{"product_id":"captive-new-short-fiction-from-africa-paperback","title":"Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShort Story Day Africa\u003c\/b\u003e (Created by), \u003cb\u003eSola Njoku\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMoso Sematlane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrittle Paper\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Anticipated African Books of 2024\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Short Story Day Africa, eleven writers from Africa and the African diaspora explore the identities that connect us, the obsessions that bewitch us, and the self-delusions that drive us apart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassion and apathy, creation and destruction, honesty and deception--the blurred lines between these powerful forces are fundamental to the human condition. In three parts, the writers of \u003ci\u003eCaptive\u003c\/i\u003e investigate these liminal spaces and rail against the boxes in which others seek to confine them, as writers, as Africans, and as humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJourney from the fantastical Heaven's Mouth where time stands still, to a London bus where a neurodiverse woman steals love to the songs of Tom Jones . . . flip the page to Ghana to examine a fertility fetish, or a post-apocalyptic Lesotho where sentient AI uses our emotions against us . . . visit the deceptively beautiful islands off the Tanzanian coast, where the ocean is always hungry, and women pay the price. \u003ci\u003eCaptive\u003c\/i\u003e is a riot of imagination, a collision of worlds, and a testament to the shape-shifting nature of the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriters: Abba Amissah Asibon (Ghana) Doreen Anyango (Uganda) Emily Pensulo (Zambia) Josephen Sokan (Nigeria\/UK) Kabubu Mutua (Kenya) Khumbo Mhone (Malawi) Moso Sematlane (Lesotho) N.A. Dawn (South Africa) Salma Abdulatif Yusuf (Kenya) Sola Njoku (Nigeria) Zanta Nkumane (Eswatini)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMentors: Tochukwu Okafor, Karen Jennings, TJ Benson, Doreen Baingana, Olumide Popoola and Emma Shercliff\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Rachel Zadok and Helen Moffett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 458\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763859816736,"sku":"9781946395948","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b60419808bec63b5782b8e7febe1aea3.webp?v=1780240415","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/captive-new-short-fiction-from-africa-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}