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Hustling Is Not Stealing:  Stories of an African Bar Girl

Cities as the Heavens of This Earth,” from the Introduction:  45-62.  <PDF>

A Bad Sickness,” from Chapter 8, A Bad Sickness:  305-12.  Also published as “An excerpt from Hustling Is Not Stealing, with an introduction by Benj DeMott” in First of the Month 4, no. 1 (6.1.2002), 17-19  <PDF>

William and Abena,” from Chapter 5, Fucking English People:  248-56.   Also published as “An excerpt from Hustling Is Not Stealing, with an Introduction by Benj DeMott” in First of the Month 6, no. 1 (winter 2004), 15-17.  <PDF>

A Nice Prison in Togo,” from Chapter 14, A Nice Prison in Togo:  402-40.  <PDF>


Exchange Is Not Robbery:  More Stories of an African Bar Girl

Issahaku and the Fulani Thieves,” from Chapter 7, Life with Father:  214-21.  <PDF>

Tales of Groove,” from Chapter 7, Life with Father:  232-42.  <PDF>

The Big Fight in the Family,” from Chapter 6, The Big Fight in the Family:  197-213.  <PDF>