Literature of Africa.
As more works of African Literature are being incorporated into the Language Arts and Cultural Studies curriculum, it becomes increasingly important to offer students and educators a meaningful context in which to explore these works. As part of Greenwood's Literature as Windows to World Cultur...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2004. |
| Series: | Literature as Windows to World Cultures
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Africa and Europe
- PART I: A SELECTED HISTORY OF WEST AFRICAN LITERATURE
- 1 Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart (1958), No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1963), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987)
- 2 Buchi Emecheta: The Bride Price (1976) and The Joys of Motherhood (1979)
- 3 Ayi Kwei Armah: The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968)
- 4 Miriama Ba: So Long a Letter (1981)
- 5 Sembene Ousmane: God's Bits of Wood (1962)
- PART II: A SELECTED HISTORY OF EAST AFRICAN LITERATURE
- 6 Ngugi wa Thiong'o: A Grain of Wheat (1967) Petals of Blood (1977), and Matagari (1989)
- PART III: A SELECTED HISTORY OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICAN LITERATURE
- PART IV: A SELECTED HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE AND POLITICS
- 7 Nadine Gordimer: Burger's Daughter (1979) and The House Gun (1998)
- 8 Alex La Guma: In the Fog of the Season's End (1972) and Time of the Butcherbird (1979)
- 9 Alan Paton: Cry, the Beloved Country (1948)
- 10 Bessie Head: When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
- Biographies
- Further Readings
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.