Literature of Africa
Title:
Literature of Africa
Author:
Killam, G. D.
ISBN:
9780313058219
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 204 p.)
Series:
Literature as windows to world cultures,
Literature as windows to world cultures.
Contents:
Selected history of West African literature -- Things Fall Apart (1958), No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1963), Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987) / Bride Tree (1976) and Joys of Motherhood (1979) / Beautiful Ones are not yet Born (1968) / So Long a Letter (1981) / God's Bits of Wood (1962) / Selected history of East African literature -- Grain of Wheat (1967), Petals of Blood (1977), and Matagari (1989) / Selected history of South-Central African literature -- Selected history of South African literature and politics -- Burger's Daughter (1979) and House Gun (1988) / In the Fog of the Season's End (1972), and Time of the Butcherbird (1979) / Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Abstract:
Looks at the work of ten African authors, including Chinua Achebe, Miriama Ba, Nadine Gordimer, and Alan Paton.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
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