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

Beatrice Lamwaka

Patrice Lawrence

Andrea Levy

Lesley Lokko

Karen Lord

Karen Ládípò Manyika

Ros Martin

Lebogang Mashile

Isabella Matambanadzo

NomaVenda Mathiane

Imbolo Mbue

Maaza Mengiste

Arthenia Bates Millican

Bridget Minamore

Nadifa Mohamed

Natalia Molebatsi

Wame Molefhe

Aja Monet

Sisonke Msimang

Blessing Musariri

Glaydah Namukasa

Marie NDiaye

Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi

Wanjiku wa Ngugi

Ketty Nivyabandi

Elizabeth Nunez

Selina Nwulu

Trifonia Melibea Obono

Nana Oforiatta Ayim

Irenosen Okojie

Nnedi Okorafor

Juliane Okot Bitek

Chinelo Okparanta

Yewande Omotoso

Makena Onjerika

Chibundu Onuzo

Tess Onwueme

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Louisa Adjoa Parker

Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida

Alake Pilgrim

Winsome Pinnock

Hannah Azieb Pool

Olúmìdé Pópó?lá

Claudia Rankine

H. Cordelia Ray

Sarah Parker Remond

Florida Ruffin Ridley

Zandria F. Robinson

Zuleica Romay Guerra

Andrea Rosario-Gborie

Leone Ross

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

Minna Salami

Marina Salandy-Brown

Sapphire

Noo Saro-Wiwa

Taiye Selasi

Namwali Serpell

Kadija Sesay

Claire Shepherd

Verene A. Shepherd

Warsan Shire

Lola Shoneyin

Dorothea Smartt

Zadie Smith

Adeola Solanke

Celia Sorhaindo

Attillah Springer

Andrea Stuart

SuAndi

Valerie Joan Tagwira

Jennifer Teege

Jean évenet

Natasha Trethewey

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

Hilda J. Twongyeirwe

Chika Unigwe

Yvonne Vera

Phillippa Yaa de Villiers

Kit de Waal

Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw

Effie Waller Smith

Rebecca Walker

Ayeta Anne Wangusa

Zukiswa Wanner

Jesmyn Ward

Verna Allette Wilkins

Charlotte Williams

Sue Woodford-Hollick

Makhosazana Xaba

Tiphanie Yanique