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Title: Bloodlines, Tales from the African Diaspora, vol. 1 Genre: Anthology of Short Stories Pages: 143 (e-copy) Publishers: myafricandiaspora.com , US Year of Publication: 2010 Country: Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leon, U.S., Canada The internet is fast becoming a meeting place of literary minds. In addition to this, it is reducing the problems that one has to go through to get his works published or get to a wider audience. I have benefited from it and I know many authors too who have. However, the greatest literary achievement of the internet is the diversity that it brings. People from different parts of the world are able to come together to publish an anthology that is diverse in its readings and unique in its approach. One such anthology is Bloodlines. Bloodlines is a collection of fourteen short stories collected through a competition organised and edited by Veronica Henry. The authors are from varied backgrounds such as Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leon, Canada and t...

Most of my postings had been from authors from the African continent in accordance to my agenda, which is to promote African Literature. Yet, there are some Africans and in diaspora and other African Americans whose works fall into the category of African Literature, most especially if the theme of the writings are related to Africans and some of the Authors also comes from the continent. One such book is Bloodlines. According to Veronica Henry, the editor of bloodlines and co-founder of MyAfricanDiaspora.com, bloodlines is a collection of fourteen (14) short stories collected through a contest launched by the website, challenging writers to submit pieces that reflects the diverse imagery of our worldwide communities and featuring a main character of African descent. I had a short interview with her and these are what she had to say: What is the book about The book is actually a collection, spanning all genres (literary, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy, & romance) and subject matte...