A glorious portrayal of the richness and range of the singular and combined accomplishments of more than 200 contributors, New Daughters of Africa showcases their global sweep, diversity and achievements while also testifying to a wealth of genres: autobiography, memoir, letters, short stories, novels, poetry, drama, humour, journalism, essays and speeches.
Twenty-five years ago, Margaret Busby’s historical Daughters of Africa was published to international acclaim and hailed as "a landmark anthology" (Lorna Sage), "an extraordinary body of achievement... a vital document of lost history" (The Sunday Times), and ‘the ultimate reference guide’ (The Washington Post).
This companion volume brings together the words of writers from across the globe—Antigua to Zimbabwe, Angola to the USA—to honour a unifying heritage while showing the remarkable range of creativity from the African diaspora. Arranged chronologically, New Daughters of Africa illustrates an uplifting sense of sisterhood and the links that endure from generation to generation, as well as common obstacles writers still negotiate around issues of race, gender and class.
Diane Abbott (UK)
Yassmin Abdel-Magied (Australia)
Leila Aboulela (Sudan)
Ayobami Adebayo (Nigeria)
Sade Adeniran (Nigeria)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)
Zoe Adjonyoh (UK/Ghana)
Patience Agbabi (UK)
Agnès Agboton (Benin)
Candace Allen (USA)
Lisa Allen-Agostini (Trinidad)
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey (Zimbabwe/UK)
Andaiye (Guyana)
Harriet Anena (Uganda)
Joan Anim-Addo (UK/Grenada)
Monica Arac de Nyeko (Uganda)
Yemisi Aribisala (Nigeria)
Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Puerto Rico)
Amma Asante (UK/Ghana)
Michelle Yaa Asantewa (Guyana/UK)
Sefi Atta (Nigeria)
Ayesha Harruna Attah (Ghana)
Gabeba Baderoon (South Africa)
Yaba Badoe (Ghana/UK)
Yvonne Bailey-Smith (UK)
Doreen Baingana (Uganda)
Ellen Banda-Aaku (UK/Zambia)
Angela Barry (Bermuda)
Mildred Barya (Uganda)
Simi Bedford (Nigeria/UK)
Linda Bellos (UK)
Jay Bernard (UK)
Marion Bethel (Bahamas)
Ama Biney (Ghana/UK)
Jacqueline Bishop (Jamaica/USA)
Malorie Blackman (UK)
Tanella Boni (Ivory Coast)
Malika Booker (UK)
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (US/Ghana)
Beverly Bryan (Jamaica)
Jackee Budesta Batanda (Uganda)
Akosua Busia (Ghana)
Candice Carty-Williams (UK)
Barbara Chase-Riboud (US)
Panashe Chigumadzi (Zimbabwe)
Gabrielle Civil (USA)
Maxine Beneba Clarke (Australia)
Angela Cobbinah (UK)
Carolyn Cooper (Jamaica)
Juanita Cox (Guyana)
Meta Davis Cumberbatch (Trinidad & Tobago)
Patricia Cumper (Jamaica/UK)
Stella Dadzie (UK/Ghana)
Yrsa Daley-Ward (UK)
Nana-Ama Danquah (Ghana/USA)
Edwidge Danticat (Haiti)
Nadia Davids (South Africa)
Tjawangwa Dema (Botswana)
Yvonne Denis (Puerto Rico)
Nah Dove (UK/Ghana)
Edwige Renée Dro (Ivory Coast)
Camille Dungy (USA)
Anaïs Duplan (USA)
Reni Eddo-Lodge (UK)
Aida Edemariam (Canada/Ethiopia)
Esi Edugyan (Canada)
Summer Edward (Trinidad)
Yvvette Edwards (UK)
Zena Edwards (UK)
Safia Elhillo (Sudan/US)
Zetta Elliott (Canada/USA)
Nawal El Sadaawi (Egypt)
Diana Evans (UK/Nigeria)
Bernardine Evaristo (UK)
Eve Ewing (USA)
Diana Ferrus (South Africa)
Nikky Finney (USA)
Aminatta Forna (Scotland/Sierra Leone)
Ifeona Fulani (Jamaica)
Vangile Gantsho (South Africa)
Roxane Gay (USA)
Danielle Legros Georges (Haiti/USA)
Patricia Glinton-Meicholas (Bahamas)
Hawa Jande Golakai (Liberia)
Wangui wa Goro (Kenya)
Bonnie Greer (USA/UK)
Jane Grell (Dominica)
Rachel Eliza Griffiths (USA)
Carmen Harris (UK/Jamaica)
Zakia Henderson-Brown (US)
Joanne C. Hillhouse (Antigua & Barbuda)
Afua Hirsch (UK/Ghana)
Zita Holbourne (UK)
Nalo Hopkinson (USA)
Rashidah Ismaili (USA/Benin)
Naomi Jackson (US)
Sandra Jackson-Opoku (US)
Delia Jarrett-Macauley (UK/Sierra Leone)
Margo Jefferson (USA)
Barbara Jenkins (Trinidad)
Catherine Johnson (UK)
Ethel Irene Kabwato (Zimbabwe)
Elizabeth Keckley (US)
Donika Kelly (USA)
Fatimah Kelleher (UK)
Adrienne Kennedy (USA)
Susan Kiguli (Uganda)
Rosamund King (USA)
Donu Kogbara (Nigeria)
Lauri Kubuitsile (Botswana)
Goretti Kyomuhendo (Uganda)
Beatrice Lamwaka (Uganda)
Patrice Lawrence (UK)
Andrea Levy (UK/Jamaica)
Lesley Lokko (Ghana/Scotland)
Karen Lord (Barbados)
Reneilwe Malatji (South Africa)
Ashley Makue (South Africa)
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Uganda)
Sarah Ladipo Manyika (Nigeria)
Ros Martin (UK)
Lebogang Mashile (South Africa)
Isabella Matambanadzo (Zimbabwe)
Nomavenda Mathiane (South Africa)
Imbolo Mbue (Cameroon)
Karen McCarthy-Woolf (UK/Jamaica)
Maaza Mengiste (Ethiopia/USA)
Bridget Minamore (UK)
Nadifa Mohamed (UK/Somalia)
Natalia Molebatsi (South Africa)
Wame Molefhe (Botswana)
Aja Monet (USA)
Sisonke Msimang (South Africa)
Blessing Musariri (Zimbabwe)
Glaydah Namukasa (Uganda)
Marie Ndiaye (France)
Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi (Cameroon)
Wanjiku wa Ngugi (Kenya/USA)
Ketty Nivyabandi (Burundi)
Deise Nunes (Norway/Brazil)
Elizabeth Nunez (US/Trinidad)
Selina Nwulu (UK)
Trifonia Melibea Obono (Equatorial Guinea)
Nana Oforiatta-Ayim (Ghana)
Irenosen Okojie(Nigeria/UK)
Nnedi Okorafor (Nigeria/USA)
Juliane Okot Bitek (Uganda)
Chinelo Okparanta (Nigeria/USA)
Yewande Omotoso (Barbados/Nigeria)
Makena Onjerika (Kenya)
Chibundu Onuzo (Nigeria)
Osonye Tess Onwueme (Nigeria)
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (Kenya)
Louisa Adjoa Parker (UK/Ghana)
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida (Portugal)
Alake Pilgrim (Trinidad)
Winsome Pinnock (UK)
Hannah Azieb Pool (UK/Eritrea)
Olumide Popoola (Nigeria/Germany)
Claudia Rankine (US)
Sarah Parker Remond (US)
Zandria F. Robinson (USA)
Zuleica Romay Guerra (Cuba)
Yvonne Denis Rosario (Puerto Rico)
Andrea Rosario-Gborie (US/France)
Leone Ross (UK)
Minna Salami (Nigeria/Finland)
Marina Salandy-Brown (Trinidad)
Sapphire (USA)
Noo Saro-Wiwa (UK/Nigeria)
Taiye Selasi (Ghana/Nigeria)
Namwali Serpell (Zambia)
Kadija Sesay (UK)
Claire Shepherd (St Vincent & Grenadines)
Verene Shepherd (Jamaica)
Warsan Shire (UK/Somalia)
Lola Shoneyin (Nigeria)
Dorothea Smartt (UK/Barbados)
Zadie Smith (UK)
Adeola Solanke (UK/Nigeria)
Celia Sorhaindo (Dominica)
Attillah Springer (Trinidad)
Andrea Stuart (Barbados/UK)
SuAndi (Susan Marie Andi) (UK)
Valerie Joan Tagwira (Zimbabwe)
Jennifer Teege (Germany)
Jean Thévenet (Kenya/France)
Natasha Trethewey (US)
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (Zimbabwe/US)
Hilda Twongyeirwe (Uganda)
Chika Unigwe (Nigeria)
Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe)
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (South Africa/Ghana)
Kit de Waal (UK)
Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (Trinidad)
Rebecca Walker (US)
Ayeta Anne Wangusa (Uganda)
Zukiswa Wanner (South Africa)
Jesmyn Ward (US)
Verna Wilkins (Grenada/UK)
Charlotte Williams (Wales/Guyana)
Sue Woodford-Hollick (UK/Trinidad)
Makhosazana Xaba (South Africa)
Tiphanie Yanique (US Virgin Islands)
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