Library Tour Shelf 19: Heinemann African & Caribbean Writers Series (plus NYRB Classics)

An overview of some outstanding books in the Heinemann African Writers Series and Caribbean Writers Series, edited by Chinua Achebe.

Books shown:
Burning Grass by Cyprian Ekwensi 🇳🇬
A Ride on the Whirlwind by Sipho Sepamla 🇿🇦
The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me by Calixthe Beyala 🇨🇲
The Seven Solitudes of Lorsa Lopez by Sony Labou Tansi 🇨🇩
Second-Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta 🇳🇬
God’s Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène 🇸🇳
The River Between by Ngūgī wa Thiong’o 🇰🇪
Devil on the Cross by Ngūgī wa Thiong’o 🇰🇪
The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar by Syl Cheney-Coker 🇸🇱
The Wine of Astonishment by Earl Lovelace 🇹🇹
A Season in Rihata by Maryse Conde 🇬🇵
Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih 🇸🇩

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[gigilovebooks]

Thanks for doing this video. I’ve slowly been collecting these.

[GomezAddams]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Wole Soyinka. Great video, though. I hope you do more of these so I can expand my knowledge of African literature. Thanks, Jason.

[ellethinks]

Ohh, I didn't know I could look for that orange band at the top of the spine, good tip! I've bought most of my African Classics on Better World Books. I read A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi last year and want to get into more of his works. Have you read/acquired Song of Lawino / Song of Ocol? It was originally written in the Acoli and the author translated it into English. I was reminded of it while reading My Sister Killjoy in the scene where the narrator is arguing with the other students about why they should go back to Africa after receiving their education. Song of Lawino is about a woman who's husband did just that and it's essentially her laments against the colonial ways he's attempting to bring into her home. Really great read!

[AmandaJHMorton]

I own a copy of Our Sister Kill Joy and God's Bits of Wood. I'm hoping to read God's Bits of Wood soon. I've read Xala by Sembène. Do you have any of the African Poetry Book series? I've read a couple of those from my university library.

[ThaGodKingDorell]

I have a bookcase dedicate to the AWS, CWS, Longman African & Caribbean Series