The arrangers of marriage / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Faeries of the Nile / Mansoura Ez-Eldin -- Stickfighting days / Olufemi Terry -- Dancing to the jazz goblin and his rhythm / Brian Chikwava -- Promenade / Henrietta Rose-Innes -- An Ex-mas feast / Uwem Akpan -- Ships in high transit / Binyavanga Wainaina -- The moustached man / Patrice Nganang -- A good soldier / Maaza Mengiste -- Préférence nationale / Fatou Diome -- Homecoming / Laila Lalami -- Street of the house of wonders / Rachida el-Charni -- Bumsters / E. C. Osondu -- Passion / Doreen Baingana -- The fugitive / Alain Mabanckou -- Haywards Heath / Aminatta Forna -- Missing out / Leila Aboulela -- Why don't you carve other animals / Yvonne Vera -- The centre of the world / George Makana Clark -- Propaganda by monuments / Ivan Vladislaviâc -- Mme Zitta Mendès, a last image / Alaa Al Aswany -- An unexpected death / Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa -- The homecoming / Milly Jafta -- Oxford, black Oxford / Dambudzo Marechera -- You can't get lost in Cape Town / Zoë Wicomb -- Cages / Abdulrazak Gurnah -- The last bordello / Manuel Rui -- The eyes of the statue / Camara Laye -- Slipper satin / Alex La Guma.