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Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd is delighted to announce that the 2008 Aidoo-Snyder First Prize for an outstanding book published by a woman that prioritizes African women’s experiences - was awarded to Ama Ata Aidoo, Editor of African Love Stories: An Anthology and published by Ayebia Clarke in 2006. The award was announced at the African Studies Association (ASA) 51st Annual Conference during the Women’s Caucus Luncheon in the Chicago Sheraton on Saturday 15 November 2008. The Prize acknowledges the excellence of contemporary scholarship being produced by women about African women.
Nana Ayebia Clarke, Publishing Director receiving the $500 First Prize from Naana Banyiwa Horne (Chair of the Awards Committee) on behalf of the Editor, Professor Ama Ata Aidoo at the Chicago Sheraton.
Ayebia's Love Story Anthology wins Caine Prize 2007 The 'African Booker'
Ayebia is proud to announce an African love story by the Ugandan writer Monica Arac de Nyeko featured in the Ayebia African Love Stories Anthology entitled 'Jambula Tree' won the Caine Prize for African Writing which was announced on Monday night 9th July at an award-winning dinner at Oxford University's Bodleian Library.
The Anthology published in 2006 and Edited by Ama Ata Aidoo is a groundbreaking work that features twenty-one stories covering all four corners of the continent and deals with challenging themes and represents some of the most complex of love stories. The book is an entertaining and a highly recommended read.
Special Announcements!
Ayebia Clarke is proud to announce a new partnership with Lynne Rienner Publishers!
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, USA, celebrating 24 years of independent publishing and renowned for bringing high-quality, cutting-edge books to the academic and general markets will be distributing Ayebia Clarke books throughout the USA and the rest of the world (excluding Europe and Africa) from July 1 2007. We are looking forward to seeing where this exciting new venture takes us!
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Publication news and highlights
Bu Me Bε: Proverbs of the Akans published January 2008.
The most extensive bi-lingual Twi Proverbs Dictionary published since JG Christaller’s A Collection of 3600 Twi Proverbs (1879). Kwame Anthony Appiah’s Introduction demonstrates how these proverbs can be interpreted within the tested and contested theories of meaning and literary production to show how they compare with philosophical musings from ancient Greece to England. .
The Legacy of Efua Sutherland: Pan – African Cultural Activism published December 2007. Efua Sutherland, Ghana-born educator, publisher, artist, activist, director, dramatist and writer, holds a special place in twentieth-century African studies. This timely volume provides a comprehensive appreciation of her creative life and concerns.
Broadening the Horizon published May 2007.
The much-anticipated collection of essays from eight of some of the most respected academics in the field brings a number of critical perspectives to focus on the signal work of the 21 st Century Ghanaian writer Amma Darko.
The collection will be a valuable addition to course reading lists for Feminist, African Studies and Postcolonial Literature programmes.
Between Faith and History examines how President Kufuor, the first to succeed in the transition to power from one government to another in Ghana’s history, points the way to more democratic structures and accountability across Africa.
The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, describes his presidency as one of Africa’s best for economic and democratic reconstruction.
Between Faith and History , was launched at La-Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra on 10 January 2007, (more from the event) and has been reviewed in the New African January 2007.
African Love Stories' this anthology is a collection of contemporary love stories by African women. It combines the tentative freshness of budding writers with the confidence of established and award winning authors from Africa and the African Diaspora.
'African Love Stories' is a radical departure from conventional anthologies and the theme of love is aimed at dedunking preconceived notions about African women as impoverished victims whilst showing their strength, complexity and diversity.
Reviewed in the BBC Focus on Africa Magazine Jan – March 2007 Edition
'The Book of Not' is the latest novel from one of the most acclaimed Zimbabwean writers of her generation and is already fulfilling the promise of her first novel 'Nervous Conditions', par excellence.
'The Book of Not' traces Tambu’s continuing quest to redefine the personal, political and historical forces that threaten to destroy the fabric of her community - and reveals how its aftermath still bedevils Africans today.
Read the latest reviews of 'The Book of Not':
- TLS Review by Helen Oyeyemi ;
- The South African Mail & Guardian Online and
- Helon Habila, the author of Waiting for an Angel (Penguin Books)
'A Month and A Day & Letters' includes an edited version of 'A Detention Diary' - Saro-Wiwa's own record of his arrest in July 1993, and the story of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and the struggle against the multinational Shell and the Nigerian military dictatorship. Saro-Wiwa's criticisms and questioning of a corrupt regime eventually led to his execution with eight others on 10 November 1995.
Read the latest reviews of 'A Month and A Day & Letters' from the New Internationalist and African Business June 2006.
'We Won't Budge' - Part autobiographical, part social commentary, this is a powerful and insightful look at the situation of border intellectuals at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Pictures of the book launch at the British Museum.
Read the reviews of We Won't Budge from The Independent and African Business May 2006 .
'Underground People' With its double-dealing operatives and political shenanigans, brings elements of a political thriller into a sophisticated human drama – a sparkling new addition to South African writing on the apartheid era.
Nervous Conditions. Tambudzai dreams of education, but her hopes only materialise after her brother's death, when she goes to live with her uncle. At his mission school, her critical faculties develop rapidly, bringing her face to face with a new set of conflicts involving her uncle, his education and his family. Tsitsi Dangarembga's quietly devastating first novel offers a portrait of Zimbabwe, where enlightenment brings its own profound dilemmas.
Read the reviews for 'Nervous Conditions' by Tsitsi Dangarembga.
Guardian review >>
YoungMinds Magazine review >>
'The Cry of Winnie Mandela' by Njabulo Ndebele was launched by kind permission and support of the South African High Commission.
More about the launch event.
Photographs from the launch.
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