CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. ANGOLA -- Chapter 1. Social and Cultural Background of the Modern Era -- Chapter 2. Colonialists, Independents, and Precursors -- Chapter 3. "Let's Discover Angola" -- Chapter 4. Toward a Poetry of Angola -- Chapter 5. Prose Fiction in Angola -- PART TWO. MOZAMBIQUE -- Chapter 6. Portugal's East African Province -- Chapter 7. Mozambique's Modern Literary Climate -- Chapter 8. Euro-African Writers -- Chapter 9. Poetry and Prose from a Black Perspective -- Chapter 10. Contemporary Trends and Prospects -- PART THREE. THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS -- Chapter 11. Ten African Islands -- Chapter 12. The Birth of a Literature -- Chapter 13. A New Poetry -- Chapter 14. Cape Verde in Narrative -- Chapter 15. The Case of Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) -- PART FOUR. SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE -- Chapter 16. Two Plantation Islands in the Gulf of Guinea -- Chapter 17. Filhos da Terra at Home and Abroad -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 18. Unity, Diversity, and Prospects for the Future -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.