ALT 31 Writing Africa in the Short Story: African Literature Today (EPDF) von Ernest N. Emenyonu

The success of the Caine Prize for African Writing and the growth of online publishing have played key roles in putting the short story in its rightful place within the study and criticism of African literature.

Editorial Article - Ernest N. Emenyonu
'Real Africa'/'Which Africa?': the Critique of Mimetic Realism in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Short Fiction - Eve Eisenberg
Writing Apartheid: Miriam Tlali'sSoweto Stories - Mary Jane Androne
Articulations of Home & Muslim Identity in the Short Stories of Leila Aboulela - Lindsey Zanchettin
Ugandan Women in Contest with Reality: Mary K. Okurutu's A Woman's Voice & the Women's Future - Iniobong I. Uko
Snapshots of the Botswana Nation: Bessie Head'sThe Collector of Treasures & other Botswana Village Tales as a National Project - Louisa Uchum Egbunike
Widowhood: Institutionalized Dead Weight to Personal Identity & Dignity: A Reading of Ifeoma Okoye'sThe Trial & Other Stories - Regina Okafor
Feminist Censure of Marriage in Islamic Societies: A Thematic Analysis of Alifa Rifaat's Short Stories - Juliana Daniels
Diaspora Identities in Short Fiction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Sefi Atta - Rose A. Sackeyfio
Exposition of Apartheid South African Violence & Injustice in Alex la Guma's Short Stories - Blessing Diala-Ogamba
Locating a Genre: Is Zimbabwe a Short Story Country? - Tinashe Mushakavanhu
Mohammed Dib's Short Stories on the Memory of Algeria - Imene Moulati
Ama Ata Aidoo's Short Stories: Empowering the African Girl Child - Hellen Roselyne L. Shigali
Interview with Ama Ata Aidoo - Maureen N. Eke and Vincent O. Odamtten
Reviews - James Gibbs