Malcolm Offord is Reader in French at the University of Nottingham. His most recent book is French Language: past, present and future.Laïla Ibnlfassi is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the London Guildhall University. She is co-editor, with Nicki Hitchcott, of African Francophone Writing: a critical introduction.Nicki Hitchcott is Lecturer in French at the University of Nottingham. She is co author of Woman Writers in Francophile Africa.Sam Haigh is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Mapping a Tradition: Francophile Women’s writing from Guadeloupe.Rosemary Chapman is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Nottingharn. She is the author of Siting the Quebec Novel.

'Ibnlfassi, Hitchcott, Haigh and Chapman do a wonderful job ... its greatest usefulness is likely to be for students studying a course in variants of French who will have here a useful anthology.'

• Introduction, General, Language and Style, Part I North Africa Part 2 Black Africa and the Indian Ocean 3 Caribbean Part 4 North America Index

Malcolm Offord is Reader in French at the University of Nottingham. His most recent book is French Language: past, present and future.Laïla Ibnlfassi is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the London Guildhall University. She is co-editor, with Nicki Hitchcott, of African Francophone Writing: a critical introduction.Nicki Hitchcott is Lecturer in French at the University of Nottingham. She is co author of Woman Writers in Francophile Africa.Sam Haigh is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Mapping a Tradition: Francophile Women’s writing from Guadeloupe.Rosemary Chapman is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Nottingharn. She is the author of Siting the Quebec Novel.

'Ibnlfassi, Hitchcott, Haigh and Chapman do a wonderful job ... its greatest usefulness is likely to be for students studying a course in variants of French who will have here a useful anthology.'

• Introduction, General, Language and Style, Part I North Africa Part 2 Black Africa and the Indian Ocean 3 Caribbean Part 4 North America Index

Malcolm Offord is Reader in French at the University of Nottingham. His most recent book is French Language: past, present and future.Laïla Ibnlfassi is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the London Guildhall University. She is co-editor, with Nicki Hitchcott, of African Francophone Writing: a critical introduction.Nicki Hitchcott is Lecturer in French at the University of Nottingham. She is co author of Woman Writers in Francophile Africa.Sam Haigh is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Mapping a Tradition: Francophile Women’s writing from Guadeloupe.Rosemary Chapman is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Nottingharn. She is the author of Siting the Quebec Novel.

'Ibnlfassi, Hitchcott, Haigh and Chapman do a wonderful job ... its greatest usefulness is likely to be for students studying a course in variants of French who will have here a useful anthology.'

• Introduction, General, Language and Style, Part I North Africa Part 2 Black Africa and the Indian Ocean 3 Caribbean Part 4 North America Index