Kwame Stephens

The Prophet's Room Kwame Stephens

"The Prophet's Room and Other Stories About Modern Africans" is ten stories about men, women and children in modern day Africa. These are people who are well traveled, educated and living lives that are not often portrayed in mainstream media. They are people dealing with issues about family, religion, infidelity and more. They are not the types of Africans you see on television begging for food or on the wildlife channels. These are real Africans, often forgotten by mainstream media. Their stories are very present in the over fifty countries on the African continent and around the world. Kwame Stephens' collection of ten stories is a thin slice of modern Africa. The anthology starts with two stories that were published in English Speaking Africa in the mid 1980's when he began his writing career. We are eventually whisked into a world of the Internet, Facebook, building projects, corrupt bosses and way more. We get a taste of the complexities that many modern Africans have to deal with as they straddle their traditional identities in an ever evolving world.