Postcolonial African writers : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook / edited by Pushpa Naidu Parekh and Siga Fatima Jagne ; foreword by Carole Boyce Davies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parekh, Pushpa Naidu, 1957-

Jagne, Siga Fatima.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature--Bio-bibliography.

African literature.

Authors, African--20th century--Bio-bibliography.

Authors, African.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 525 pages)

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides an overview of postcolonial African literature, including profiles of numerous writers.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHINUA ACHEBE (1930� )""; ""AMA ATA AIDOO (1942� )""; ""ZAYNAB ALKALI (1950� )""; ""AYI KWEI ARMAH (1939� )""; ""KOFI AWOONOR (1935� )""; ""MARIAMA BA (1929-1981)""; ""CALIXTHE BEYALA (1961� )""; ""DENNIS VINCENT FREDERICK BRUTUS (JOHN BRUIN) (1924� )""; ""DRISS CHRAI AE BI (1926� )""; ""J. P. CLARK-BEKEDEREMO (1935� )""; ""MIA COUTO (1957� )""; ""TSITSI DANGAREMBGA (1959� )""; ""NAFISSATOU DIALLO (1941�1982)""; ""DAVID MANDESSI DIOP (1927� 1960)""; ""ASSIA DJEBAR (1936� )""

""EMMANUEL BOUNDZEKI DONGALA (1941� )""""BUCHI EMECHETA (1944� )""; ""FEMI EUBA (1941� )""; ""AMINATA SOW FALL (1941� )""; ""NURUDDIN FARAH (1945� )""; ""ATHOL FUGARD (1932� )""; ""NADINE GORDIMER (1923� )""; ""MAFIKA GWALA (1946� )""; ""BESSIE HEAD (1937�1986)""; ""VINCENT CHUKWUEMEKA IKE (1931� )""; ""FRANCIS IMBUGA (1947� )""; ""FESTUS IKHUORIA OJEAGA IYAYI (1947� )""; ""TAHAR BEN JELLOUN (1944� )""; ""MOHAMMED KHAI AE R-EDDINE (1941� 1995)""; ""UNGULANI BA KA KHOSA (1957� )""; ""ELLEN KUZWAYO (1914� )""; ""ALEX LA GUMA (1925�1985)""

""JEAN-JOSEPH RABEARIVELO (1901� 1937)""""TIJAN SALLAH (1958� )""; ""OLIVE SCHREINER (1855�1920)""; ""LEI AE LA SEBBAR (1941� )""; ""LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR (1906� )""; ""WOLE SOYINKA (1934� )""; ""EFUA THEODORA SUTHERLAND (1924� 1996)""; ""SONY LABOU TANSI (1947�1995)""; ""MOSITI TORONTLE (1964� )""; ""AMOS TUTUOLA (1920� )""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-489) and index.

ISBN:

9781429476270

1429476273

9781567508802

1567508804

OCLC:

433314994