Africa's Tarnished Name

He needed to hear Africa speak for itself after a lifetime of hearing Africa spoken about by others

Electrifying essays on the history, complexity, diversity of a continent, from the father of modern African literature.

Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

El a trebuit sa auda Africa vorbind de la sine dupa o viata in care a auzit Africa vorbita de altii Eseuri electrizante despre istoria, complexitatea, diversitatea unui continent, de la tatal literaturii africane moderne. seria iconica Penguin Modern Classics, fiecare oferind un hit concentrat al aromei sale contemporane, internationale.