Collection of 26 poems by post-independence Mozambican writers, including such recognised figures as Mia Couto and Jorge Rebelo, in their first English translations. Includes original Portuguese versions. 50pp, UK. HEAVENTREE.

Recipient of the Grand Prize for Mozambican Literature in 1990, the Jos Craveirinha Prize and author of 'Ualalapi' (Caminho, 1990), voted as one of the best 100 African books of the 20th century, Ba Kha Khosa occupies a significant place in contemporary African literature. This useful companion volume to his work includes criticism, interviews and translated excerpts of his entire literary corpus to date, ensuring that this important writer finds his due place among the Anglophone and Francophone African writers of his time. 470pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

A collection of short stories set in Mozambique reflecting the legacy of Portuguese rule and the recent civil war. 185pp., UK. HEINEMANN AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES.

A collection of short stories set in Mozambique reflecting the legacy of Portuguese rule and the recent civil war. 185pp. IN PORTUGUESE. CAMINHO DIVULGACAO.

2001 9722100718 Paperback

Third in the Sofia trilogy. Sofia lives in a village in Mozambique and is expecting her third child. Her beloved Armando works in the city and comes home on Saturdays. Life is hard, but things become much worse when, one weekend, Armando does not return. With the new baby on her back, Sofia makes her way to town, but when she discovers what Armando is doing, the very foundation of her being is shaken. Her determination to keep her own life together propels Armando into acts of desperation. Translated from the Swedish by Anna Paterson. 240pp, UK. ALLEN & UNWIN.

A collection from one of Mozambique's leading poets. 159pp, MOZAMBIQUE.

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In a witty and playful novel, Mia Couto provides a subtle look at emergent nationhood as it wrestles with the consequences of colonialism. 179pp, UK. SERPENT'S TAIL.

These stories travel between three continents, often via London where the writer spent his teenage years. London is a 1950s world of racism; the 1960s a time of political idealism, with models of black independence tested in Ghana, Nigeria and Mozambique. Markham's stories meander in comic, self-deprecating fashion between tales of all these people and all these places to create an audacious world of their own. 246pp. UK. TINDAL STREET PRESS.

The first work in English to discuss the participation of women writers in the narrative construction of Mozambican nationhood over the last half-century. Covering the rise of anti-colonial nationalism in the 1950s, the advent of the Marxist-Leninist Republic in the 1970s, the war that followed independence in the 1980s, and the transition to democracy and the neo-liberal economy in the 1990s, the volume focuses on four representative women writers: Noemia de Sousa's poetry, Lina Magaia's testimonial writings, Lilia Momple's short fiction, and Paulina Chiziane's novels. A close reading of the ways in which women have narrated and counter-narrated Mozambican nationhood to take account of the gendered power relations that traditionally underpin national community as imagined by men. Index, bib, notes, 274pp, USA. BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS.

New edition. On the eve of the Muslim festival of Eid, Narguiss, who 'never wanted anything to do with politics', is more preoccupied with family problems than with the radio news of kidnappings and murders. Nearby, Leia, Januário and their young daughter are caught up in the pleasure and security of finally finding a flat of their own, while Mena, who was once the beauty of her village, overhears her husband plotting murder. Before dawn, these innocent people seeking to lead peaceful lives are thrown together in a vicious conspiracy to infiltrate and destabilise Mozambique. 130pp, UK. PENGUIN BOOKS.

Set in three households in Maputo, Neighbours tells the story of how a vicious South African conspiracy to infiltrate and destabilise Mozambique creates a tragedy for ordinary people. Skilfully weaving together present events and past memories, Mompl gives us, in the drama of a few short hours, an insight into the consequences of Mozambique's painful history. 134pp, UK. Heinemann African Writers Series,.

Set in the nightmarish landscape of the traumatized city of Maputo, capital of Mozambique, this novel unfolds over 15 days in the Christmas of 1984. On a desperate quest to find his lost lover in the city, the narrator becomes a guest in the household of Ranier, a highly eccentric mixed race man whose psychic powers are startlingly revealed in his extraordinary healing of a dying soldier. Repelled at first by Ranier's physical presence and bizarre behaviour, the narrator eventually succumbs to his charisma and colludes in Ranier's elaborate devising of his own suicide. 366pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP/NEW AFRICA BOOKS.

Set in Mozambique, this moving novel tells the story of Sofia who faces her sister's struggle with AIDS and her own disability after stepping on a landmine. Sequel to Secrets in the Fire. Translated from Swedish by Anna Peterson. 236pp, UK. ALLEN & UNWIN.

A study of the work of Mozambique's leading contemporary author, Mia Couto, looking at issues of national identity and postmodernity. BNS, 216pp, USA. BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Mariano, who has lived in the city from an early age, is summoned back to his village to attend his grandfather's funeral. But, when he arrives, he discovers two things: firstly, that he has been nominated by his grandfather to take over the running of the family affairs, secondly that his grandfather has not died completely, but is in that frontier space between life and death. In traditional belief, he has died 'badly', and something must happen in order for him to be laid to rest. Mariano starts to receive letters supposedly written by his grandfather, telling him about the family. It is through this strange relationship that he discovers the secret of his own birth, while also cleansing his grandfather's conscience. Translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw. 231pp, UK. SERPENT'S TAIL.

Based on the true story of a girl living in war torn Mozambique and her struggle to survive and come to terms with her disability. Translated from Swedish by Anne Connie Stuksrud. 166pp, SWEDEN. RAGGED BEARS.

Set in the context of the anti-colonial war this is the acclaimed debut novel from the Mozambican writer. Originally published in 1992. Voted one of the 12 best African books of the Twentieth Century. Translated by David Brookshaw. 256pp, UK. SERPENT'S TAIL.

2006 185242897X Paperback

Mozambique, after many years of war, first for their independence against the Portuguese and then against each other during the civil war, was left a desolate wasteland; with little or no infrastructure and a starving population. Trains seldom ran, the tracks had been sabotaged and the probability of enemy attacks was very real. Yet on a misty morning in the town of Nampula, in northern Mozambique, a convoy of three trains, loaded with supplies, three garrisons of soldiers and over 600 passengers left relative safety, destined for Cuamba, a town 341kilometers to the west, bordering Malawi. Translated from the Portuguese by Mugama Matolo. 160pp, SOUTH AFRICA. 30' SOUTH.

New paperback edition. Set in Mozambique this novel blends historical truth, individual dreams and earthy humour, and bridges the human and spirit worlds. Commended by Doris Lessing who describes the English version as 'an original and fresh tale quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa'.160pp, UK. SERPENT'S TAIL.

Set largely in Lourenço Marques, as the capital of Mozambique was known before it achieved independence from its colonial masters in Portugal, this is a novel very much about divisions between mother and daughter, husband and wife, black and white, Africa and Portugal, the haves and the havenots and about what it means to be an immigrant, always torn between home and homeland. Gita loves Mozambique, while her mother, Amélia, who came from Portugal in search of a better life, longs to be part of the wealthy Portuguese élite who take tea in expensive hotels and attend garden parties. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. 204pp, UK. DEDALUS LTD.