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African Writers Series
2015C AT A L O G U E
First launched over 50 years ago, the acclaimed African
Writers Series has become a benchmark for African
literature.
During this time, the series has been the vehicle for some
of the most important writers that Africa has produced
and has ensured an international voice for literary masters
such as Chinua Achebe and Ngugi wa Thiong’o.
Today, the series comprises over 70 titles by nearly 40
writers from different countries, ranging from stories and
poetry to biographical writing and essays. Included in the
series are the African Writers Series Classics, a selection
of the most critically and widely acclaimed titles from this
celebrated series.
The African Writers Series is suitable for anyone studying
African Literature from the age of 14 and upwards.
A selection of titles are now available as e-books and
can be downloaded from www.amazon.com.
For additional information about the African Writers
Series visit our website at
www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/AWS
Or get in touch with your local
Pearson representative:
East and Southern Africa
Dean Erasmus
Sales Manager
Tel: +27 11 347 0700
Fax: +27 11 315 2757
Email: [email protected]
Francophone, Lusophone & West Africa
Guillaume Dalmasso
Regional Director
Tel: +27 21 532 6000
Direct: +27 21 532 6048
Fax: +27 21 532 2302
Email: [email protected]
Celebrating over 50 years of excellent storytelling from award-winning African authors
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Bessie Head 4
Ferdinand Oyono 6
Véronique Tadjo 7
Sony Labou Tansi 7
Daniel Mengara 7
Ngugi wa Thiong’o 8
B. Kojo Lang 8
Amma Darko 9
Ama Ata Aidoo 9
Ayi Kwei Armah 9
Lily Mabura 10
Thomas Mofolo 10
Neshani Andreas 10
Tiyambe Zeleza 10
Jack Mapanje 10
Lília Momplé 11
Mia Couto 11
Chinua Achebe 12
Obtunde Ijimere 14
CONTACTS 20
Table of contents
9780435912086 9780435913502
9780435909239 9780435910105
9780435905484 9780435912048
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4 African Writers Series4
Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind
An examination of Serowe’s recent past – seen through the words and memories of the village inhabitants.
9780435902735 280pp
The Lovers
The Lovers collects together Head’s short � ction of the 1960s and 70s, written mainly in Serowe, Botswana.
978043545715 184pp
A Woman Alone
A Woman Alone is a collection of autobiographical writings, sketches and essays, which covers Bessie Head’s life.
9780435906030 144pp
A Question of Power
Cruel revelations lead Elizabeth, a South African refugee, to drift in and out of sanity.
9780435907204 206pp
Bessie HeadBotswana
African Writers Series 5
When Rain Clouds Gather
When a South Africa refugee joins forces with an English farmer, the old ways of life are challenged.
9780435909611 185pp
A Collector of Treasures
A sequence of Botswana village tales about subjects such as the breakdown of family life and the position of women in society.
9780435909819 109pp
Maru
Margaret Cadmore, an orphaned Masarwa girl, comes to Dilepe to teach, only to discover that in this remote Botswana village her people are treated as outcasts.
“… change the world on the basis of love of mankind.” – Bessie Head
9780435913588 123pp
6 African Writers Series6
The Return of the Water Spirit Luis R. Mitras (translator)
Angola
Winner of Angola’s National Literature Prize
In Angola in the late 1980s, a time of war, there are those who feel that the Marxist-orientated elite has allowed itself to be corrupted by nepotism and the worst kind of rampant capitalism. One day, a building in Kinaxixi Square collapses unexpectedly, harming no-one. An ancient African water spirit has returned to reclaim the land.
9780435912109 128pp
The Old Man and the Medal
Ferdinand Oyono Cameroon
It is with pride that Meka � rst hears he is to receive a medal. While waiting for the ceremony, however, Meka gives way to scepticism.
9780435900397 176pp
Houseboy
Ferdinand Oyono Cameroon
‘It is a better guide to French colo-nial Africa, and to racism, than any non-� ction account, whether by an African or a Frenchman.’ The Times Literary Supplement
9780435905323 128pp
7African Writers Series
The Shadow of Imana
Véronique Tadjo Cote D’Ivoire
As evidence emerged of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the outside world reeled in shock.
9780435910150 128pp
As the Crow Flies dal
Véronique Tadjo Cote D’Ivoire
An illicit love affair that turns sour is the starting point in this lyrical explanation of the human heart.
9780435912031 112pp
The Seven Solitudes of Lorsa Lopez
Sony Labou Tansi DRC
Estina Bronzario leads the women of Nsanga-Norda in protest against corruption and apathy.
9780435905941 144pp
Distant Viewof a Minaret
Alifa Rifaat Tansi Egypt
A revelation on what it is like to be a woman living within a traditional Muslim society.
9780435909123 128pp
Mema
Daniel Mengara Gabon
Mema is an engaging and dramatic tale of a woman stuggling against her community.
9780435909239 122pp
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The Black Hermit
Should Remi, the � rst of his Kenyan tribe to go to the univer-sity or return to his people?
9780435900519 196pp
Devil on the Cross
One of the most powerful critiques of modern Kenya ever written.
9780435908447 256pp
A Grain of Wheat
A classic novel depicting the history of colonialsism in Kenya.
9780435913564 288pp
The River Between
The River Between explores life on the makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement.
9780435905484 174pp
Weep Not, Child
African Writers Series
An extraordinary story about the effects of the Mau Mau war on the lives of ordinary men and women in Kenya. Two brothers, Kamau, an apprentice carpenter, and Njoroge, a scholar, need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up.
9780435908300 144pp
˜Ngugi wa ThiongoKenya
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Beyond the Horizon
Amma Darko Ghana
Once a naïve Ghanian village girl, Mara, re� ects on her transformation to a prostitute.
9780435909901 140pp
Search Sweet Country
B. Kojo Laing Ghana
Kojo Laing has created a heady cocktail in this novel that will not fail to stimulate the mind.
9780435045708 368pp
Woman of Aeroplanes
B. Kojo Laing Ghana
A fantastic journey � lled with unforgettable characters and magical places.
9780435045722 304pp
Changes
Ama Ata Aidoo Ghana
A spirited and poignant story about Esi, an independent woman who leaves her husband.
9780435910143 208pp
The Girl Who Can
Ama Ata Aidoo Ghana
With zest and humour, Ama Ata Aidoo brings attention to women’s struggle within society.
9780435910136 151pp
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Ayi Kwei Armah Ghana
The story of a man who says no to bribery but wins nothing but scorn for his honesty.
9780435905408 192pp
African Writers Series
African Writers Series10
How Shall We Kill the Bishop
Lily Mabura Ghana
A collection of short stories of diverse characters whose fates fascinate and alarm.
9780435075415 104pp9780435152147 (e-book)
Chaka
Thomas Mofolo Lesotho
Thomas Mofolo’s classic novel of the Zulu hero, Chaka.
9780435902292 192pp
The Purple Flower of Oshaantu
Neshani Andreas Namibia
The story of an unhappy wife who refuses to mourn her husband’s death.
9780435912086 185pp
Smouldering Charcoal
Tiyambe Zeleza Malawi
A story of con� ict between two economically divided families during a turbulent political climate.
9780435905835 192pp
GatheringSeaweed
Jack Mapanje (Ed.) Malawi
An anthology of extracts from prison memoirs, letters, poetry and interviews.
9780435912116 352pp
The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison
Jack Mapanje Malawi
A collection of poems borne out of the author’s horri� c experience of detention without trial.
9780435911980 240pp
Jack Mapanje
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e-book available
African Writers Series 11
Neighbours: TheStory of a Murder
Lília Momplé Mozambique
The discovery of a vicious South African conspiracy to in� ltrate and demobilise post-colonial Mozambique.
9780435912093 134pp
Every Man isa Race
Mia Couto Mozambique
18 short stories, which look at the issues of civil war, petty of� cialdom and corruption in post-independence Mozambique.
9780435909826 118pp
A Cowrie of Hope
Binwell Sinyangwe Zambia
A young widow, Nasula, suffers years of economic hardship, dreaming of a better life for her daughter.
“… captures the rhythms of a people whose poverty has not diminished their dignity…”
9780435912024 160pp
12 African Writers Series
Anthills of the Savannah
A story of West African politics, but woven into it are African legends, folk-tales and proverbs.
9780435905385 240pp
Arrow of God
A chief priest has rivals in the tribe, in the white government, and even in his own family.
9780435905309 240pp
A Man of the People
A powerful satire that chronicles the corruption threatening, careerist politicians.
9780435905347 160pp
Things Fall Apart
Available in an extended edition including essays, maps, illustra-tions and reference material.
9780435913502 184pp9780435905255 208pp (Expanded version)
No Longerat Ease
Achebe uses the fall of one man, a descendent of the hero in Things Fall Apart, to depict the birth of a whole new age in Nigerian life.
9780435913519 168pp
The Trouble with Nigeria
In this book, Achebe broke the silence at the time of the 1983 Nigerian elections. The style and wit partly cover his deep desperation.
9780435906986 80pp
Chinua AchebeNigeria
13African Writers Series
Labyrinths
Christopher Okigbo Nigeria
This extraordinary and powerful collection of interlinked poems, � rst published in 1971, showcases Okigbo’s rare talent.
9780435905385 240pp9780435152154 (e-book)
The Sterile Sky
E.E. Sule Nigeria
As the gifted young Murtala comes of age in Kano, violent riots and his family’s own woes threaten to erase all that he holds dear...
9780435045753 286pp9780435045753 (e-book)
The Concubine
Elechi Amadi Nigeria
Ihuoma, a young widow, has the admiration of the entire community in which she lives, and especially the hunter, Ekwueme.
9780435905569 216pp
Arrows of Rain
Okey Ndibe Nigeria
When a young woman runs into the sea and drowns, the police investigate the last man to see her alive – Bukuru the vagrant.al.
9780435906573 247pp
The Joys of Motherhood
Buchi Emecheta Nigeria
Nnu Ego devotes her life to her children, but � nds herself friendless and alone in middle age.
9780435913540 254pp
The New Tribe
Buchi Emecheta Nigeria
The story of Chester, a black boy growing up in a white family, searching for his true identitiy.
9780435912048 144pp
e-book available e-book available
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14 African Writers Series
Second Class Citizen
Buchi Emecheta Nigeria
Adah’s fervoured desire to write is pitted against the dual forces of an egotistical husband and an oppressive society.
9780435909918 192pp
Equiano’s Travels
Paul Edwards (Ed.) Nigeria
Equiano’s early life in Ibo country, as a slave in Southern America and his travels as a free man.
9780435906009 190pp
The Imprisonment of Obatala
Obotunde Ijimere Nigeria
A delightful collection of Yoruba verse plays.
9780435900182 124pp
Efuru
Flora Nwapa Nigeria
Flora Nwapa’s � rst novel plants her story � rmly in the world of women. Efuru, beautiful and respected, is loved and deserted by two undistinguished husbands.
9780435900267 288pp
A Squatter’s Tale
Ike Oguine Nigeria
Obi, a young hopeful Nigerian immigrant in America, tells a series of stories within a story of homesickness and living on the fringes of society.
9780435906559 165pp
e-book available in 2015
15African Writers Series
God’s Bits of Wood
Sembene Ousmane Senegal
A classic African novel set during the Dakar-Niger railway strike of 1947-8 as seen through the eyes of the workers.
9780435909598 248pp
So Long a Letter
Mariama Bâ Senegal
An intense novel written in the form of a letter sent to Ramatoulaye, who has recently been widowed.
9780435913526 112pp
Ambiguous Adventure
Cheikh Hamidou Kane Senegal
The adventures of a Senegalese man in France.
9780435901196 240pp
The Grub Hunter
Amir Tag Elsir Sudan
This sharply original novel explores notions on identity and writing with wit and humour.
9780435134808 248pp9780435152178 (e-book)
The Translator
Leila Aboulela Sudan
She is a translator and he a lecturer, Samaar and Rae live in worlds divided by simple facts – religion, and race.
9780435912079 112pp
Season of the Migration to the North
Tayeb Salih Sudan
A beautifully constructed novel set in the Sudan and Europe.
9780435913533 240pp
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16 African Writers Series
In the Fog of the Season’s End
Alex La Guma South Africa
The story of those people who daily risked their lives in the underground movement against apartheid.
9780435909802 192pp
Mine Boy
Peter Abrahams South Africa
First published in 1946, this novel was one of the � rst to bring to light the suffering of black South Africans under a cruel regime.
9780435905620 184pp
I Write What I Like
Steve Biko South Africa
Steve Biko was murdered in his prison cell. He was only 31, but his vision had already transformed South African politics.
9780435905989 160pp
The Enemy Within
Steve Jacobs South Africa
Jewish barrister, Jeremy Spielman takes on the case of a black man accused of murder, the circumstances of which threaten to destroy his fragile faith in the emergent nation.
9780435909987 192pp
No Easy Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela South Africa
From his humble beginnings in rural South Africa, Nelson Mandela’s life is a tale of inspiration and courage. This powerful biography provides an in-depth look at Nelson Mandela who grew up in a rural village in South Africa under racist apartheid rule – a regime he ultimately helped overthrow.
9780435907822 192pp
17African Writers Series
Mindblast
Dambudzo Marechera Zimbabwe
A powerful collection of plays, � ction, poetry and autobiography.
9780435045739 200pp
House of Hunger
Dambudzo Marechera Zimbabwe
These stories deal with the psychological and social alienation of living in exile.
9780435895983 176pp.
Harvest of Thorns
Shimmer Chinodya Zimbabwe
This is a signi� cant novel about Zimbabwe’s past and a predictor of what lies ahead.
9780435905569 216pp
Can We Talk andOther Stories
Shimmer Chinodya Zimbabwe
Youthful desires for prosperity, love and a purpose in life are undermined by experiences of humiliation, compromise and failure to communicate.al.
9780435912055 154pp
Dew in the Morning
Shimmer Chinodya Zimbabwe
A sharply perceived evocation of changing life in rural Zimbabwe during the 1960s and 1970s. This is one of Shimmer Chinodya’s � rst novels.
9780435912062 218pp
The Grass isSinging
Doris Lessing Zimbabwe
A classic story of murder set in Rhodesia. This, Doris Lessing’s � rst novel, received wide acclaim on its original publication in 1950.
9780435901318 256pp
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e-book availableAvailable in 2015
9780435152147 (e-book)
18 African Writers Series
Poems ofBlack Africa
Edited by Wole Soyinka
This collection includes the work of both established and new poets from the four corners of Africa.
978043590174 378pp
ContemporaryAfrican Short Stories
Edited by Chinua Achebe and CL Innes
This anthology displays the variety, talent and scope of contemporary African writing.
9780435905668 196pp
Collections
African Short Stories
Edited by Chinua Achebe and CL Innes
‘Altogether a pleasure to read. The editors have chosen 20 stories by 20 different writers from all over Africa.’
9780435905361 176pp
19African Writers Series
South African Short Stories
Opening Spaces
Edited by Yvonne Vera
An Anthology of Contemporary African Women’s Writing
Winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing 2000.
A provocative collection of short stories from 15 African writers. They act as witnesses to the dramas of private and public life. Their stories challenge contemporary attitudes and behaviour, leaving no room for complacency.
9780435910105 180pp
Edited by Dennis Hirson with Martin Trump
The issue of apartheid pervades this signi� cant anthology of South African short stories.
9780435906726 248pp
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