African Fiction
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
In his debut novel, Chinua Achebe challenges our written perspective of history and portrays the devastating influence of colonization in late 19th century Nigeria. Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political and religious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. The story follows Okonkwo, a man known for his fierce heart and physical strength, as he navigates his personal demons and his...
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Anthills Of the Savannah
by Chinua Achebe
Anthills of the Savannah is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. A finalist for the 1987 Booker Prize for Fiction, it has been described as the "most important novel to come out of Africa in the [1980s]."
African Fiction Books & Ephemera
Things Fall Apart : And Related Readings
by Chinua Achebe
Great Source Education Group, Incorporated, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$5.99
The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Tutuola, A
ISBN: 9780571311538
Publisher: Faber & Faber 2014
136 pages
Soft cover
This classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination',... Read more about this item
Publisher: Faber & Faber 2014
136 pages
Soft cover
This classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination',... Read more about this item
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$11.77
Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, Chinua
Doubleday Can Titles, 2009. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$8.14
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, 2014. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.02
EAST AFRICAN WHY? STORIES.
by Ogot, Pamela
(Nairobi, Kenya): : East African Publishing House,, (1966.). First edition -. Fine in stapled wrappers. . First printing. Edited by Cynthia Hunter and Robin Fawcett. Illustrated with single color pictures (blue, red, green, etc.) by Terry Hirst. The author's first book for children, stories collected when she was a child living near Lake Nyanza in Kenya. East African Junior Library No. 1. An appealing small booklet, written at a level for a young child just beginning to read English. 44 pp.
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$21.50
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 2008. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.05
Things Fall Apart.
by Achebe, Chinua
New York: Astor-Honor/ An Obolensky Book, 1959. First edition of this "true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world" (Barack Obama). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. First editions are rare and desirable signed. Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically...
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$9,800.00
QUARTET. New Voices from South Africa.
by Rive, Richard; Alex La Guma, Alf Wannenburgh and James Matthews. Introduction by Alan Paton
New York:: Crown,, (1963). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (small address label on front pastedown, minor edgewear to dj) .. First US printing. A showcase for four talented writers from South Africa, this includes 4 stories each by Richard Rive, Alex La Guma, Alf Wannenburgh and James Matthews. Compiled and edited by Richard Rive. Introduction by Alan Paton. Biographical notes. 223 pp.
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$39.50
Xhosa Poets And Poetry by Jeff Opland
ISBN: 0864864205
David Philip publishers, 1998
Soft Cover, 365 pages
Xhosa oral poetry has defied the threats to its integrity over two centuries, to take its place in a free South Africa. This volume establishes the background to this poetic re-emergence, preserving and transmitting the voice of the Xhosa poet.
David Philip publishers, 1998
Soft Cover, 365 pages
Xhosa oral poetry has defied the threats to its integrity over two centuries, to take its place in a free South Africa. This volume establishes the background to this poetic re-emergence, preserving and transmitting the voice of the Xhosa poet.
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$11.51
Anthills of the savannah by Chinua Achebe
ISBN: 9780141186900
Penguin classics, 2001
Soft cover, 222 pages
Chris, Ikem and Beatrice are like-minded friends working under the military regime of His Excellency, the Sandhurst-educated President of Kangan. In the pressurized atmosphere of oppression and intimidation they are simply trying to live and love - and remain friends. But in a world where each day brings a new betrayal, hope is hard to cling on to. Anthills of the Savannah (1987), Achebe's candid vision of contemporary African politics, is... Read more about this item
Penguin classics, 2001
Soft cover, 222 pages
Chris, Ikem and Beatrice are like-minded friends working under the military regime of His Excellency, the Sandhurst-educated President of Kangan. In the pressurized atmosphere of oppression and intimidation they are simply trying to live and love - and remain friends. But in a world where each day brings a new betrayal, hope is hard to cling on to. Anthills of the Savannah (1987), Achebe's candid vision of contemporary African politics, is... Read more about this item
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$11.24
SARIE.
by Bohmke, Heinrich
Martial 2016. 1st edition.. New Mint copy.. 242pp paperback. "A murderous cocktail of sex, greed, and post-modern South African racial psychosis" (Riaan Malan). Unique among modern novels this sees the protagonist enter into Fables Bookshop, Grahamstown, and purchase a book! Magical realism in action!
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$18.71
THE DARK WOOD.
by Wilhelm, Peter
Ravan. Johannesburg 1977 stated 1st edition.. G+ condition.. Printed wraps. 161pp 8vo. Inscribed half-title thus: "To Chris Mann - December 1977 - Peter Wilhelm". Author's first novel.
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$18.71
Albino
by Cope, Jack
Heinemann, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. jacket is worn, torn and chipped. edge wear and knocking on boards. thorough tanning, soiling and marks. both book and jacket are damp marked and a bit scarred. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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$7.00
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
by Tutuola, Amos
New York, NY: Paperback. Good. 1953. 1st Edition (Unstated); Fourteenth Printing. Paperback. 0394172353 . Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Yellowing (heavy) to pages. Foxing to the exterior edge of pages only. Dog-earing to a few pages. Good overall condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; 130 pages .
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$19.99
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show his weakness. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his cl
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$12.14
Songs of Enchantment
by Okri, Ben
New York: Doubleday, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. Trade Sized Paperback. Proof. First Printing. Noted on back cover "THIS IS AN UNCORRECTED PROOF. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY QUOTES FOR REVIEW MUST BE CHECKED AGAINST THE FINISHED BOOK". Black/white illustrated cover. 297 pages. AS NEW. Not read. All corners pointed. Binding tight, without stress creases and square. No tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked in any way and very clean and bright. All books carefully packaged...
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$15.00
Going Home
by Lessing, Doris
New York: Ballantine Books,. Paperback. 317pp. An account of Doris Lessing's return to Africa after a seven year exile. Pages tanned. Binding is sound. Good+, sound copy. . Paperback. 1968.
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$4.37
EAST AFRICAN HOW? STORIES.
by Ogot, Pamela
(Nairobi, Kenya): : East African Publishing House,, (1966.). First edition -. Fine in stapled wrappers. . First printing. Edited by Cynthia Hunter and Robin Fawcett. Illustrated with single color pictures (blue, red, green, etc.) by Terry Hirst. The author's second book for children, stories collected when she was a child living near Lake Nyanza in Kenya. East African Junior Library No. 2. An appealing small booklet, written at a level for a young child just beginning to read English. 44 pp.
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$21.50
Things Fall Apart.
by ACHEBE, Chinua
London: William Heinemann Ltd,, 1962. First edition, second impression, of the author's first book, a foundation text of postcolonial African literature. Things Fall Apart was first published in 1958, the year after Ghana became the first African nation to gain independence. It is the first part of a trilogy set in the late 19th century, in the midst of Africa's colonization by European powers. Octavo. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With C. W. Bacon designed dust jacket. Frontispiece and...
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$935.40
HUNGRY FLAMES and Other Black Africa Short Stories.
by Mzamane, Mbulelo Vizikhungo, editor
Longman,, (1994m c 1986). Good overall in glossy illustrated wrappers. ('used book' stamped on first page, remainder line, some wear to covers) . Trade paperback. Collects 15 stories by some of South Africa's best writers including Alex La Guma, Bessie Head and others, edited and with an introduction by Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane. A title in the Longman African Writers series. Notes on contributors, select bibliography. xxvi 162 pp.
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$16.50
THE ABDUCTORS.
by Cloete, Stuart
Constantia. Cape Town 1968 1st edition thus.. VG in d/w (worn at head & tail of tanned spine, no loss or tears). 378pp 8vo. A novel about white slavery in Victorian England. Bibliography.
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$18.71
