Representing the Bushmen: South Africa and the Origin of Language
Shane Moran
University of Rochester Press, Rochester, 2009, hb
210pp  ISBN 1 5804 6294 5 

Caribbean Genesis: Jamaica Kincaid and the Writing of New Worlds
Jana Evans Braziel
SUNY Press, Albany, 2009, hb
237pp  ISBN 0 7914 7653 6  $75

The Girl with the Golden Shoes
Colin Chambers
Macmillan Caribbean, Oxford, pb, 2009
133pp  ISBN 0 2300 2892 0  £5.95

John Crow’s Devil
Marlon James
Macmillan Caribbean, Oxford, pb, 2009
232pp  ISBN 0 2300 3488 4  £6.50

The Global Village: Tell Tales Vol 4
Courttia Newland and Monique Roffey, eds
Peepal Tree, Leeds, 2009, pb
212pp  ISBN 1 8452 3079 1  £8.99

On the Margins: Race, Gender and Empire
O R Dathorne
Africa World Press, Trenton and New Jersey, 2009, pb
186pp  ISBN 1 5922 1651 2  £14.99

Locating Race: Global Sites of Post-Colonial Citizenship
Malini Johar Schueller
SUNY Press, Albany, 2009, pb
247pp  ISBN 0 7914 7682 6  $22.95

Emergent Themes and Methods in African Studies: Essays in Honour of Adiele E Afigbo
Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock, eds
Africa World Press, Trenton and New Jersey, 2009, pb
679pp  ISBN 1 5922 1677 3  $39.95

Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese
Chatto and Windus, London, 2009, hb
541pp  ISBN 0 7011 7383 8  £17.99

The Boatride and Other Poems
Arun Kolatkar
Pras Prakashan, Mumbai, 2009, pb
262pp  ISBN 8 1906 5201 8  £15

Woman in Concert: An Anthology of Bengali, Muslim Women’s Writing 1904 – 1938
Shaheen Akhtar and Moushumi Bhowmik, eds
Stree, Kolkata, 2008, hb
390pp  ISBN 8 1856 0414 2  Rs170

The Literature Police: Apartheid, Censorship and Its Cultural Consequences
Peter D McDonald
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009, hb
416pp  ISBN 0 1992 8334 7 

Leaving Tangier: A Novel
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Penguin, London, 2009, pb
275pp  ISBN 0 1431 1465 9

Fast Talking PI
Selina Tusitala Marsh
Auckland University Press, Aukland, 2009, pb with CD
72pp  ISBN 1 8694 0432 1 

Alternative Anthem: Selected Poems
John Agard
Bloodaxe Books, Tarset, pb with CD
160pp  ISBN 1 8522 4823 9  £9.95

Open Interval
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Pittsburgh University Press, Pittsburgh, 2009, pb
84pp  ISBN 0 8229 6036 2  $14.95

Emerging Perspectives on Ken Bugul
Ada Uzoamaka Azodo and Jeanne-Sarah de Larquie, eds
Africa World Press, Trenton and Jersey, 2009, pb
388pp  ISBN 1 5922 1673 4  £22.99

The Rape of Fatimah: A Play
Nabie Yayah Swaray
Africa World Press, Trenton and New Jersey, 2009, pb
180pp  ISBN 1 5922 1657 9  $21.95

The Three Suitors of Fred Belair
E A Markham
Tindal Street Press, Birmingham, 2009, pb
320pp  ISBN 0 9556 4763 5  £8.99

Early Soyinka
Bernth Lindfors
Africa World Press, Trenton and New Jersey, 2008, pb
296pp  ISBN 1 5922 1653 6  £14.99

African Theatre Companies
James Gibbs, ed
James Currey, Woodbridge, 2008, pb
176pp  ISBN 1 8470 1500 6  £16.99

Fathers and Daughters: An Anthology of Exploration
Ato Quayson, ed
Ayebia Clarke, Banbury, 2008, pb
200pp  ISBN 0 9555 0790 8  £16.99

A New Generation of African Writers: Migration, Culture and Language
Brenda Cooper
James Currey, Woodbridge, 2008, hb
192pp  ISBN 1 8470 1507 5  £45.00

True Murder: A Novel
Yaba Badoe
Jonathan Cape, London, 2009, hb
262pp  ISBN 0 2240 8502 1  £12.99

Traces of a Life: A Collection of Elegies and Praise Poems
Abena P A Busia
Ayebia Clarke, Banbury, 2008, pb
125pp  ISBN 0 9555 0797 7  £8.99

The Grammar of Identity: Translational Fiction and the Nature of the Boundary
Stephen Clingman
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009, hb
266pp  ISBN 0 1992 7849 7 

Nollywood: The Video Phenomenon in Nigeria
Pierre Barrot, ed
James Currey, Woodbridge, 2009, pb
147pp  ISBN 1 8470 1504 4  £14.99

Sacred Secular: Contemplative Cultural Critique
Lata Mani
Routledge, Abingdon, 2009, pb
223pp  ISBN 0 4154 8448 0  Rs295

Broken Glass
Alain Mabankou (Helen Stevenson, trans)
Serpent’s Tail, London, 2009, pb
179pp  ISBN 1 8524 2918 8  £9.99

The Indian English Novel: Nation, History and Narration
Priyamvada Gopal
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009, hb
209pp  ISBN 0 1995 4438 7 

Where I Live: New and Selected Poems
Arundhati Subramaniam
Bloodaxe Books, Tarset, 2009, pb
126pp  ISBN 1 8522 4824 6  £8.95

Clever Backbone
John Agard
Bloodaxe Books, Tarset, 2009, pb
72pp  ISBN 1 8522 4822 2  £7.95