''Groundbreaking. Marvellous and also necessary'' - Financial Times ''Essential'' - The Guardian ''Will make you hold your breath'' - Irish Times ''The most important anthology published in 2019'' - Wasafiri ''An international treasure'' - San Francisco Book Review ''Literal and literary embarrassment of riches'' - New York Journal of Books ''This remarkable book constitutes a powerful affirmation of literary achievement, demonstrating that contemporary black women writers are part of a vital and extensive tradition. New Daughters of Africa demonstrates that this work does not exist in a vacuum. Black women writers have always had something significant to say to the world and to each other.'' - Ladee Hubbard, Times Literary Supplement ''Fascinating collection of writings from women of the African diaspora over the past 150 years. I thoroughly recommend the speech by Diane Abbott which was eye-opening for me.'' - 4 Star Review by Anna G, Goodreads ''Such a joy to read. The woman Effie describes is vibrant, independent, strong, content, sassy, purposeful and unapologetic about her choices.
Black Girl Magic as we describe it in contemporary times.'' - Lit Lagosian, Bookstagrammer on The Bachelor Girl by Effie Waller ''This book, New Daughters of Africa, is like your best girl gang wrapping themselves around you to project you and champion you at the same time. It is my best book of 2020.'' - Denise Rawls, Bookstagrammer ''New Daughters of Africa follows Margaret Busby''s original groundbreaking anthology Daughters of Africa, and both collections have made history themselves in the anglophone literary world.'' - The Indie Insider ''Amongst the books I read this year, the one that I fell most in love with is New Daughters of Africa. I have seen myself, I have loved, I have lived, I have cried and I have been challenged. I am almost done with the book and I am kind of feeling heavily nostalgic. It is as if my heart is inside each writer and each legend that has lived, has written and has passed down wisdom and broken-down generational curses and misogyny.
'' - Salma Tamim Baalawy, Bookstagrammer ''I''m loving New Daughters; it''s illuminating me to so many great writers of African descent which is exactly what I wanted it to do.'' - Pint of Books, Bookstagrammer ''Stunning epigraph in New Daughters of Africa, setting the tone for the treasure that is this book. Love it.'' - Spines and Titles, Bookstagrammer ''This really is a stunning volume, in every sense of the word!'' - Waterstones Kingston ''The works in this anthology illustrate the courage of black women writers writing freely, amongst other things, about the pain and beauty of the black experience.'' - Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Fable Folio ''New Daughters if Africa is going to be my new personal reading project. Will be reading this one until I finish it. This anthology edited by Margaret Busby goes from Pre-1900 to 1990s. Covering the work of over 200 women of African descent, I''m ready to learn loads.
This anthology will get its own personal book journal for notes.'' - Read Soul Lit, Bookstagrammer ''This isn''t a cover-to-cover read. It is one to dip into, to savour, to live with and breathe in. I''m looking forward to walking the vital and necessary paths of New Daughters of Africa.'' - Farzana Writes ''This varied and necessary anthology brings together stories, essays, poems and reportage from women writers from across the African diaspora. The book''s strength is that it is organized chronologically giving you the sense of generations of women handing on wisdom and experience to build an unbroken chain that starts with Nana Asma''u born in 1793 and ends in the present day with Chibundu Onuzo born in 1995.'' - Daunt Books ''900+ pages of brilliance.'' - @bookbuddyreads, Bookstagrammer ''Wanner''s short story is a feminist story that packs a punch.
What makes this story so compelling, is not just Zukiswa Wanner''s creative flair and prosaic flow, but also the fact that it contributes a unique angle to the overall discourse about body image - an angle, which not only exposes the impact of fraught race relations on gender issues, but also the overlooking of Black African women''s bodies in global discourses.'' - Literandra on This is Not Au Revoir a short story by Zukiswa Wanner from New Daughters of Africa ''Leila Aboulela. effortlessly inserts thought provoking aspects about Sudan''s history, the country''s social, political and religious context. The writing is characteristically clear, flowing, and enjoyable.'' - Literandra on A Very Young Judge by Leila Abouela from New Daughters of Africa ''What an honour to have my writing sit inside this beautiful tome and testament to women of the diaspora.'' Zoe Adojonyoh ''This book feels like home.'' - Sofia Akel, Free Books Campaign ''This is an exceptional anthology to savour - a uniquely nourishing banquet for mind and heart. Busby hopes in her introduction, "may all who find their way to this anthology, regardless of gender, class or race, feast well on its banquet of words.
" And I defy any reader not to do just that.'' - Joanne Owen, LoveReading ''It''s quite unfair to give this anthropology a review. With brilliant stories that date from 1793-1990, how could one really put it all into words? I can say that each story uplifts a strong sense of sisterhood. This powHERful book of essays, diary entries, poems, speeches, and novels is very dense. 1,000 pages. This isn''t a book you can read in one sitting. It''s an anthropology that you take your time with. Use it for research (personally I love to do research).
Learn with it. Grow with it. Highlight it. Absorb it. Take notes with it. Add anecdotes. Dive in, grow, and enjoy.'' - Our Library, Bookstagram ''I really cannot recommend this anthology enough - especially if you are looking to engage with, and read an eclectic collection of prose, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, scholastic articles, opinion piece.
More importantly, this collection will introduce you to writings by new and old faves. In short, buy it and thank me later.'' - Books and Rhymes, Bookstagrammer ''New Daughters of Africa is a must read for aspiring young women writers. Margaret Busby enlivens the literary archive of African women writing and reminds readers and critics of the significance of memory.'' - Tom Odhiambo, Daily Nation ''The collection. offers fascinating insights into the present. Busby opens the door wide and allows her readers to witness the conversations that have occurred between black women writers, conversations about culture, love, inheritance and more, without mediation from the powerful institutions of publishing and academia. The effect is marvellous.
'' - Imani Perry, Financial Times ''Edited by literary supernova Margaret Busby this new book is an immense work showcasing the continent and her voices, best savoured slowly. With sly humour, piercing knowingness, lush descriptions and rousing calls to action, this multitude of women from Antigua to Zimbabwe to the US demonstrates the deep-seated heritage that unites them.'' - Wanted Online ''An international treasure. New Daughters of Africa is not only for people of African descent; it is for everyone. This work was assembled for a time such as this, and it will echo the unified voice of women of African descent for generations to come.'' - 5/5 star review by Johnna Rocker-Clinton, San Francisco Book Review ''. possibly the most important anthology published in 2019, featuring some of the most incisive and visionary writing I''ve read in a long time. I can''t think of anything else I''ve read this year that matches this for its scope and beauty.
'' - Anthony Joseph, Wasafiri magazine ''A vast and nuanced collection. Sometimes you need an anthology to remind you of the variety, strength and nuance of writing among a certain region or group of people. New Daughters of Africa is indispensable because African voices have been silenced or diminished throughout history, and women''s voices even more so.'' - Sally Hayden, The Irish Times ''A great literary assembly put together for the purpose of reconstructing perceptions about Africa and her women, celebrating African women in literature and showcasing the dazzling range of their work.'' - Olatoun Gabi-Williams, Guardian Arts Nigeria ''Every Black home should own a copy of the book. The literary voices of Black women need to be heard even more urgently now.'' - John Stevenson, Black History 365 ''This anthology inspires a great sense of pride in discovering the enormous number of black women writers and their rich body of literary works going back over a century.'' - Kari Mutu, The East African ''Here is the book so many have been waiting for.
The book to make sense of so many others.'' - Anjanette Delgado, New York Journal of Books ''With more than 200 black women writers in its 700 eventful pages, this inspiring collection punches above its very considerable weight. The result is great diversity within a supposed minority, a resounding statement of the infinitely rich life experience of the ''sisters'' drawn from Africa and the Diaspora.'' - Echoes Magazine ''Margaret Busby''s landmark anthology is the epitome of inter-generational sisterhood, and has provided us with the foundations for a remarkable conversation surrounding race, gender and resistance. With this Busby''s legacy is immortalised by continuing to push the conversation forward, and for us, as readers, to continue to celebrate her work and generous, indelible gift to the world.'' - Africa Writes ''Jarrett-Macauley notes that Busby has turned "reading English into something global, explosive and urgent.