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This work features articles which examine the works of new African writers who have appeared (or who have developed significantly) in the last two decades in all of the genres. North America: Africa World Press
Ghost-written by his wife Marjorie Jones.--Front flap
AFRICAN LITERATURE TODAY was established at a time of uncertainty and reconstruction but for 50 years it has played a leading role in nurturing imaginative creativity and its criticism on the African continent and beyond. Contemporary African creative writers have confidently taken strides which resonate all over the world. The daring diversities, stylistic innovations and enchanting audacities which characterize their works across many different genres resonate with readers beyond African geographic and linguistic boundaries. Writers in Africa and the diaspora seem to be speaking with collective and individual voices that compel world attention and admiration. And they arebeing read in nume...
A collection of ten articles on African literature selected from papers presented at the 1995 conference of the African Literature Association held in Columbus, Ohio.
This volume is part of the Longman Imprint Books series of fiction and non-fiction writing. The series features writers from a range of centuries and cultures and each book has additional study materials for speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Contributors to this volume ask what are the new directions of African literature? What should be the major concerns of writers, critics and teachers in the twenty-first century? What are the accomplishments and legacies? What gaps remain to be filled, and what challenges are there to be addressed by publishers and the book industry? What are the implications for pedagogy in the new technological era? ERNEST EMENYONU is Professor of the Department of Africana Studies University of Michigan-Flint. North America: Africa World Press; Nigeria: HEBN
An intense and poised novel in the form of a letter written by Ramatoulaye, who has recently been widowed.