African Love Stories: An Anthology

by Helen Oyeyemi and Leila Aboulela

This radical collection of short stories is a double award-winning book aimed at debunking the myth about African women as impoverished victims. The stories deal with challenging themes representing some of the most complex love stories ever published from Africa, ranging from labour pains to burials, teenagers to octogenarians, race-fraught and same-sex relationships, the human heart is out there, bold bleeding and occasionally triumphant. Crafted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0954702360
• ISBN13: 9780954702366
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Ayebia Clarke Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"