I have reproduced this posting which first appeared on Ivor W. Hartman. Ivor had already notified me privately that I am one of the authors whose stories have been selected for the 2011 edition of African Roar, an eclectic anthology of short fiction by African writers. See here too.
"African Roar 2011 Selections
It gives us (Emmanuel Sigauke and Ivor W. Hartman) great pleasure to announce the selections for the next annual StoryTime anthology African Roar 2011. Congratulations to all who made it through the selection process, and thank you to everyone who entered!
Chanting Shadows by Mbonisi P. Ncube
The Times by Dango Mkandawire
Out of Memory by Emmanuel Iduma
Masvingo neCarpet Thamsanqa Ncube
Diner Ten by Ivor W. Hartmann
Missing a Thing of Beauty by Abigail George
Water Wahala by Isaac Neequaye
Longing for Home by Hajira Amla
Snakes Will Follow You by Emmanuel Sigauke
The Echo of Silence Delta Law Milayo Ndou
Snake of the Niger Delta by Chimdindu Mazi-Njoku
The Saxophonist by Anengiyefa
Letter to my Son by Joy Isi Bewaji
Waiting for April by Damilola Ajayi
A Writer's Lot by Zukiswa Wanner
Witch's Brew by Stanely Ruzvidzo Mupfudza
To the Woods with a Girl by Masimba Musodza
Silent Night, Bloody Night by Ayodele Morocco-Clarke
Lose Myself by Uche Peter Umez
Uncle Jeffrey by Murenga Joseph Chikowero
Because of my Wife by Kenechukwu Obi
The Orange Barn by Sarudzai Mubvakure
PS: The various parts of my story are posted on this blog. The easiest way to find them is by using the search tool on this page.
15 comments:
just got my ip address banned from mashada by some hateful moderator...someone was obviously eavesdropping in our conversation and he/she banned my ip address.sucks..will try to get a static ip address later...mashada sucks
Hi D, it was really lovely meeting you. I wonder what your (our) crime was. Oh well, I somehow managed to escape the moderator's wrath. Maybe its something to do with my cross-dressing, lol..
Its so nice to see that you did get in touch. Now I know I'll get a good night's sleep. I wondered what had happened when you abruptly disappeared. Okay, so my email is on my profile page and please let me look forward to hearing from you. Mwah!
D, for ease its anengiyefa1@yahoo.com :)
Hi Anengiyefa, wanted to let you know that it seems certain parts of the Garuba series have been removed from your blog. I was able to trace some using Google Cache but I cant find the rest of the posts. did you remove them yourself?
Hello Anonymous,
Yes, I removed some parts of the story with the intention of doing some further editing, which I haven't got round to doing just yet. Quite intrepid of you to have noticed..
Thanks for the response. Guess I'll just have to wait until you finish editing but I must mention that I enjoyed reading your short stories over at "publishyourstories" and your blog, good writing.
Hello again Anonymous,
Its always good to receive words of appreciation and I am indeed very grateful.
I couldn't help noting though that the Garuba story did not receive the same response on publishyourstory as 'The Saxophonist' did, hence my reticence to proceed with the series in that venue even though Garuba is a much longer story and one which i must admit I'm still actively thinking about how to conclude.
I'll complete the editing and put those parts of the story that I removed back up on the blog shortly. Thanks so much.
Congratulations! The saxophone story is pretty interesting, though I haven't read it all. Good one, I must say...
Thanks Savvy. I believe that all the parts of the story are available on the blog..
Congratulations, it seems your literary credibility is gaining momentum. I hope you have started thinking about your acceptance speech as one can’t be too far off down the road.
Also I hope you have the copyright for your stories, in case someone wants to transform them into film. Please ensure you have a quality caste to play the roles you’ve written about. I saw a clip of “things fall apart on” You Tube, and it was disappointing, Okonkwo was some unfit slob, his wife was alright though (and it was shot in English, unbelievable classic Igbo village life in English, never mind. How about Igbo dialogue and English sub-titles). He didn’t have that “air” that marked him out as different from the rest. The book mentions he carried an air that made him different (after all the story was centred around him), in short it wasn’t well done.
Please ensure should your stories/books be made films, that the depiction is as true to the story as you had envisaged in your mind’s eye. That will maintain the credibility.
Since the life of the homosexual in Nigeria is overlooked, and indeed much of Africa, what you are doing is a good thing. There are so many stories that have yet to be told, that deserve to be acknowledged (that in itself could form the theme of a collection of short stories from around the continent). I guess with the fullness of time, it won’t be such a revelation.
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Merci @CodLiverOil. Je l'ai vu et devrais vous répondre
Congratulations Anengiyefa!! I enjoyed the series.
So sorry I am only now seeing this. Congratulations!!!!!
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