This selection of six stories hailed by the Caine Prize for English-language African literature, in the tradition of the famous Booker Prize, superbly demonstrates the originality, diversity and power of invention of this young generation of writers - here, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Nigeria... Through their voices, the postcolonial English language, steeped in the changing realities of the great cities, becomes an extraordinary space for the metamorphosis of imaginations and sensibilities. A prodigious kaleidoscope of stories. "For a long time, African literature was relegated to the margins. One of the advantages of this is that it now has a lot to do. It has many impulses, many possibilities, many wisdoms, to bring to light. In due time, it will manifest itself to the world, lavishing marvelous surprises and unexpected gifts." Ben Okri.