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    Faber and Faber (United States) and Faber Ltd. (United Kingdom) have acquired the world English-language rights to two books by Zimbabwean writer and lawyer, Petina Gappah. The two books - a collection of short stories and a novel - are set in a contemporary Zimbabwe. The collection of short stories, An Elegy of Elderly is going to be published first. It will be released in April 2009, in the United Kingdom, and in June of the same year, in the United States. The novel, The Book of Memory, is scheduled to appear in 2010. Her short fiction is featured in two anthologies, Laughing Now and Women Writing Zimbabwe, both published in 2008 by Weaver Press, Zimbabwe.

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Imperialistic Politics in Cameroun
Resistance & the Inception of the Restoration of the Statehood of Southern Cameroons - By Carlson Anyangwe
Beyond Benign Neglect
Early Childhood Care, Development and Nutrition in Metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria - Edited by Akin Aina, Ibinabo Agiobu-Kemmer
Short Writings from Bulawayo
Edited by Jane Morris
Africa's Political Wastelands
The Bastardization of Cameroon - By Emmanuel Fru Doh
Short Writings from Bulawayo II
Edited by Jane Morris
Dancing with Life
Tales from the Township - By Christopher Mlalazi
Can You Tell Me Why I Went to War?
A Story of a Young King's Rifle, Reverend Father John E.A. Mandambwe - By Mario Kolk
Gender Based Violence
Twenty-Three Stories - By Kamanga Zula
Hatchings
By John Eppel
Growing Up
A Chewa Girls Initiation - By Molly Longwe
Let us Fight for Africa
A Play based on the John Chilembwe Rising of 1915 - By Desmond Dudwa Phiri
K'cracy, Trees in the Storm and other Poems
By Bill F. NDI
A Journey Within
By Florence Mbaya
The Perfect Storm
Xenophobia in Contemporary South Africa - Edited by Jonathan Crush
Three Eritrean Plays
By Musgun Zerai, Isaias Tsegay , Solomon Dirar
The Tenacity and Resilience of Eritrea 1979-1983
By Tekeste Fekadu
Short Writings from Bulawayo III
Edited by Jane Morris
Zimbabwe's Cultural Heritage
By Pathisa Nyathi
Women Writing Zimbabwe
Edited by Irene Staunton
Les defis du developpement local au Senegal
By Rosnert Ludovic Alissoutin
Cry my Beloved Africa
Essays on the Postcolonial Aura in Africa - By Peter W. Vakunta
An Outline of Islamic Jurisprudence
By Yahaya Yunusa Bambale
ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education
Edited by Kathryn Toure, Therese M.S. Tchombe, Thierry Karsenti
L'Algerie face a la mondialisation
By Tayeb Chenntouf
Unspoken Facts
A History of Homosexualities in Africa - Edited by GALZ
The Barn
Three Plays by Kwo Victor Elame Musinga - By Kwo Victor Elame Musinga Edited by Roselyne M. Jua
An Outline of Kikaonde Grammar
By J.L. Wright
Beware the Drives
By Sammy Oke Akombi
Radical Essays on Nigerian Literatures
Edited by G. G. Darah
Acquisition and Transfer of Property in Islamic Law
By Yahaya Yunusa Bambale
The Cross Drums
By Meshack Asare
The Political Cost of AIDS in Africa
An Overview - By Kondwani Chirambo
The 1961 Cameroon Plebiscite
Choice or Betrayal - By John Percival
Mr Zowie’s Soul
By Moribula Matilda Mashudu
Majunga Tok
Poems in Pidgin English - By Peter W. Vakunta
An Introductory History of Education
Revised Edition - By Daniel N. Sifuna, James E. Otiende
History of the Gold Coast and Asante
Third Edition - By Carl C. Reindorf
Harnessing the Trade Winds
The Story of the Centuries-Old Indian Trade with East Africa, using the Monsoon Winds - By Blanche Rocha D’Souza
Design of Appropriate Agroforestry Intervention in Uganda
Agrofestry In-Service Training Manual - Edited by Jacob Godfrey Agea, Sara Namirembe, Mohamed Bukenya, Ahamada Zziwa
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Landmarks, Legacies, Expectations - Edited by James Kwesi Anquandah
The Quality of Immigration and Citizenship Services in Namibia
By Ndeyapo Nickanor
Lhukonzo-English/English-Lhukonzo Dictionary
By Balinandi Kambale
Cultural Production and Social Change in Kenya
Building Bridges - Edited by Kimani Njogu, G. Oluoch-Olunya
Confronting Sexual Harassment in Ghanaian Universities
By Akua O. Britwum, Nana Amma Anokye
Big Bishop Roko and the Alter Gangsters
By Kojo Laing
African Land Questions, Agrarian Transitions and the State
Contradictions of Neo-liberal Land Reforms - By Sam Moyo
Gender and Development
The Role of Religion and Culture - By Alice P. Tuyizere
Developing a Sustainable Economy in Cameroon
Edited by Aloysius Ajab Amin
Disturbing the Peace
By Emmanuel Achu
Credit and Reduction of Poverty in Uganda
Structural Adjustment Reforms in Context - By William Muhumuza
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