African Stories by Ben Okri - ISBN: 9781841596372
Hardcover
Africa’s best stories, curated by Ben Okri: past meets present.

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  • Hardcover

    560 pages

  • Release Date

    3 June 2025

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Summary

A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of stories of Africa from centuries past to the present, selected by the Booker Prize-winning Nigerian novelist Ben Okri.

Award-winning writer Ben Okri, author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Famished Road, curates this one-volume overview of classic stories of Africa, past and present. This collection includes stories by contemporary voices like Jamal Mahjoub and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie along with a pantheon of greats from the twe…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781841596372
ISBN-10:184159637X
Author:Ben Okri
Publisher:Everyman
Imprint:Everyman's Library
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:560
Release Date:3 June 2025
Weight:548g
Dimensions:190mm x 130mm x 35mm
Series:Everyman's Library POCKET CLASSICS
About The Author

Ben Okri

Ben Okri has published 8 novels, including The Famished Road, as well as collections of poetry, short stories and essays. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has been awarded the OBE as well as numerous international prizes, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Africa, the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction and the Chianti Rufino-Antico Fattore. He is a Vice-President of the English Centre of International PEN and was presented with a Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. He was born in Nigeria and lives in London.

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