Malthouse Press imprint: 3 books
We Have Crossed Many Rivers
New Poetry from Africa
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
We Have Crossed Many Rivers: New Poetry from Africa is a fascinating anthology of some of the finest contemporary poetic voices from twenty-nine African countries. Inspired by the examples of first generation African poets like Wole Soyinka, Christopher Okigbo, Dennis Brutus, and Mazisi Kunene, the poets...
Drawing the Map of Heaven
An African Writer in America
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
The celebrated Nigerian writer Tanure Ojaide relates here his experience of living in the United States where he has been based teaching and writing since 1996. Drawing the Map of Heaven picks up where his earlier memoir, Great Boys. An African Childhood which charted his upbringing in Nigeria by his...
by Tanure Ojaide
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Set in the Niger Delta this novel tells the tale of a women's struggle for equality in a traditional patriachal society. Set against the once-in-a-generation festival at which the one chosen by the gods performs the dance of "the mother mask", Ojaide weaves a tale of suspense while displaying the traditions and religious beliefs that define the Niger Delta.