95. Opening Spaces: Contemporary African Women's Writing by Yvonne Vera (Editor)
Title: Opening Spaces: Contemporary African Women's Writing Editor: Yvonne Vera Genre: Short Story Antholgy/Feminism Publishers: Heinemann (African Writers Series) Pages: 186 Year of First Publication: 1999 Country: Various This is a collection of 15 short stories by African women from 11 different countries. The anthology includes Leila Aboulela's Caine Prize winning story The Museum. With the exception of a few stories like Crocodile Tails, A State of Outrage, The Barrel of a Pen, and The Home-Coming , the stories revolve around polygamous husbands, domineering husbands, rape, domestic violence, girl empowerment and combinations of these. The collection opens with Ama Ata Aidoo's The Girl Who can , which is a story about a girl who was looked down by her grandmother because she has lanky legs. 'But Adjoa has legs,' Nana would insist; 'except that they are too thin. And also too long for a woman. Kaya, listen. Once in a while, but onl...