New daughters of Africa

Three decades after her pioneering anthology, Daughters of Africa, Margaret Busby curates an extraordinary collection of contemporary writing by 200 women writers of African descent, including Zadie Smith, Bernardine Evaristo and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A glorious portrayal of the richness and range of African women’s voices, this major international book brings together their achievements across a wealth of genres. From Antigua to Zimbabwe and Angola to the USA, overlooked artists of the past join key figures, popular contemporaries and emerging writers in paying tribute to the heritage that unites them, the strong links that endure from generation to generation, and their common obstacles around issues of race, gender and class. Bold and insightful, brilliant in its intimacy and universality, this landmark anthology honours the talents of African daughters and the inspiring legacy that connects them-and all of us. The New Daughters of Africa: Diane Abbott; Yassmin Abdel-Magied; Leila Aboulela; Ayobami Adebayo; Sade Adeniran; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Zoe Adjonyoh; Patience Agbabi; Agnès Agboton; Candace Allen; Lisa Allen-Agostini; Ellah Wakatama Allfrey Andaiye; Harriet Anena; Joan Anim-Addo; Monica Arac de Nyeko; Yemisi Aribisala; Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro; Amma Asante; Michelle Asantewa; Nana Asma’u; Sefi Atta; Ayesha Harruna Attah; Gabeba Baderoon; Yaba Badoe; Yvonne Bailey-Smith; Doreen Baingana; Ellen Banda-Aaku; Angela Barry; Mildred K. Barya; Jackee Budesta Batanda; Simi Bedford; Linda Bellos; Jay Bernard; Marion Bethel; Ama Biney; Jacqueline Bishop; Malorie Blackman; Tanella Boni; Malika Booker; Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond; Beverley Bryan; Akosua Busia; Candice Carty-Williams; Rutendo Chabikwa; Barbara Chase-Riboud; Panashe Chigumadzi; Gabrielle Civil; Maxine Beneba Clarke; Angela Cobbinah; Carolyn Cooper; Juanita Cox; Meta Davis Cumberbatch; Patricia Cumper; Stella Dadzie; Yrsa Daley-Ward; Nana-Ama Danquah; Edwidge Danticat; Nadia Davids; Tjawangwa Dema; Yvonne Denis Rosario; Anni Domingo; Nah Dove; Edwige-Renée Dro; Camille T. Dungy; Anaïs Duplan; Reni Eddo-Lodge; Aida Edemariam; Esi Edugyan; Summer Edward; Yvvette Edwards; Zena Edwards; Safia Elhillo; Zetta Elliott; Nawal El Saadawi; Diana Evans; Bernardine Evaristo; Eve L. Ewing; Deise Faria Nunes; Diana Ferrus; Nikky Finney; Aminatta FornaIfeona Fulani; Vangile Gantsho; Roxane Gay; Danielle Legros Georges; Patricia Glinton-Meicholas; Hawa Jande Golakai; Wangui wa Goro; Bonnie Greer; Jane Ulysses Grell; Rachel Eliza Griffiths; Carmen Harriszakia henderson-brown; Joanne C. Hillhouse; Afua Hirsch; Zita Holbourne; Nalo Hopkinson; Rashidah Ismaili; Naomi Jackson; Sandra Jackson-Opoku; Delia Jarrett-Macauley; Margo Jefferson; Barbara Jenkins; Catherine Johnson; Ethel Irene Kabwato; Elizabeth Keckley; Fatimah Kelleher; Donika Kelly; Adrienne Kennedy; Susan Nalugwa Kiguli; Rosamond S. King; Donu Kogbara; Lauri Kubuitsile; Goretti Kyomuhendo; Beatrice Lamwaka; Patrice Lawrence; Andrea Levy; Lesley Lokko; Karen Lord; Karen Ládípò Manyika; Ros Martin; Lebogang MashileIsabella Matambanadzo; Noma; Venda MathianeImbolo MbueMaaza Mengiste; Arthenia Bates Millican; Bridget Minamore; Nadifa Mohamed; Natalia Molebatsi; Wame Molefhe; Aja Monet; Sisonke Msimang; Blessing Musariri; Glaydah Namukasa; Marie NDiaye; Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi; Wanjiku wa Ngugi; Ketty Nivyabandi; Elizabeth Nunez; Selina Nwulu; Trifonia Melibea Obono; Nana Oforiatta Ayim; Irenosen Okojie; Nnedi Okorafor; Juliane Okot Bitek; Chinelo Okparanta; Yewande Omotoso; Makena Onjerika; Chibundu Onuzo; Tess Onwueme; Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor; Louisa Adjoa Parker; Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida; Alake Pilgrim; Winsome Pinnock; Hannah Azieb Pool; Olúmìdé Pópólá; Claudia Rankine; H. Cordelia Ray; Sarah Parker Remond; Florida Ruffin Ridley; Zandria F. Robinson; Zuleica Romay Guerra; Andrea Rosario-Gborie; Leone Ross; Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin; Minna Salami; Marina Salandy-Brown; Sapphire; Noo Saro-Wiwa; Taiye Selasi; Namwali Serpell; Kadija Sesay; Claire Shepherd; Verene A. Shepherd; Warsan Shire; Lola Shoneyin; Dorothea Smartt; Zadie Smith; Adeola Solanke; Celia Sorhaindo; Attillah Springer; Andrea Stuart; SuAndiValerie Joan Tagwira; Jennifer Teege; Jean évenet; Natasha Trethewey; Novuyo Rosa Tshuma; Hilda J. Twongyeirwe; Chika Unigwe; Yvonne Vera; Phillippa Yaa de Villiers; Kit de Waal; Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw; Effie Waller Smith; Rebecca Walker; Ayeta Anne Wangusa; Zukiswa Wanner; Jesmyn Ward; Verna Allette Wilkins; Charlotte Williams; Sue Woodford-Hollick; Makhosazana Xaba; Tiphanie Yanique.