| Description |
xxi, 296 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index. |
| Contents |
The African imagination -- Orality, literacy, and African literature -- African letters: the making of a tradition -- Dimensions of African discourse -- Study in ambiguity: Amadou Hampaté Bâ's The fortunes of Wangrin -- Narrative, history and the African imagination: Ahmadou Kourouma's Monnè, outrages et défis -- The crisis of cultural memory in Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart -- Return of the native: Edward Kamau Brathwaite's Masks -- A national voice: the poetry and plays of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo -- Parables of the African condition: the new realism in African fiction. |
| Subject |
African literature -- History and criticism.
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African literature. |
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Literature and society -- Africa.
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Literature and society. |
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Africa. |
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African diaspora.
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African diaspora. |
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Littérature africaine -- Histoire et critique. |
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Littérature et société -- Afrique. |
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Africains à l'étranger. |
| ISBN |
0195086198 paper |
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019508618X cloth acid-free paper |
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