Twenty-five years ago, Margaret Busby’s Daughters of Africa was published to international acclaim and hailed as “an extraordinary body of achievement . . . a vital document of lost history” (Sunday Times) and “the ultimate reference guide” (Washington Post). New Daughters of Africa continues that tradition for a new generation. This magnificent follow-up to the original landmark anthology brings together fresh and vibrant voices that have emerged from across the globe in the past two decades, from Antigua to Zimbabwe and Angola to the United States. Key figures, including Margo Jefferson, Nawal El Saadawi, Edwidge Danticat, and Zadie Smith, join popular contemporaries such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Imbolo Mbue, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Taiye Selasi, and Chinelo Okparanta in celebrating the heritage that unites them. Each of the pieces in this remarkable collection demonstrates an uplifting sense of sisterhood, honors the strong links that endure from generation to generation, and addresses the common obstacles female writers of color face as they negotiate issues of race, gender, and class and address vital matters of independence, freedom, and oppression. A glorious portrayal of the richness, magnitude, and range of these visionary writers, New Daughters of Africa spans a range of genres—autobiography, memoir, oral history, letters, diaries, short stories, novels, poetry, drama, humor, politics, journalism, essays, and speeches—demonstrating the diversity and extraordinary literary achievements of black women who remain underrepresented, and whose contributions continue to be underrated in world culture today. Includes the works of these authors (in alphabetical order): Diane Abbott -- Yassmin Abdel-Magied -- Leila Aboulela -- Ayòòbámi Adébyòò -- Sade Adeniran -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Zoe Adjonyoh -- Patience Agbabi -- Agnès Agboton -- Candace Allen -- Lisa Allen-Agostini -- Ellah Wakatama Allfrey -- Andaiye -- Harriet Anena -- Joan Anim-Addo -- Monica Arac de Nyeko -- Yemisi Aribisala -- Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro -- Amma Asante -- Michelle Asantewa -- Nana Asma'u -- Ayesha Harruna Attah -- Gabeba Baderoon -- Yaba Badoe -- Yvonne Bailey-Smith -- Doreen Baingana -- Ellen Banda-Aaku -- Angela Barry -- Mildred K. Barya -- Jackee Budesta Batanda -- Simi Bedford -- Linda Bellos -- Jay Bernard -- Marion Bethel -- Ama Biney -- Jacqueline Bishop -- Malorie Blackman -- Tanella Boni -- Malika Booker -- Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond -- Beverley Bryan -- Akosua Busia -- Candice Carty-Williams -- Rutendo Chabikwa -- Barbara Chase-Riboud -- Panashe Chigumadzi -- Gabrielle Civil -- Maxine Beneba Clarke -- Angela Cobbinah -- Carolyn Cooper -- Juanita Cox -- Meta Davis Cumberbatch -- Patricia Cumper -- Stella Dadzie -- Yrsa Daley-Ward -- Nana-Ama Danquah -- Edwidge Danticat -- Nadia Davids -- Tjawangwa Dema -- Yvonne Denis Rosario -- Anni Domingo -- Nah Dove -- Edwige Renée Dro -- Camille T. Dungy -- Anaïs Duplan -- Reni Eddo-Lodge -- Aida Edemariam -- Esi Edugyan -- Summer Edward -- Yvvette Edwards -- Zena Edwards -- Safia Elhillo -- Zetta Elliott -- Nawal El Saadawi -- Diana Evans -- Bernardine Evaristo -- Eve L. Ewing -- Deise Faria Nunes -- Diana Ferrus -- Nikky Finney -- Aminatta Forna -- Ifeona Fulani -- Vangile Gantsho -- Roxane Gay -- Danielle Legros Georges -- Patricia Glinton-Meicholas -- Hawa Jande Golakai -- Wangui wa Goro -- Bonnie Greer -- Jane Ulysses Grell -- Rachel Eliza Griffiths -- Carmen Harris -- zakia henderson-brown -- Joanne C. Hillhouse -- Afua Hirsch -- Zita Holbourne -- Nalo Hopkinson -- Rashidah Ismaili -- Naomi Jackson -- Sandra Jackson-Opoku -- Delia Jarrett-Macauley -- Margo Jefferson -- Barbara Jenkins -- Catherine Johnson -- Ethel Irene Kabwato -- Elizabeth Keckley -- Fatimah Kelleher -- Donika Kelly -- Adrienne Kennedy -- Susan Nalugwa Kiguli -- Rosamond S. King -- Donu Kogbara -- Lauri Kubuitsile -- Goretti Kyomuhendo -- Beatrice Lamwaka -- Patrice Lawrence -- Andrea Levy -- Lesley Lokko -- Karen Lord -- Karen McCarthy Woolf -- Ashley Makue -- Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi -- Reneilwe Malatji -- Sarah Ládípòò Manyika -- Ros Martin -- Lebogang Mashile -- Isabella Matambanadzo -- NomaVenda Mathiane -- Imbolo Mbue -- Maaza Mengiste -- Arthenia Bates Millican -- Bridget Minamore -- Nadifa Mohamed -- Natalia Molebatsi -- Wame Molefhe -- Aja Monet -- Sisonke Msimang -- Blessing Musariri -- Glaydah Namukasa -- Marie NDiaye -- Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi -- Wanjiku wa Ngugi -- Ketty Nivyabandi -- Elizabeth Nunez -- Selina Nwulu -- Trifonia Melibea Obono -- Nana Oforiatta Ayim -- Irenosen Okojie -- Nnedi Okorafor -- Juliane Okot Bitek -- Chinelo Okparanta -- Yewande Omotoso -- Makena Onjerika -- Chibundu Onuzo -- Tess Onwueme -- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor -- Louisa Adjoa Parker -- Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida -- Alake Pilgrim -- Winsome Pinnock -- Hannah Azieb Pool -- Olúmìdé Pópóòolá -- Claudia Rankine -- H. Cordelia Ray -- Sarah Parker Remond -- Florida Ruffin Ridley -- Zandria F. Robinson -- Zuleica Romay Guerra -- Andrea Rosario-Gborie -- Leone Ross -- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin -- Minna Salami -- Marina Salandy-Brown -- Sapphire -- Noo Saro-Wiwa -- Taiye Selasi -- Namwali Serpell -- Kadija Sesay -- Claire Shepherd -- Verene A. Shepherd -- Warsan Shire -- Lola Shoneyin -- Dorothea Smartt -- Zadie Smith -- Adeola Solanke -- Celia Sorhaindo -- Attillah Springer -- Andrea Stuart -- SuAndi -- Valerie Joan Tagwira -- Jennifer Teege -- Jean Thévenet -- Natasha Trethewey -- Novuyo Rosa Tshuma -- Hilda J. Twongyeirwe -- Chika Unigwe -- Yvonne Vera -- Phillippa Yaa de Villiers -- Kit de Waal -- Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw -- Effie Waller Smith -- Rebecca Walker -- Ayeta Anne Wangusa -- Zukiswa Wanner -- Jesmyn Ward -- Verna Allette Wilkins -- Charlotte Williams -- Sue Woodford-Hollick -- Makhosazana Xaba -- Tiphanie Yanique.

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Introduction --Pre-1900. From "Lamentation for 'Aysha II" / Nana Asma'u -- Why slavery is still rampant / Sarah Parker Remond -- The Negro race in America / Sarah Parker Remond -- Where I was born / Elizabeth Keckley -- Address to the first national conference of colored women, 1895 / Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin -- Toussaint l'ouverture / H. Cordelia Ray -- To my mother / H. Cordelia Ray -- Our manners- are they bad? / Florida Ruffin Ridley -- Protest against lynch law / Florida Ruffin Ridley -- The "bachelor girl" / Effie Waller Smith -- The Cuban cause / Effie Waller Smith -- 1900s. A child of nature (Negro of the Caribbean) / Meta Davis Cumberbatch -- 1920s. The autobiography of an idea / Arthenia Bates Millican -- 1930s. Ode to my grandfather at the Somme 1918 / Barbara Chase-Riboud -- About me in Africa- Politics and religion in my childhood / Nawal El Saadawi -- Forget / Adrienne Kennedy -- 1940s. Audre, there's rosemary, that's for remembrance / Andaiye -- Ashes, she says / Joan Anim-Addo -- From Yoruba girl dancing / Simi Bedford -- Race and sex: Growing up in the UK / Nah Dove -- Till / Bonnie Greer -- Whatever happened to Michael? / Jane Ulysses Grell -- Queen of the ocean rose / Jane Ulysses Grell -- Dancing at midnight / Rashidah Ismaili -- My monster / Margo Jefferson -- A perfect stranger / Barbara Jenkins -- Passing on the baton / NomaVenda Mathiane -- Discovering my mother, from Not for everyday use / Elizabeth Nunez -- A memory evoked / Verna Allette Wilkins -- Who I was then, and who I am now / Sue Woodford-Hollick