Collection of love stories from African women, combining the quiet confidence of established and award winning writers with the tentativeness and originality of budding writers from Africa and the African Diaspora. The love theme is aimed at debunking the myth that African women are poor and helpless victims whilst showing their strength, complexity and diversity. The stories deal with a range of challenging themes including taboo subjects such as homosexuality, domestic violence, female circumcision, ageism amongst others to produce a melting pot of narratives from interesting and informed perspectives. Contributors include Sindiwe Magona and Antjie Krog from South Africa, Veronique Tadjo from Cote d'Ivoire, Leila Aboulela from the Sudan, Tess Onwueme, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sarah Manyika, Sefi Atta and Helen Oyeyemi from Nigeria, Amma Darko and Yaba Badoe from Ghana, Wangui wa Goro from Kenya, and Doreen Baingana from Uganda. 249pp, UK. AYEBIA.

2006 0954702360 Paperback

The sixth anthology of Caine Prize short stories. Includes the winning 2005 Caine Prize story, 'Monday Morning' by Nigerian Segun Afolabi, and four other stories shortlisted for the award: 'Tropical Fish' by Doreen Baingana of Uganda; 'Tindi in the Land of the Dead' by Ike Okonto of Nigeria; 'The Obituary Tango' by Jamal Mahjoub of Sudan and Jail Birds by South African Mutual Naidoo. This anthology also contains stories written at the Celtel Caine Prize Writers' Workshop held near Naivasha in Kenya earlier this year.204pp, UK, NEW INTERNATIONALIST.

Presents stories by the 26 finalists for the HSBC/SA PEN Literary Award 2005. 205pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SPEARHEAD.

2005 0864865805 Paperback

A collection of short stories evoking themes of good and evil, purity and contamination, desire and religion. Titles of the stories include Jungfrau, Jessica Without Detail, House Call, Beesting and Endpiece. 151pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS, 0795701810

2004 Paperback

Contains the 2006 Caine Prize for African Writing winning story 'Jungfrau'.

2005 1770091459 Paperback

A collection of short stories set in post Idi Amin Uganda, and linked by the heroines' relationships as sisters. Winner of the AWP Award Series in Short Fiction. 'Hunger' was shortlisted for the 2004 Caine Prize and 'Tropical Fish' is on the Caine Prize 2005 short list. 147pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS.

A collection of stories by contemporary Zimbabwean writers, including Yvonne Vera, Charles Mungoshi, Alexander Kanengoni, Rory Kilalea, Shimmer Chinodya and Nevanji Madanhire among many others. Gloss, 254pp, ZIMBABWE

2003 Paperback

ALSO INCLUDES THE STORY SEVENTH STREET ALCHEMY BY BRIAN CHIKWAVA, THE WINNER OF THE 2004 CAINE PRIZE

The shortlisted stories for the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing. Also includes the winning story, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor's Weight of Whispers and stories from the African Writers' Workshop 2003. Authors represented include Ken Barris, George Makana Clark, Emmanuel Dongala, Rachelle Greeff, Veronique Tadjo, Bernard Tabaire, Stanley Gazemba, Parselelo Kantai, and Carol Fofo. 301pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA, 1770090274

2004 Paperback

The third collection of short stories by the winning and short listed authors of the Caine Prize. This volume brings together the best submitted work of 2002 and stories written by participants at the first African Writers' Workshop held in Cape Town in March 2003. Most of the stories have not been published before. 240pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA EDUCATION, 1919931554

Contains the winning and short-listed entries for the 2000 Caine Prize. BNS, 184pp, SOUTH AFRICA. MAIL & GUARDIAN BOOKS, 0958434042

2001 paperback

Now available in paperback. Tells the story of a young journalist who decides to speak out against the military regime in Nigeria after it begins to affect his friends and family. Winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. ix, 228pp, UK. PENGUIN, 0141010061