TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- LADY GREGORY (1852-1932) -- THE RISING OF THE MOON -- AMA ATA AIDOO (b. 1940) -- ANOWA -- SHARON POLLOCK (b. 1936) -- BLOOD RELATIONS -- JUDITH THOMPSON (b. 1954) -- THE CRACKWALKER -- STELLA KON (b. 1944) -- RENÉE (b. 1929) -- WEDNESDAY TO COME -- ALMA DE GROEN (b. 1941) -- THE RIVERS OF CHINA -- TESS A. ONWUEME (b. 1955) -- THE REIGN OF WAZOBIA -- SUSAN PAM-GRANT (b. 1962) -- CHRISTINA REID (b. 1942) -- TEA IN A CHINA CUP -- MARINA CARR (b. 1964).