Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Serendipitous Discoveries: The Subaltern Speaks-African Women's Writing -- Voicing from Zimbabwe to Algeria: The Office and Science of Juju -- The State of the African Union Address: A Juju Ambiance, the Tête-à- Tête, and the Mimetic -- What the Fairy Godmother Said to the Princes: Bessie Head's -- Rumble from the Womb of the Prison: Nawal El Saadawi's -- The Mouth Unbound: A Thousand and One African Days and Nights: Ama Ata Aidoo's -- Talking Sister, Silenced Subaltern: Assia Djebar's -- "Lunatic Writing"-The Speaking Space Between the Present and the Future: Calixthe Beyala's -- Echoes of a Recent Past: Yvonne Vera's -- A New Hibiscus: Proffering an Alternate World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.