Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.

Serendipitous discoveries: the subaltern speaks, African women's writing; -- Voicing from Zimbabwe to Algeria: the office and science of juju -- The state of the African union address: a juju ambiance, the tete-a-tete, and the mimetic -- What the fairy godmother said to the prince: Bessie Head's Maru -- Rumble from the womb of the prison: Nawal el Saadawi's Woman at point zero -- The mouth unbound: a thousand and one African days and nights: Ama Ata Aidoo's Our sister killjoy or Reflections from a black-eyed squint and Changes -- Talking sister, silenced subaltern: Assia Djebar's A sister to Scheherazade -- "Lunatic writing"; the speaking space between the present and the future: Calixthe Beyala's The sun hath looked upon me -- Echoes of a recent past: Yvonne Vera's Nehanda.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.