An Interim Bibliography of African Short Story Collections in English and English Translation (1942–1987)

Anduru A. Temptation and Other Stories, Press and Publicity Centre, Dares Salaam, 1979.

Anduru A. This Is Living and Other Stories, Press and Publicity Centre, Dares Salaam, n.d.

Cook D. (ed.). Origin East Africa: A Makerere Anthology, Heinemann, London, 1965.

Green R. (ed.). Just a Moment God: An Anthology of Prose and Verse from East Africa, East Africa Literature Burcan, Nairobi, n.d.

Kahiga S. Flight to Juba, East Africa Literature Burcan, Nairobi, 1972.

Kalimugogo G. Dare to Die, East Africa Literature Burcan, Nairobi, 1972.

Kiberia L. and Kahiga S. . Potent Ash, East African Publishing House, Nairobi, 1968.

Kimenye B. Kasalanda, Oxford University Press, London and New York, 1965.

Kimenye B. Kasalanda Revisited, Oxford University Press, London and New York, 1966.

Lo Liyong T. Eating Chiefs, Heinemann, London, 1969.

Lo Liyong T. Fixions and Other Stories, East Africa Literature Burcan, Nairobi, 1971.

Lo Liyong T. The Uniformed Man, Heinemann, London, 1969.

Mwagiru C. The Day the Music Died and Other Stories, Transafrica, Nairobi, 1978.

Mwaniki N. The Staircase, Longman, Nairobi, 1979.

Thiong'o Ngugi Wa . Secret Lives and Other Stories, Heinemann, London, 1975.

Odaga A. Thu Tinda! Uzima, Nairobi, 1980.

Ogot G. Land Without Thunder, East African Publishing House, Nairobi, 1968.

Ogot G. The Island of Tears, Uzima, Nairobi, 1980.

Ogot G. The Other Woman and Other Stories, Transafrica, Nairobi, 1976.

Sebukima D. Growing Up, East Africa Literature Burcan, Nairobi, 1976.

Serum A. E. The Heart Seller, East African Publishing House, Nairobi, 1971.

Wanjala C. L. (ed.). Faces at Crossroads: A ‘Currents’ Anthology, East African Publishing House, Nairobi, 1971.

Abdullah Y. T. The Mountain of Green Tea, Johnson-Davies D. (Sel. and trans.), Heinemann, London, 1984.

Boruett W. K. Give the Devil His Due, East African Publishing House, Nairobi, 1969.

Ebied R. Y. and Young M. J. L. (trans.). Arab Stories East and West, Leeds University Oriental Society, Leeds, 1977.

Fadl El Sir Hassan . Their Finest Days, Rex Collins, London, 1969.

Ibrahim S. The Smell of It and Other Stories, Johnson-Davies D. (trans.), Heinemann, London, 1971.

Idris Y. In the Eye of the Beholder, Allen Roger (ed.), Bibliotheca Islamica, Chicago, 1978.

Idris Y. Rings of Burnished Brass, Cobham Catherine (trans.), Heinemann, London, 1984.

Idris Y. The Cheapest Nights and Other Stories, Wassef Wadida (trans.), Heinemann, London, 1978.

Johnson-Davies D. (trans.). Egyptian Short Stories, Heinemann, London, 1978.

Johnson-Davies D. (trans.). Modern Arabic Short Stories, Heinemann, London, 1976.

Kanafani G. Men in the Sun and Other Stories, Kilpatrick Hilary (trans.), Heinemann, London, 1978.

Manzalaoui M. (ed.). Arabic Writing Today: The Short Story, Dar al-Maaref, Cairo, 1968.

Ortzen L. (ed.). North African Writing, Heinemann, London, 1970.

Rifast A. Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories, Johnson-Davies D. (trans.), Quartet Books, London, 1983.

Salih T. The Wedding of Zein and Other Stories, Johnson-Davies D. (trans.), Heinemann, London, 1978.

Sharouni Y. Blood Feud, Johnson-Davies D. (Sel. and trans.), Heinemann, London, 1984.

Abrahams P. Dark Testament. Dorothy Crisp, London, 1942.

Adey David (ed.). Under the Southern Cross, Donker, Johannesburg, 1982.

Booysen C. M. (ed.). More Tales of South Africa: An Anthology of South African Short Stories, Howard Timmins, Cape Town, 1967.

Brown Hofmeyer and Rosenberg (eds.). Lip from South African Women, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1983.

Dangor A. Waiting for Leila, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1978.

Dood A. D. (ed.). Short Stories by South African Writers, East Africa Literature Burcan, Nairobi, n.d.

Essop A. The Hajji and Other Stories, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1978.

Gordimer N. and Abrahams L. (eds.). South African Writing Today, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1967.

Gordimer N. A Soldier's Embrace, Jonathan Cape, London, 1980.

Gordimer N. Friday's Footprints and Other Stories, Viking, New York, 1960.

Gordimer N. Livingstone's Companions, Jonathan Cape, London, 1972; 1st pub. 1965.

Gordimer N. Not for Publication, Victor Gollanz, London, 1965.

Gordimer N. Six Feet of the Country: Fifteen Short Stories, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1956.

Gordimer N. Some Monday for Sure, Heinemann, London, 1976.

Gordimer N. The Soft Voice of the Serpent and Other Stories, The Viking Press, New York, 1962; 1st pub. 1956.

Gray S. (ed.). Modern South African Stories, Donker, Johannesburg, 1980.

Gray S. (ed.). On the Edge of the World: Southern African Stories of the Seventies, Donker, Johannesburg, 1974.

Head B. The Collector of Treasures, Heinemann, London, 1977.

Honwana L. B. We Killed Mangy-Dog and Other Stories, Guedes Dorothy (trans.), Heinemann, London, 1969.

Hooper A. G. (ed.). Short Stories from Southern Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1970.

Hope Christopher . Private Parts and Other Tales, Bateleur, Johannesburg, 1982.

Jacobson D. Through the Wilderness and Other Stories, Macmillan, New York, 1968.

La Guma A. A Matter of Taste, Heinemann, London, n.d.

La Guma A. A Walk in the Night and Other Stories, Heinemann, London, 1967.

Lennox-Short A. (ed.). English and South Africa, Nasou, Johannesburg, 1973.

LIONS CLUB OF MASVINGO. Short Stories for Zimbabweans by Zimbabweans, Longman (Zimbabwe), Harare, 1986.

Lipenga K. Waiting for a Turn, Popular Publications, Limbe, 1981.

Liswaniso M. (ed.). Voices of Zambia, Neczam, Lusaka, 1971.

LITERATURE BUREAU. The March and Other Pieces, Longman (Zimbabwe), Harare, 1983.

Makhalisa B. C. The Underdog and Other Stories, Mambo, Gweru, 1984.

Marechera D. The House of Hunger, Heinemann, London, 1978.

Marquard J. (ed.). A Century of South African Short Stories, Donker, Johannesburg, 1978.

Matshoba M. Call Me Not a Man, Longman, London, 1981; 1st pub. 1979.

Matthews J. Azikwelwa, Cavefors, Sweden, 1962.

Matthews J. (ed.). Black Voices Shout, BLAC Publishing House, Cape Town, 1974.

Matthews J. The Park and Other Stories, BLAC Publishing House, Athlone, 1974, (Ravan, 1983).

McLoughlin T. O. (ed.). New Writing in Rhodesia, Mambo Press, Salisbury, 1976.

Motsisi C. Casey and Co.: Selected Writings of Casey ‘Kid’ Motsisi, Mutloatse Mothobi (ed.), Ravan, Johannesburg, 1978.

Mphande Lupenga and Ng'Ombe (eds.). Namaluzi: Ten Stories from Malawi, Dzuka, Blantyre, 1984.

Mphahlele Es'Kia . The Unbroken Song, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1981.

Mphahlele Ezekiel . In Corner B, East African Publishing House, Nairobi, 1967.

Mphahlele Ezekiel . Man Must Live and Other Stories, African Bookman, Cape Town, 1946.

Mphahlele Ezekiel . The Living and the Dead and Other Stories, Ministry of Education, Ibadan, 1961.

Mpofu S. Shadows on the Horizon, Zimbabwe Publishing House, Harare, 1984.

Mulikita F. M. A Point of No Return, Neczam, Lusaka, 1968.

Mungoshi C. Coming of the Dry Season, Zimbabwe Publishing House, Harare, 1981; 1st pub. 1972.

Mungoshi C. Some Kinds of Wounds and Other Short Stories, Mambo Press, Gweru, 1980.

Mutloatse M. (ed.). Africa South: Contemporary Writings, Heinemann, London, 1981.

Mutloatse M. (ed.). (ed.). Forced Landing, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1980.

Mutloatse M. (ed.). Mama Ndiyalila: Stories of Mothobi Mutloatse, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1982.

Mvungi M. Three Solid Stones, Heinemann, London, 1975.

Mzamane M. My Cousin Comes to Jo'burg, Longman, Harlow, 1981.

Mzamane M. (ed.). Hungry Flames and Other Black South African Stories, Longman, Essex, 1986.

Mzamane M. The Children of Soweto: A Trilogy, Longman, London, 1982.

Ndebele N. S. Fools and Other Stories, Longman, Essex, 1985.

Nyamfu Kudza S. Aftermaths, College Press, Harare, 1983.

Nyika O. P. Old Mapicha and Other Stories, Mambo Press, Gweru, 1984.

Paton A. Debbie Go Home, Jonathan Cape, London, 1961.

Paton A. Tales from a Troubled Land, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1961.

Rive R. Advance, Retreat: Selected Short Stories, Philip, Cape Town, 1983.

Rive R. African Songs, Seven Seas Books, Berlin, 1983.

Rive R. (ed.). Quartet: New Voices from South Africa, Heinemann, London, 1965.

Seary E. R. (ed.). South African Short Stories, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1947.

Shore H. L. and Shore-Bos M. (eds.). Come Back Africa! 14 Short Stories from South Africa, International Publishers, New York, 1968.

Themba C. The Will to Die, Stuart D. and Holland R. (sel.), Heinemann, London, 1972.

Vieira J. L. Luunda, Bender T. L. and Hill D. S. (trans.), Heinemann, London, 1980.

Wilhelm Peter . L. M. and Other Stories, Ravan, Johannesburg, 1975.

Zeleza P. Night of Darkness and Other Stories, Popular Publications, Limbe, 1976.

Zingani W. T. From the Phone Booth, Christian Literature Association, Blantyre, 1985.

Achebe C. Girls at War and Other Stories, Heinemann, London, 1972.

Achebe C. (ed.). Insider: Stories of War and Peace from Nigeria, Nwankwo-Ifejika and Company Publishers, Enugu, 1971.

Ademola F. (ed.). Reflections: Nigerian Prose and Verse, African University Press, Lagos, 1962.

Aidoo A. A. No Sweetness Here, Longman, Harlow, 1979; 1st pub. 1970.

Ajuba E. Mish-Mash and Other Stories, Onibonoje Publishers, Ibadan, 1978.

Amadu M. Amadu's Bundle: Fulani Tales of Love and Djinns, Kell Gulla and Moody R. (trans.), Heinemann, London, 1972.

Aniebo I. N. C. Of Wives, Talismans and the Dead, Heinemann, London, 1983.

Appiah P. A Smell of Onions, Longman, Harlow, 1979.

Ashong-Katai S. Confessions of a Bastard and Other Stories, Ghana Publishing Corporation, Tema, 1976.

Balogun O. Lagos Days and Other Stories, Onibonoje Publishers, Ibadan, n.d.

Beier U. Political Spider: An Anthology of Stories from ‘Black Orpheus’, Heinemann, London, 1969.

Cordor S. H. (ed.). An Anthology of Short Stories by Writers from the West African Republic of Liberia, Liberian Literary and Educational Publications, Monrovia, 1974.

Cordor S. H. (ed.). Modern West African Short Stories from Liberia, Liberian Literary and Educational Publications, Monrovia, 1977.

Cordor S. H. (ed.). So Say One, So Say All and Other West African Stories, Liberian Literary and Educational Publications, Monrovia, 1977.

Cordor S. H. The African Life: A Collection of Short Stories, Liberian Literary and Educational Publications, Monrovia, 1975.

Curtin P. D. (ed.). Africa Remembered: Narratives by West Africans from the Era of Slave Trade, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Milwaukee and London, 1967.

Doku G. The Cowri Girl and Other Stories, Ghana Publishing Corporation, Tema, 1971.

Easmon R. S. The Feud and Other Stories, Longman, Harlow, 1981.

Edwards P. (comp.). West African Narrative: An Anthology for Schools, Nelson, London, 1966.

Egbe R. N. The Orphan Child and Other Stories, Onibonoje Press, Ibadan, 1978.

Egbuna O. Daughters of the Sun and Other Stories, Oxford University Press, London, 1970.

Egbuna O. Emperor of the Sea and Other Stories, Fontana/Collins, Glasgow, 1974.

Egbuna O. The Rape of Lysistrata and Black Candle for Christmas, Fourth Dimension Publishers, Enugu, 1980.

Ekwensi C. (ed.). Festac Anthology of Nigerian New Writing, Cultural Division, Federal Ministry of Information, Lagos, 1977.

Ekwensi C. (ed.). Lokotown and Other Stories, Heinemann, London, 1966.

Ekwensi C. (ed.). The Rainbow-Tinted Scarf and Other Stories, African Universities Press, Lagos, 1965.

Ekwensi C. (ed.). Restless City and Christmas Gold, Heinemann, London, 1975.

Gbadamosi R. The Mansion and Other Stories, Onibonoje Publishers, Ibadan, n.d.

Kayper-Mensah A. W. and Wolff H. (eds.). Ghanaian Writing, Horst Erdman Verlag, Tubingen, 1972.

Kwakwa B. S. (ed.). Ghanaian Writing Today, Ghana Publishing Corporation, Accra, 1974.

Momodu A. G. S. The Course of Justice and Other Stories, Onibonoje Publishers, Ibadan, 1973.

Momodu A. G. S. The Daughter-in-Law and Other Stories, Ethiope Publishing Corporation, Benin, 1979.

Momodu A. G. S. and Schild U. (eds.). Nigerian Writing, Bendel Book Depot and Horst Erdman Verlag, Benin and Tubingen, 1976.

Nicol A. The Truly Married Woman and Other Stories, Oxford University Press, London, 1965.

Nicol A. Two African Tales, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1965.

Nwapa F. This Is Lagos and Other Stories, Nwamife, Enugu, 1972.

Nwapa F. Wives at War and Other Stories, Tana Press, Enugu, 1984; 1st pub. 1980.

Nwosu T. C. The Blind Spots of God, Cross Continent Press, Lagos, 1976.

Obiechina E. N. (sel. and intro.). African Creations: A Decade of ‘Okike’ Short Stories, Fourth Dimension Publishers, Enugu, 1982.

Okri B. Incidents at the Shrine, Heinemann, London, 1986.

Okonkwo E. (ed.). The Verdict and Other Stories, Daystar, Ibadan, 1965.

Okoye M. Sketches in the Sun, Fourth Dimension Publishers, Enugu, 1975.

Olugbile F. Lonely Men, Longman (Nigeria), Lagos, 1987.

Omotoso K. Miracles and Other Stories, Onibonoje Publishers, London, 1978; 1st pub. 1973.

Osahon N. Shadows, Third World First Publications, Lagos, 1980.

Oyewole D. Seven Short Stories, Northern Nigerian Publishing Corporation, Zaria, 1969.

Rowe E. No Seed for the Soil and Other Stories, Vantage Press, New York, 1968.

Sangster E. G. and Quashie G. K. A. (eds.). Talent for Tomorrow: 5th Anthology: Creative Writing from the Training Colleges and Secondary Schools of Ghana, Ghana Publishing Corporation, Tema, 1972.

Saro-Wiwa K. A. A Forest of Flowers, Saros International Publishers, Port Harcourt, 1986.

Sembene O. Tribal Scars and Other Stories, Ortzen Len (trans.), Heinemann, London, 1972; 1st pub. 1962.

Thorpe V. Aduke by Night and Other Stories, University Press Ltd., Ibadan, 1982.

Umelo R. The Man Ate the Money and Other Stories, University Press Ltd., Ibadan, 1978.

Umobuarie D. O. Black Justice, University Press Ltd., Ibadan, 1976.

Uzodinma E. C. C. Brink of Dawn: Stories of Nigeria, Longman (Nigeria), Lagos, 1966.

Watts M. (ed.). The New Generation: Prose and Verse from the Secondary Schools and Training Colleges of Ghana, State Publishing Corporation, Accra, 1967.

Yari L. A House in the Dark and Other Stories, Fourth Dimension Publishers, Enugu, 1985.

Yari L. Moonstruck and Other Stories, Fourth Dimension Publishers, Enugu, 1981.

Achebe C. and Innes C. L. (eds.). African Short Stories, Heinemann, London, 1985.

Angoff C. and Povey J. (eds.). African Writing Today, Maryland Books, New York, 1969.

Beier U. (ed.). An Anthology of African and Afro-American Prose, Longman (Nigeria), Ibadan, 1964.

Brooks C. K. (ed.). African Rhythms: Selected Stories and Poems, Washington Square Press, New York, 1974.

Brown L. and Brian W. R. (eds.). Commonwealth Short Stories: An Anthology for Schools, Nelson, London, 1965.

Bruner C. (ed.). Unwinding Threads: Writing by Women in Africa, Heinemann, London, 1983.

Dathorne O. R. and Feuser W. (eds.). Africa in Prose, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1969.

Denny N. (ed.). Pan African Short Stories, Nelson, London, 1965.

Edwards P. (comp.). Modern African Narrative: An Anthology, Nelson, London, 1966.

Feuser W. F. (ed.). Jazz and Palmwine and Other Stories, Longman, London, 1981.

Fremont I. V. (ed.). Stories and Plays from Africa, Oxford University Press, Nairobi, 1968.

Hughes L. (ed.). An African Treasury, Crown Publishers, New York, 1962.

Ikiddeh I. (comp.). Drum Beats: An Anthology of African Writing, E. J. Arnold, Leeds, 1968.

Komey E. and Mphahlele E. (eds.). Modern African Stories, Faber and Faber, London, 1964.

Larson C. R. (ed.). Modern African Stories: A Collection of Contemporary African Writing, Fontana/Collins, Glasgow, 1971.

Larson C. R. (ed.). More Modern African Stories, Fontana/Collins, Glasgow, 1975.

Larson C. R. (ed.). Opaque Shadows and Other Stories from Contemporary Africa, Longman, London, 1977.

Machin N. (ed.). Winds of Change: Modern Short Stories from Black Africa, Longman, London, 1977.

Mirrer M. (comp.). Modern Black Stories with Study Aids, Barron's, Woodbury, New York, 1971.

Mphahlele E. (ed.). African Writing Today, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1967.

Nolen B. (ed.). Voices of Africa, Fontana/Collins, Glasgow, 1975.

Nolen B. (ed.). More Voices of Africa, Fontana/Collins, Glasgow, 1974.

Ridout R. and Jones E. (eds.). Adjustments: An Anthology of African and Western Writing, Edward Arnold, London, 1966.

Rive R. (ed.). Modern African Prose, Heinemann, London, 1964.

Rutherford A. (ed.). Commonwealth Short Stories, Macmillan, London, 1979.

Rutherford P. (ed.). African Voices: An Anthology of Native African Writing, Vanguard Press, New York, 1960.

Rutherford P. (ed.). Darkness and Light: An Anthology of African Writing, Drum Publications, Johannesburg, 1958.

Scanlon P. (ed.). Stories from Central and Southern Africa, Heinemann, London, 1983.

Sørensen P. H. (ed.). Seven African Stories, Gyldendal, Copenhagen, 1974.

Ten African Short Stories, Chemchemi Cultural Centre, Nairobi, 1964.

Washington M. H. Any Woman's Blues: Stories of Contemporary Black Women Writers, Virago Press, London, 1981.

Watkinson E. J. (ed.). Star of Africa and Other Stories, Shuter and Shooter, Piertermaritzburg, 1963.

Whitley W. H. (ed.). A Selection of African Prose, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1964.

Zabala P. and Rossell C. (eds.). African Writing: A Thematic Anthology, Collins Educational, London, 1974.