A glorious portrayal of the richness and range of the singular and combined accomplishments of more than 200 contributors, New Daughters of Africa showcases their global sweep, diversity and achievements while also testifying to a wealth of genres: autobiography, memoir, letters, short stories, novels, poetry, drama, humour, journalism, essays and speeches. Following up Margaret Busby's landmark 1992 anthology Daughters of Africa, this companion volume brings together the words of writers from across the globe-Antigua to Zimbabwe, Angola to the USA-to honour a unifying heritage while showing the remarkable range of creativity from the African diaspora particularly in the past 25 years. Arranged chronologically, New Daughters of Africa illustrates an uplifting sense of sisterhood and the links that endure from generation to generation, as well as common obstacles writers still negotiate around issues of race, gender and class. Featuring key figures and popular contemporaries, as well as overlooked historical authors and today's new and emerging writers, contributors to New Daughters of Africa include: Diane Abbott * Yassmin Abdel-Magied * Leila Aboulela * Ayobami Adebayo * Sade Adeniran * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie * Zoe Adjonyoh * Patience Agbabi * Agnes 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 * Ayesha Harruna Attah * Michelle Yaa Asantewa * Sefi Atta * Ayesha Harruna Attah * Gabeba Baderoon * Yaba Badoe * Yvonne Bailey-Smith * Doreen Baingana * Ellen Banda-Aaku * Angela Barry * Mildred Barya * Jackee Budesta Batanda * Simi Bedford * Linda Bellos * Jay Bernard * Marion Bethel * Rhoda Bharath * Ama Biney * Jacqueline Bishop * Juliane Okot Bitek * Malorie Blackman * Tanella Boni * Malika Booker * Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond * Beverley Bryan * Akosua Busia * Candice Carty-Williams * Barbara Chase-Riboud * Panashe Chigumadzi * Gabrielle Civil * Maxine Beneba Clarke * Angela Cobbinhah * 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 * Nah Dove * Edwige Renee Dro * Camille Dungy * Anais 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 Ewing * Diana Ferrus * Nikki Finney * Aminatta Forna * Ifeona Fulani * Vangile Gantsho * Roxane Gay * Danielle Legros Georges * Patricia Glinton-Meicholas * Hawa Jande Golakai * Wangui wa Goro * Bonnie Greer * Jane 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 King * Donu Kogbara * Lauri Kubuitsile * Goretti Kyomuhendo * Beatrice Lamwaka * Patrice Lawrence * Andrea Levy * Lesley Lokko * Karen Lord * Ashley Makue * Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi * Reneilwe Malatji * Sarah Ladipo Manyika * Ros Martin * Lebogang Mashile * Isabella Matambanadzo * Nomavenda Mathiane * Imbolo Mbue * Karen McCarthy Woolf * Trifonia Melibea Obono * Maaza Mengiste * 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 * Deise Nunes * Elizabeth Nunez * Selina Nwulu * Nana Oforiatta-Ayim * Irenosen Okojie * Nnedi Okorafor * Chinelo Okparanta * Yewande Omotoso * Makena Onjerika * Chibundu Onuzo * Osonye Tess Onwueme * Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor * Louisa Adjoa Parker * Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida * Alake Pilgrim * Winsome Pinnock * Hannah Azieb Pool * Olumide Popoola * Claudia Rankine * Sarah Parker Remond * Zandria F. Robinson * Zuleica Romay Guerra * Yvonne Denis Rosario * Andrea Rosario-Gborie * Leone Ross * Minna Salami * Marina Salandy-Brown * Sapphire * Noo Saro-Wiwa * Taiye Selasi * Namwali Serpell * Kadija Sesay * Claire Shepherd * Verene Shepherd * Warsan Shire * Lola Shoneyin * Dorothea Smartt * Zadie Smith * Adeola Solanke * Celia Sorhaindo * Attillah Springer * Andrea Stuart * SuAndi * Valerie Tagwira * Jennifer Teege * Jean Thevenet * Natasha Trethewey * Hilda Twongyeirwe * Novuyo Rosa Tshuma * Chika Unigwe * Yvonne Vera * Phillippa Yaa de Villiers * Kit de Waal * Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw * Rebecca Walker * Ayeta Anne Wangusa * Zukiswa Wanner * Jesmyn Ward * Verna Wilkins * Charlotte Williams * Sue Woodford-Hollick* Jacqueline Woodson * Makhosazana Xaba * Tiphanie Yanique

Margaret Busby OBE, Hon. FRSL (Nana Akua Ackon) is a writer, editor and broadcaster who was born in Ghana and educated in Britain. She co-founded Allison $ Busby, publishing C.L.R. James, Buchi Emecheta, Nuruddin Farah amongst many others, and became Director of Earthscan. She has judged numerous literary awards, including the Caine, Baileys and Commonwealth prizes, served on the boards of PEN, Wasafiri and the Royal Literary Fund, and collected many honours including the 2015 Henry Swanzy Award. She lives in Islington, London.