Short Stories by 16 Nigerian Women (Ishmael Reed Publishing Company, 2005)
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16 Short Stories by Nigerian Women Writers, the third anthology of Nigerian writing to be edited by Toyin Adewale-Gabriel, makes a most important addition to Ishmael Reed Publishing Company’s book list. The founder of the association of Women Writers of Nigeria, Toyin Adewale-Gabriel’s anthologies have been almost unique in promoting the voices of Nigerian women writers in the literary marketplace. Her second collection, 25 New Nigerian Poets, was published in 2000 by Ishmael Reed Publishing Company to wide acclaim, becoming a best seller on Small Press Distribution’s list. The Village Voice Literary Supplement (02/2001) cited the poems as “a heartening response to the silence of the recent past,” and the Washington Post (03/10/2002) praised the collection as a “unique experience with pure language magic.”
Ms. Adewale-Gabriel says the stories in 16 Short Stories by Nigerian Women Writers “…have a passion for deep down things, their alluring, humorous or tragic narration revealing the heart of what is the matter with us as a people. They own a humane currency that buys into urgent social and political issues, HIV/AIDS, women abuse, child abuse, adolescent sexuality, infertility, women’s participation in democratic politics, levirate, cultural discriminations against the girl child and the ‘Get Rich Quick’ syndrome, so seductive for many Nigerians because of the growing poverty of our people.”
16 Short Stories by Nigerian Women Writers includes new and established writers. They are: Akachi Adimore-Ezeigbo; Angela Amalonye Nwosu; Sefi Atta; Unoma Azuah; Lynn Chukura; Chinyere Eze-Mbulo; Fatima Usara Hassan-Tom; Biodun Idowu; Karen King-Aribisala; Binta Salma Mohammed; Ifeoma Okoye; Bumni Oyinsan; Ngoizi Razak-Soyebi; Lola Shoneyin; Chika Uniqwe; and Toyin Adewale-Gabriel.
Ishmael Reed Publishing Company, an independent small press whose distinguished list of titles includes fiction and poetry works by writing luminaries Boadiba, Victor Hernandez Cruz, William Demby, Sister Goodwin, Colleen McElroy, J.J. Philips, Lorenzo Thomas, Quincy Troupe, and Shawn Wong, has utilized the print-on-demand technology of Xlibris to make this anthology of short fiction by Nigerian writers widely available.
About the Author
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel lives in Lagos, Nigeria. A poet, essayist, and fiction writer, her books include: Naked Testimonies (1995); Die Aromaforscherin (1998); and Flackernde Kerzen, (German translation, 1999); and she co-edited Breaking The Silence (1996) and edited 25 New Nigerian Poets (Ishmael Reed Publishing Co., 2000). In 1991, she founded the Women Writers of Nigeria. From 1998-1999, she was editor of the ANA Review, official journal of the Association of Nigerian Authors. She has served on the National Executive Board of the Association of Nigerian Authors and is Chairperson of the Women Writers Committee of PEN Nigeria.