Anyone interested in Africa, gender politics, good storytelling and writing that pushes the boundaries of the form will love this book. ... This is a full on sensory experience, a stimulation for the brain and for the heart and some of the writing here stirs the blood and twists the gut. ... The depth of psychological, political, economic and cultural insight here is awe inspiring." Connected with the new anthology, the "Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award" was announced by the publisher, Myriad Editions, in partnership with SOAS, University of London, that will benefit an African woman student. "New Daughters of Africa" was nominated for a NAACP Image Award in 2020 in the category of Outstanding Literary Work, alongside books by Petina Gappah, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jacqueline Woodson, and Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, who was the eventual winner.