New Daughters of Africa (Various)

Three decades after her pioneering anthology, Daughters of Africa, Margaret Busby curates an extraordinary collection of contemporary writing by 200 women writers of African descent, including Zadie Smith, Bernardine Evaristo and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

A glorious portrayal of the richness and range of African women's voices, this major international book brings together their achievements across a wealth of genres. From Antigua to Zimbabwe and Angola to the USA, overlooked artists of the past join key figures, popular contemporaries and emerging writers in paying tribute to the heritage that unites them, the strong links that endure from generation to generation, and their common obstacles around issues of race, gender and class.

Bold and insightful, brilliant in its intimacy and universality, this landmark anthology honours the talents of African daughters and the inspiring legacy that connects them-and all of us.

The New Daughters of Africa

Diane Abbott
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Leila Aboulela
Ayobami Adebayo
Sade Adeniran
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Zoe Adjonyoh
Patience Agbabi
Agnès Agboton
Candace Allen
Lisa Allen-Agostini
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
Andaiye
Harriet Anena
Joan Anim-Addo
Monica Arac de Nyeko
Yemisi Aribisala
Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro
Amma Asante
Michelle Asantewa
Nana Asma'u
Sefi Atta
Ayesha Harruna Attah
Gabeba Baderoon
Yaba Badoe
Yvonne Bailey-Smith
Doreen Baingana
Ellen Banda-Aaku
Angela Barry
Mildred K. Barya
Jackee Budesta Batanda
Simi Bedford
Linda Bellos
Jay Bernard
Marion Bethel
Ama Biney
Jacqueline Bishop
Malorie Blackman
Tanella Boni
Malika Booker
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Beverley Bryan
Akosua Busia
Candice Carty-Williams
Rutendo Chabikwa
Barbara Chase-Riboud
Panashe Chigumadzi
Gabrielle Civil
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Angela Cobbinah
Carolyn Cooper
Juanita Cox
Meta Davis Cumberbatch
Patricia Cumper
Stella Dadzie
Yrsa Daley-Ward
Nana-Ama Danquah
Edwidge Danticat
Nadia Davids
Tjawangwa Dema
Yvonne Denis Rosario
Anni Domingo
Nah Dove
Edwige-Renée Dro
Camille T. Dungy
Anaïs Duplan
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Aida Edemariam
Esi Edugyan
Summer Edward
Yvvette Edwards
Zena Edwards
Safia Elhillo
Zetta Elliott
Nawal El Saadawi
Diana Evans
Bernardine Evaristo
Eve L. Ewing
Deise Faria Nunes
Diana Ferrus
Nikky Finney
Aminatta Forna
Ifeona Fulani
Vangile Gantsho
Roxane Gay
Danielle Legros Georges
Patricia Glinton-Meicholas
Hawa Jande Golakai
Wangui wa Goro
Bonnie Greer
Jane Ulysses Grell
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Carmen Harris
zakia henderson-brown
Joanne C. Hillhouse
Afua Hirsch
Zita Holbourne
Nalo Hopkinson
Rashidah Ismaili
Naomi Jackson
Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Delia Jarrett-Macauley
Margo Jefferson
Barbara Jenkins
Catherine Johnson
Ethel Irene Kabwato
Elizabeth Keckley
Fatimah Kelleher
Donika Kelly
Adrienne Kennedy
Susan Nalugwa Kiguli
Rosamond S. King
Donu Kogbara
Lauri Kubuitsile
Goretti Kyomuhendo

Margaret Busby (Nana Akua Ackon), CBE, Hon. FRSL, is a publisher, editor, writer, broadcaster, activist and mentor. The recipient of numerous awards and honorary doctorates, she has judged prestigious literary prizes, including the Booker, and served on the boards of such organizations as the Royal Literary Fund, Wasafiri magazine, Tomorrow's Warriors, the Africa Centre in London and the Caine Prize. In 2023 she was appointed President of English PEN.

As editorial director of Allison & Busby for twenty years, from the late 1960s, Margaret published an international list of more than three hundred notable authors - among them, Buchi Emecheta, Sam Greenlee, Roy Heath, Chester Himes, Jill Murphy and Val Wilmer - and found new audiences for the likes of C. L. R. James and George Lamming. She is the editor of Jane Cortez's collected poems, Firespitter, as well as two groundbreaking anthologies, Daughters of Africa (1992) and its sequel, New Daughters of Africa (2019), which seeded the Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award to fund young women from Africa to study for a master's degree in the UK.