African heritage : an anthology of Black African personality and culture / selected and edited, with an introduction by Jacob Drachler ; preface . by Melville J. Herskovits.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drachler, Jacob, editor.

Contributor:

Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963, writer of preface.

Tolson, Melvin B., 1898-1966, writer of epilogue.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature--Translations into English.

African literature.

English literature--Translations from African.

English literature.

Africa--In literature.

Africa.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

286 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm

Distribution:

London : Collier-Macmillan Ltd.

Place of Publication:

New York : Collier Books, 1964.

Contents:

Introduction: Toward True Dialogue with Africa / Jacob Drachler

Prologue: from Libretto for the Republic of Liberia / M. B. Tolson

Part One. African Voices. Chapter 1. At the Source: The Oral Literature of the People; Chapter 2. Forerunners: Written Literature in African Languages; Chapter 3. The New Generation: African Literature in European Languages

Part Two. Afro-American Responses. Chapter 4. Affirmations: The New-World Negro and His Heritage

Part Three. Through the Eyes of Others. Chapter 5. The Old Order: Personality in the Matrix of Tradition; Chapter 6. Between the Old and the New Ways of Life in Transition; Chapter 7. Roots of the Futures: Aspectsof the Cultural Heritage

Epilogue: Futurafrique / Melvin B. Tolson..

Notes:

Originally published in hardcover by The Crowell-Collier Press.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy is "Fourth Printing 1970".

OCLC:

2135556