Postcolonial African writers : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
Pushpa Naidu Parekh (Editor), Siga Fatima Jagne (Editor), Carole Boyce Davies
Postcolonial African writers have made an enormous contribution to world literature. These writers frequently examine such issues as emerging identities in the postcolonial climate, neo-colonialism and new forms of oppression, cultural and political hegemonies, neo-elitism, language appropriation, and economic instability. During the last decade, their works have elicited increasing critical attention. This reference book overviews the richness of postcolonial African literature. The volume focuses on how postcoloniality is reflected in the novels, poetry, prose, and drama of major, minor, and emerging writers from diverse countries in Africa, including representative North and South African writers as well as writers of the Indian diaspora born in Africa. While authors in indigenous African languages continue to produce valuable works, the volume principally considers Anglophone and Francophone authors, along with two Lusophone writers. The reference book begins with an introductory essay on postcolonial criticism and African writing. The volume then presents alphabetically arranged profiles of approximately 60 writers, such as Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Buchi Emecheta, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Tabar Ben Jelloun, Doris Lessing, Peter Nazareth, Gabriel Okara, Femi Osofisan, and Efua Theodora Sutherland. Each entry includes a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes that appear in the author's writings, an overview of the critical response to the author's works, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. These profiles are written by expert contributors and reflect many valuable perspectives. The volume concludes with a selected general bibliography of the most important critical works on postcolonial African literature
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xxxii, 525 pages ; 24 cm.
9780313290565, 9781579580537, 0313290563, 157958053X
36485795
Preface by Pushpa Naidu Parekh; Acknowledgments; Introduction by Pushpa Naidu Parekh and Siga Fatima Jagne; Section 01 Chinua Achebe, Emmanuel S. Nelson; Section 02 Ama Ata Aidoo, Hildegard Hoeller; Section 03 Zaynab Alkali, Christine Loflin; Section 04 Ayi Kwei Armah, Samuel A. Dseagu; Section 05 Kofi Awoonor, Alma Jean Billingslea-Brown; Section 06 Mariama Bâ, Siga Fatima Jagne; Section 07 Calixthe Beyala, Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi; Section 08 Dennis Vincent Frederick Brutus (John Bruin), Craig W. McLuckie; Section 09 Driss Chraïbi, Lynne Dumont Rogers; Section 10 J. P. Clark-Bekederemo, Emevwo Biakolo; Section 11 Mia Couto, Jared Banks; Section 12 Tsitsi Dangarembga, Eleni Coundouriotis; Section 13 Nafissatou Diallo, Lisa McNee; Section 14 David Mandessi Diop, Ode S. Ogede; Section 15 Assia Djebar, Mary B. Vogl; Section 16 Emmanuel Boundzeki Dongala, Anne E. Lessick-Xiao; Section 17 Buchi Emecheta, Marie Umeh; Section 18 Femi Euba, Iyunolu Folayan Osagie; Section 19 Aminata Sow Fall, Dominic Thomas; Section 20 Nuruddin Farah, Hema Chari; Section 21 Athol Fugard, Jo E. Nel; Section 22 Nadine Gordimer, Carol P. Marsh-Lockett; Section 23 Mafika Gwala, Jogamaya Bayer; Section 24 Bessie Head, Elaine Savory; Section 25 Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike, Chinyere Grace Okafor; Section 26 Francis Imbuga, J. Roger Kurtz; Section 27 Festus Ikhuoria Ojeaga Iyayi, Chinyere Grace Okafor; Section 28 Tahar Ben Jelloun, Soraya Mékerta; Section 29 Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, Lynne Dumont Rogers; Section 30 Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, Jared Banks; Section 31 Ellen Kuzwayo, Lindsay Pentolfe Aegerter; Section 32 Alex La Guma, Harold Barratt; Section 33 Camara Laye, Brian Evenson and David Beus; Section 34 Doris Lessing, Christine W. Sizemore; Section 35 Muthoni Likimani, Maxine Beahan; Section 36 Dambudzo Marechera, Brian Evenson; Section 37 Micere M. Githae Mugo, Judith Imali Abala; Section 38 Peter Nazareth, J. Roger Kurtz; Section 39 Ng?g? wa Thiong’o, John C. Hawley; Section 40 Lewis Nkosi, Brinda Bose; Section 41 Flora Nwapa, Christine Loflin; Section 42 Molara Ogundipe-Leslie, Ode S. Ogede; Section 43 Gabriel Okara, Pushpa Naidu Parekh; Section 44 Christopher Ifeanyichukwu Okigbo, Nalini Iyer; Section 45 Ben Okri, Robert Bennett; Section 46 Femi Osofisan, Elaine Savory; Section 47 Ferdinand Oyono, Vanessa Everson; Section 48 Essop Patel, Jogamaya Bayer; Section 49 Alan Paton, Jo E. Nel; Section 50 Okot p’Bitek, Awuor Ayodo; Section 51 Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Moradewun A. Adejunmobi; Section 52 Tijan Sallah, Siga Fatima Jagne; Section 53 Olive Schreiner, Nicholas Birns; Section 54 Leïla Sebbar, S. D. Ménager; Section 55 Léopold Sédar Senghor, Samba Diop; Section 56 Wole Soyinka, Femi Euba; Section 57 Efua Theodora Sutherland, Adaku T. Ankumah; Section 58 Sony Labou Tansi, Dominic Thomas; Section 59 Mositi Torontle, Musa W. Dube; Section 60 Amos Tutuola, Norman Weinstein; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors;
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