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