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Bequeathing an enduring tenet for the creative enterprise, African Short Stories vol 2 boldly seeks to upturn the status quo by the art of narration. Whether they are stories of the whistle blower estranged and yet sounding the warning for heaven and earth to hear, or a ragtag army fleeing in the wake of a monstrous reptilian onslaught upon her peace, there pervades a sense of ultimate victory in this collection. We can feel the gentle kick of a baby in the womb of a maiden in desperation, or we can muse at the two adolescent genii on the trail of their dreams from the sunset of mutual deceit into the daylight of true becoming. Victory is laid out in that awesome kindness of a total stranger which affirms the divinity latent in even our most harrowing existence. With thirty five stories in two parts these literary experiments compel attention to the courageous hearts and minds that brighten the African universe of narration. Their vibrant notes coming from all corners of north, west, east and south fill us with encouragement and optimism for the contemporary short fiction in Africa.
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AFRICAN SHORT STORIES Volume2
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Bequeathinganenduringtenetforthecreativeenterprise,African ShortStoriesvol2boldlyseekstoupturnthestatusquobytheart ofnarration.Whethertheyarestoriesofthewhistleblower estrangedandyetsoundingthewarningforheavenandearthto hear,oraragtagarmyfleeinginthewakeofamonstrousreptilian onslaughtuponthepeace,therepervadesasenseofultimate victoryinthiscollection.Wecanfeelthegentlekickofababyinthe wombofamaidenindesperation,orwecanmuseatthetwo adolescentgeniionthetrailoftheirdreamsfromthesunsetof mutualdeceitintothedaylightoftruebecoming.Victoryislaidout inthatawesomekindnessofatotalstrangerwhichaffirmsthe divinitylatentinevenourmostharrowingexistence.Withthirty fivestoriesintwopartstheseliteraryexperimentscompel attentiontothecourageousheartsandmindsthatbrightenthe Africanuniverseofnarration.Theirvibrantnotescomingfromall cornersofnorth,west,eastandsouthfilluswithencouragement andoptimismforthecontemporaryshortfictioninAfrica.
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African Short Stories Volume 2 Edited by Chin Ce International Print Version Copyright © 2015 Chin Ce ISBN: 9789783603585 An African Books Network Publication All rights reserved, which include the rights of reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means whether electronic or recording except as provided by International copyright law. Formatted for print and electronic [epub and econtent] editions by Handel Books Ltd. For information address please write: Progeny (Press) International Attn: African Books Network 9 Handel Str. AI EBS Nigeria WA Email:Image and Cover Design: Michael Randall Electronic, Web, and Print Editions are available online In collaboration with the International Research Council on African Literature and Culture, IRCALC.
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The International Society of Literary Fellows (Lsi) LSi is the society of creative writers and scholars from Africa and the world with critical interest in current developments around modern cultures of indigenous and foreign language expressions. In partnership with Progeny International, the LSi aims to assess and promote the emergence of works of visionary creative impetus in the genres of modern African fiction, nonfiction and visual arts. LSi shares an online forum for exchange of information, writing, creative materials, critical presentations and images of ancient and contemporary cultures as studies to encourage shared values of harmonious coexistence in craft and aesthetic in the worldwide information age. For information exchange purposes we usually distribute electronic copies of book publications, jpeg standard photographic presentations and reviews. These LSi Reviews reflect the global concern for the accountability of national governments in the protection of human dignity, preservation of the environment and sensitivity to cultural monuments of ethnic societies. Membership which cuts across boundaries and nationalities is primed on active involvement in projects, forums and overall goals of the Society. We encourage cooperation and partnership with individuals, publishers, book distributors, advertisers and cultural societies of African and other English speaking nationalities.
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Foreword to vol. 2 ................................................................. 9 Dedication............................................................................ 13 Part 1.................................................................................... 15 Swords Arise! ...................................................................... 17 Chin Ce ................................................................................ 17 Ragtag Army ....................................................................... 25 David Mikailu ...................................................................... 25 Corps Members’ Strike........................................................ 33 Augustine Aikoriogie........................................................... 33 The Almajiri ........................................................................ 45 David Mikailu ...................................................................... 45 The Pains of War ................................................................. 57 Emmanuel Ugokwe.............................................................. 57 Sacred Murder ..................................................................... 63 Chudwin Godwin Ebuka...................................................... 63 New Guns in Town.............................................................. 70 David Mikailu ...................................................................... 70 Nap for President................................................................. 76 Chin Ce ................................................................................ 76 Down the Bend.................................................................... 83 David Mikailu ...................................................................... 83 Sacred Murder (II)............................................................... 88 Chudwin Godwin Ebuka...................................................... 88
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From Behind the Scene ....................................................... 96 Augustine Aikoriogie........................................................... 96 Return to Koloko ............................................................... 109 Chin Ce .............................................................................. 109 Part 2.................................................................................. 117 May Day! May Day! ......................................................... 119 Chin Ce .............................................................................. 119 In Love .............................................................................. 126 Mohamed Saȉd Raȉhani...................................................... 126 Feast................................................................................... 128 Mohamed Saȉd Raȉhani...................................................... 128 The Regents of Opossamotto ........................................... 131 NN Dzenchuo..................................................................... 131 The Book Club .................................................................. 141 Charmaine Pauls ................................................................ 141 The Beaded Necklace........................................................ 158 Wayne Owino Otieno......................................................... 158 Dancing Party .................................................................... 165 Mohamed Saȉd Raȉhani...................................................... 165 Rabbit Man ........................................................................ 169 Mohamed Saȉd Raȉhani...................................................... 169 Identity............................................................................... 173 Mohamed Saȉd Raȉhani...................................................... 173 The Regents of Epossamotto (II) ..................................... 178 NN Dzenchuo..................................................................... 178 The Book Club (II) ............................................................ 189 Charmaine Pauls ................................................................ 189 The Beaded Necklace (II).................................................. 211 Wayne Owino Otieno......................................................... 211
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The Ministers..................................................................... 217 Chin Ce .............................................................................. 217 A Pleasant Routine ............................................................ 221 Chin Ce .............................................................................. 221 Virtual Love....................................................................... 225 Charmaine Pauls ................................................................ 225 Money, the least of his worries.......................................... 245 Hilda Gathanga .................................................................. 245 My Burial .......................................................................... 250 MaryJane Okeke ............................................................... 250 Virtual Love (II) ................................................................ 259 Charmaine Pauls ................................................................ 259 Endless Shore .................................................................... 277 NN Dzenchuo..................................................................... 277 Midnight Marauders .......................................................... 280 Hilary FrankIto ................................................................. 280 The Apostles...................................................................... 283 NN Dzenchuo..................................................................... 283 Strange Turn ...................................................................... 288 Hilda Gathanga .................................................................. 288 Village Meeting................................................................. 298 Chin Ce .............................................................................. 298 Brief Contributor Information ........................................... 307 About the Editor ................................................................ 309
9 * IN our call for additional submissions to the second volume of African short fictions it was necessary to encourage the participants with a side note that while the gratification of contemporary African and world economy might not rest with our crumbling mainstream financial systems, however, the relevance of cocreating choices in which imagination overthrows the humdrum of existence imposed upon humanity by its own malevolence becomes the writer’s reward as a channel of higher paradigms and harbinger of alternate reality. Allied to the first enunciation of our objective for the premiere edition of this story project not to neglect the medium for artistic and educational development of ancient traditions and cultures, our efforts may well have crystallised an enduring tenet for the creative enterprise in Africa. Here we are poised by the art of narration to upturn as we have seen in every time and place the status quo. The seemingly improbable thence becomes eminently possible as we join to creatively exercise and direct our powers not just as freeborn citizens of our communities but active interrogators of our collective destiny in an infinite universe of being. This also is the inevitable direction of an ascending planetary order within our supremely enlightened and interconnected cosmos. Now with the ensemble of literary creativity witnessed so far in both volumes we rest assured that the responsiveness among writers, as seen in the number of some wholly accepted and most other copy edited works from our archives, testifies to an enduring legacy of African story telling that is not inured by the ravage of leadership and betrayal of continent at the hands of a greedy minority currently being flushed out by the steady rhythm of change throbbing through the land and rendering redundant the corrupt labours of those vain and arrogant minions of darkness.
