Africa: what place is this? -- Antecedents: African settings in British and American fiction before World War II -- Filling in the blank space: contemporary American novels set in invented African nations -- Black on Black: African-American novels with African settings -- Genre Africa -- Africa: postmodern, postcolonial, and "other" wise -- Conclusions: Africa, a continent of words.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152) and index.