| A Basket of Leaves: 99 Books That Capture the Spirit of Africa | |
| Author: | Geoffrey B. Wisner |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Literary criticism |
| Published: | 2007 (Jacana Media) |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 289 |
| Isbn: | 978-1-77009-206-8 |
| Congress: | PL8010 .W57 2007 |
| Oclc: | 161792466 |
A Basket of Leaves is a collection of 54 essays by Geoff Wisner, each of which examines one or more books about a different African country. The collection was published by Jacana Media in 2007.
The authors of the selected books are (variously) African, American, West Indian, and European. Some of the authors are black, and others are white. Some of the books are fiction, and others are non-fiction; 28 of them were authored or co-authored by women. The selected works were originally published in Arabic, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, and other languages.[1]
| Work | Year published | Author | Author nationality | Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sheltering Sky | 1949 | United States | Algeria | |||
| The Savage Night | 1995 | Algeria | Algeria | |||
| Algerian White | 1996 | Algeria | Algeria | |||
| Mayombe | 1979 | Angola | Angola | |||
| Another Day of Life | 1976 | Poland | Angola | |||
| The Viceroy of Ouidah | 1980 | United Kingdom | Benin | |||
| When Rain Clouds Gather | 1968 | South Africa / Botswana | Botswana | |||
| Whites | 1986 | United States | Botswana | |||
| Of Water and the Spirit | 1994 | Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | |||
| The True Sources of the Nile | 2003 | Sarah Stone | United States | Burundi | ||
| Mission to Kala | 1957 | Cameroon | Cameroon | |||
| The Fortunate Isles | 1989 | United Kingdom | Cape Verde | |||
| Song from the Forest | 2015 | United States / CAR | Central African Republic | |||
| Komoon! Capturing the Chad Elephant | 1953 | Heinrich Oberjohann | Germany | Chad | ||
| Last of the Pirates | 1994 | United Kingdom | Comoros |