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Portuguese African Literature
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by Mia Couto
Translated by David Brookshaw
Original title: Vozes anitecidas
These two collections of stories from Mozambique are set mainly in the post-independence period, some of them reflecting directly the war which assailed the country between 1978 and 1991. While a few of the stories focus on city life, (more...) |
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by Jose Luandino Vieira
Translated by D Hill
Three stories make up Luuanda, ‘Grandma Xíxi and her grandson Zeca Santos’, ‘The tale of the thief and the parrot’ and ‘The tale of the hen and the egg’. (more...) |
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by Mayombe Pepetela
Translated by Michael Wolfers
Original title: Mayombe
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by Mia Couto
Translated by David Brookshaw
Original title: Cada homem é uma raça + Cronicando
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by Lina Magaia
Translated by Michael Wolfers
Original title: Dumba Nengue. Histórias trágicas do banditismo
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by Jose Luandino Viera
Translated by Michael Wolfers
This novel of the struggle for Angolan independence, written in 1961, was not published in Portugual until after the revolution of 1974. It could, on the face of it, be simply a grim piece of socialist realism — Domingos Xavier is a tractor driver, (more...) |
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by Uanhenga Xitu
Translated by Annella McDermott
Original title: Discursos de ’Mestre’ Tamoda
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