African Stories

(Author) Ben Okri
Format: Hardcover
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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 a pantheon of greats from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including Chinua Achebe, Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer, J. M. Coetzee, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie and many more.

Information
Publisher:
Everyman
Format:
Hardcover
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781841596372
Publish year:
2025
Publish date:
March 6, 2025

Ben Okri

Ben Okri is a Nigerian-born writer known for his novel "The Famished Road," which won the Booker Prize in 1991. His writing style is characterized by magical realism and vivid imagery, drawing on African folklore and spirituality. Okri's work explores themes of identity, spirituality, and the power of storytelling.

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