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    Under African Skies: Modern African Stories
    Under African Skies: Modern African Stories
    Under African Skies: Modern African Stories
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    Under African Skies: Modern African Stories

    By Charles Larson

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    Spanning a wide geographical range, this collection features many of the now prominent first generation of African writers and draws attention to a new generation of writers. Powerful, intriguing and essentially non-Western, these stories will be welcome by an audience truly ready for multicultural voices.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateApr 1, 2011
    ISBN9781429952545
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