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Blurb: “The close of the colonial period in Africa brought an end to the age when Africa's story was told by the white man.
A new generation of African writers has emerged, to tell the sorrow and the joy of a continent in change. Cry Sorrow, Cry Joy! brings the people of Africa uniquely to life, through the skill of many of the most creative of this new crop of writers. In short stories, poems, excerpts from novels and drama, you will meet the people who have made Africa what it is today, who are facing the challenges of today and shaping the future of a continent.
The family torn apart when the father is asked to reject an uneducated wife in order to take a high diplomatic job overseas; the young man who sets out to walk to America in order to get an education; the black child punished for playing on the swings in an all-white playground (and the black guard who must do the punish-ing); the black catechist prevented by prejudice and church tradition from becoming a minister - as you come to know these people, you will come to know the Africa that lies behind the facts and figures.”