NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work Nominee
The companion to
the classic anthology Daughters of Africa—a major international
collection that brings together the work of more than 200 women
writers of African descent, celebrating their artistry and showcasing
their contributions to modern literature and international culture.
Contributors include:
Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie • Yrsa Daley Ward
• Edwidge Danticat • Phillippa
Yrsa De Villiers • Esi Edugyan • Eve Ewing • Nikki Finney •
Roxane Gay
• Margo Jefferson • Barbara Jenkins • Imbolo Mbue
• Nnedi Okorafor • Chinelo Okparanta • Minna Salami • Zadie
Smith • and more!
Twenty-five years
ago, Margaret Busby’s Daughters of Africa was published to
international acclaim and hailed as “an extraordinary body of
achievement . . . a vital document of lost history” (Sunday Times)
and “the ultimate reference guide” (Washington Post). New
Daughters of Africa continues that tradition for a new generation.
This magnificent
follow-up to the original landmark anthology brings together fresh
and vibrant voices that have emerged from across the globe in the
past two decades, from Antigua to Zimbabwe and Angola to the United
States. Key figures, including Margo Jefferson, Nawal El Saadawi,
Edwidge Danticat, and Zadie Smith, join popular contemporaries such
as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Imbolo Mbue, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Taiye
Selasi, and Chinelo Okparanta in celebrating the heritage that unites
them. Each of the pieces in this remarkable collection demonstrates
an uplifting sense of sisterhood, honors the strong links that endure
from generation to generation, and addresses the common obstacles
female writers of color face as they negotiate issues of race,
gender, and class and address vital matters of independence, freedom,
and oppression.
A glorious portrayal
of the richness, magnitude, and range of these visionary writers, New
Daughters of Africa spans a range of genres—autobiography, memoir,
oral history, letters, diaries, short stories, novels, poetry, drama,
humor, politics, journalism, essays, and speeches—demonstrating the
diversity and extraordinary literary achievements of black women who
remain underrepresented, and whose contributions continue to be
underrated in world culture today.
