The African imagination : literature in Africa & the Black diaspora / F. Abiola Irele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irele, Abiola.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature--History and criticism.

African literature.

Literature and society--Africa.

Literature and society.

Africa.

African diaspora.

Physical Description:

xxi, 296 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This collection of essays from eminent scholar F. Abiola Irele provides a comprehensive formulation of what he calls an "African imagination" manifested in the oral traditions and modern literature of Africa and the Black Diaspora. The African Imagination includes Irele's probing critical readings of the works of Chinua Achebe, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Amadou Hampat'e B^a, and Ahmadou Kourouma, among others, as well as examinations of the growing presence of African writing in the global literary marketplace and the relationship between African intellectuals and the West. Taken as a whole, this volume makes a superb introduction to African literature and to the work of one of its leading interpreters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index.

ISBN:

019508618X

0195086198

OCLC:

45363918