Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife. Modern fable of pride going before a fall when two sisters, one spiteful, one considerate, vie to be the young king's bride.

Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. She lives with her whole family in a wonderful house. There is always somebody to laugh or play with. She loves to splash in the sea with her cousins and have parties with her aunties. But more than anything else in the world, Anna Hibiscus would love to see snow.

Marrying the seemingly delicate Lady Edwina Delbraith, Declan Frobisher discovers that his new bride is unconventional and strong-willed after she accompanies him on a secret mission that leads them to unexpected enemies--and love.

Explains some traditions and customs of 26 African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.

"There is passion here, a piercing accuracy, a rare sensitivity and power. . . . One can only marvel." — New York Times

Set in Southern Rhodesia under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is at once a riveting chronicle of human disintegration, a beautifully understated social critique, and a brilliant depiction of the quiet horror of one woman's struggle against a ruthless fate.

Mary Turner

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Hamad, a young Bedouin boy, raises Sougha, a Saluki hound, from puppyhood, and they have many adventures together in the Arabian desert.

In African Rhapsody, esteemed scholar and critic Nadežda Obradović has assembled twenty-five stories by the best emerging and award-winning contemporary African writers. As distinct and complex as the nations the writers come from, these stories illuminate the realities, the hardships and brief respites, of contemporary African life. The publication of many authors for the first time in the United States and the inclusion of female voices distinguish...