title: The Rienner Anthology of African Literature
author:  Anthonia C. Kalu 
description: With interest in African American literature now happily a fact of our cultural life, it is time for us to turn our attention to African literature, which is as rich and various, as diverse and compelling, as the continent of Africa itself. This superb anthology will bring African literature front and center, where it belongs. --Henry Louis Gates, Harvard University<br /><br />A Herculean labor of dedication and love.... The incontestable value of this anthology is in its gathering together of, and making available, materials which show the range, richness and variety of the corpus.... Every undergraduate library in the country should have a copy ... on its shelves. --Saul Steier, San Francisco Humanities Review<br /><br />An exceptionally fine historical survey of African literature. --Charlotte Lindgren, American Reference Books Annual
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  ## **_Global African Voices_**
  
  
  DOMINIC THOMAS, EDITOR
  
  
  **_I Was an Elephant Salesman: Adventures between Dakar, Paris, and Milan_**
  
  
  _Pap Khouma, Edited by Oreste Pivetta_
  
  
  Translated by Rebecca Hopkins
  
  
  Introduction by Graziella Parati
  
  
  **_Little Mother: A Novel_**
  
  
  _Cristina Ali Farah_
  
  
  Translated by Giovanna Bellesia-Contuzzi and Victoria Offredi Poletto
  
  
  Introduction by Alessandra Di Maio
  
  
  **_Life and a Half: A Novel_**
  
  
  _Sony Labou Tansi_
  
  
  Translated by Alison Dundy
  
  
  Introduction by Dominic Thomas
  
  
  **_Transit: A Novel_**
  
  
  _Abdourahman A. Waberi_
  
  
  Translated by David Ball and Nicole Ball
  
  
  **_Cruel City: A Novel_**
  
  
  _Mongo Beti_
  
  
  Translated by Pim Higginson
  
  
  **_Blue White Red: A Novel_**
  
  
  _Alain Mabanckou_
  
  
  Translated by Alison Dundy
  
  
  **_The Past Ahead: A Novel_**
  
  
  _Gilbert Gatore_
  
  
  Translated by Marjolijn de Jager
  
  
  **_Queen of Flowers and Pearls: A Novel_**
  
  
  _Gabriella Ghermandi_
  
  
  Translated by Giov