African Violet and Other Stories

Dennis Abrahams writes a wonderful review on African Violet and Other Stories on Publishing Perspectives. This new anthology includes the five short stories shortlisted for the 2012 Caine Prize (often called the Booker of Africa — it’s given for the best original short story by an African author), as well as an additional ten stories from The Caine Prize African Writers’ Workshop written by authors from across the continent, it gives readers worldwide a taste of the diversity and talent coming out of Africa today.

The book is being published in six countries simultaneously by Sub-Saharan Publishers (Ghana), FEMRITE (Uganda), Bookworld Publishers (Zambia), Internationalist (UK), Jacana (South Africa), Cassava Republic (Nigeria), and Kwani? (Kenya). Read the full review on www.publishingperspectives.com