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Country
  
South Africa

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

LC Class
  
PL8010 .W57 2007

Author
  
Geoff Wisner

Editor
  
Geoff Wisner

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Language
  
English

Pages
  
289 pp

Originally published
  
2007

Genre
  
Non-fiction

OCLC
  
161792466

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ISBN
  
978-1-77009-206-8 (first edition, paperback)

A Basket of Leaves is a 2007 collection of essays by Geoff Wisner. It is a literary tour of Africa and there is an essay on a book for all 54 countries on the continent.

Contents

Included book reviews

Algeria

  • The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
  • The Savage Night by Mohammed Dib
  • Algerian White by Assia Djebar

    • Angola

  • Mayombe by Pepetela
  • Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski

    • Benin

  • The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin

    • Botswana

  • When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head
  • Whites by Norman Rush

    • Burkina Faso

  • Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Some

    • Burundi

  • The True Sources of the Nile by Sarah Stone

    • Cameroon

  • Mission to Kala by Mongo Beti

    • Cape Verde

  • The Fortunate Isles by Basil Davidson

    • Central African Republic

  • Song From the Forest by Louis Sarno

    • Chad

  • Komoon! by Heinrich Oberjohann

    • Comoros

  • Last of the Pirates by Samantha Weinberg

    • Reviews

  • American Library Association - NEW PUBLICATIONS by George Eberhart, C&RL News, Vol. 70, No. 1 (January 2009)

    • Interviews

  • Laura Reviews ... Laura Cococcia interviews Geoff Wisner (April 2009)

    • References

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