Like: a selection of his writings. Edited by Aelred Stubbs.
218Armah, Ayi Kwei1979Two Thousand Seasons. London: Heinemann.
219Kenyatta, Jomo1979Facing Mount Kenya: the traditional life of the Gikuyu. With an introduction by B. Malinowski.
220Head, Bessie1981Serowe, Village of the Rain Wind.
221Cheney-Coker, Syl1973The Graveyard Also Has Teeth, with Concerto for an Exile: poems. London: Heinemann.
222Vieira, José Luandino1980Luuanda. Translated from the Portuguese by Tamara L. Bender. London: Heinemann.
223Ghanem, Fathy1980The Man who Lost his Shadow: a novel in four books. Translated from the Arabic by Desmond Stewart.
224Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu 1981South African people's plays. Includes uNosilimela by Credo V. Mutwa, Shanti by Mthuli Shezi, Too Late by Gibson Kente & Survival by the Workshop '71 Theatre Company.
225Mahfouz, Naguib1981Children of Gebelawi.
226Farah, Nuruddin1980Sweet and Sour Milk.
227Emecheta, Buchi1980The Joys of Motherhood.
228Hussein, Taha1981An Egyptian Childhood: the autobiography of Taha Hussein. Translated by E. H. Paxton.
229Mofolo, Thomas1981Chaka: an historical romance. New translation by Daniel P. Kunene. Originally translated from the Sesuto by F. H. Dutton, London & New York: OUP, 1967.
230Feinberg, Barry 1980Poets to the People: South African Freedom Poems.
231Jumbam, Kenjo1980White Man of God.
232Johnson-Davies, Denys 1981Egyptian One-act Plays. Selected and translated from the Arabic by Denys Johnson-Davies. Includes The interrogation by Farid Kamil, The Trap by Alfred Farag, Marital bliss by Abdel-Moneim Selim, The wheat well by Ali Salem, and The donkey market by Tewfik al-Hakim.
233Nyamfukudza, S.1980The Non-Believer's Journey; 128 pp.
234Kunene, Mazisi1981Anthem of the Decades: a Zulu epic. Translated from Zulu by the author.
235Kunene, Mazisi1982The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain: poems. Translated from Zulu.
236Mapanje, Jack1981Of Chameleons and Gods; 80 pp.
237Marechera, Dambudzo1980Black Sunlight.
238Peters, Lenrie1981Selected Poetry; 160 pp.
239Kourouma, Ahmadou1981The Suns of Independence. Translated from the French Les soleils des independances by Adrian Adams.
240Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o1981Detained
241Akare, Thomas1981The Slums.
242Aluko, T. M.1982Wrong Ones in the Dock. London: Heinemann.
243Mutloatse, Mothobi 1981Africa South: contemporary writings.
244Ya-Otto, John with Ole Gjerstad and Michael Mercer1982Battlefront Namibia : an autobiography
245NEVER ASSIGNED.--
246Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa1982I Will Marry When I Want.
247Head, Bessie1987When Rain Clouds Gather
248Bâ, Mariama1981So long a letter. Translated from the French Si longue lettre by Modupé Bodé-Thomas.
249Obasanjo, Olusegun1981My Command: An Account of the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970.
250Ousmane, Sembène1981The Last of the Empire.
251Lewin, Hugh1981Bandiet: seven years in a South African prison.
252Farah, Nuruddin1982Sardines.
253Aniebo, I. N. C.1983Of Wives, Talismans, and the Dead: short stories. Arranged by Willfred F. Feuser. London; Exeter, N.H.: Heinemann.
254Scanlon, Paul A. 1983Stories from central and southern Africa. Includes "Beggar my neighbour" by Dan Jacobson, "Kwashiorkor" by Can Themba, "About a girl who met a dimo" by Susheela Curtis, "Hajji Musa and the Hindu fire-walker" by Ahmed Essop, "The sisters" by Pauline Smith, "Tselane and the giant" by B. L. Leshoai, "Johannesburg, Johannesburg" by Nathaniel Nakasa, "Coming of the dry season" by Charles Mungoshi, "A soldier's embrace" by Nadine Gordimer, "Witchcraft" by Bessie Head, "The old woman" by Luis B. Honwana, "Dopper and Papist" by Herman C. Bosman, "The dishonest chief" by Ellis Singano and A. A. Roscoe, "The Soweto bride" by Mbulelo Mzamane, "A sunrise on the veld" by Doris Lessing, "The soldier without an ear" by Paul Zeleza, "Riva" by Richard Rive, "Sunlight in Trebizond Street" by Alan Paton, "The Christmas reunion" by Dambudzo Marechera, "The king of the waters" by A. C. Jordan, "Power" by Jack Cope, and "In corner B" by Es'kia Mphahlele.
255Iroh, Eddie1982The Siren in the Night.
256Bruner, Charlotte H. 1983Unwinding Threads: writing by women in Africa.
257Calder, Angus, Jack Mapanje & Cosmo Peterse1983Summer Fires: new poetry of Africa.
258Pheto, Molefe1985And Night Fell: Memoirs of a Political Prisoner in South Africa.
259NEVER PUBLISHED"A volume called This is the Time was advertised as No. 259, but no such volume exists in any of the library catalogues we consulted. Research in the AWS archive at Reading University reveals that this was a projected anthology of Central and Southern African poetry, which was instead published as When My Brothers Come Home: Poems from Central and Southern Africa, edited by Frank M. Chipasula."
260NEVER PUBLISHED"Kofi Awoonor's Until the Morning After: Collected Poems 1963-1985 was to have been AWS number 260, but was apparently withdrawn by the author and instead published by Greenfield Review Press, New York, in 1987."
261Anyidoho, Kofi1984A Harvest of our Dreams, with Elegy for the Revolution: poems.
262Nagenda, John1986The Seasons of Thomas Tebo.
263Serote, Mongane1983To Every Birth its Blood.
264De Graft, Joe1977Muntu.
265NEVER ASSIGNED.--
266p'Bitek, Okot1984Song of Lawino: &, Song of Ocol. Translated from the Acholi by Okot p'Bitek. Introduction by G. A. Heron; illustrations by Frank Horle. London: Heinemann.
267Idrīs, Yūsuf1984Rings of Burnished Brass.
268Sepamia, Sepho1981A Ride on the Whirlwind: a novel.
269Pepetela1984Mayombe.
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