Literature of Africa
by
 
Killam, G. D.

Title
Literature of Africa

Author
Killam, G. D.

ISBN
9780313058219

Personal Author
Killam, G. D.

Publication Information
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 204 pages).

Series
Literature as windows to world cultures,
 
Literature as windows to world cultures.

Contents
Selected history of West African literature -- Things Fall Apart (1958), No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1963), Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987) / Bride Tree (1976) and Joys of Motherhood (1979) / Beautiful Ones are not yet Born (1968) / So Long a Letter (1981) / God's Bits of Wood (1962) / Selected history of East African literature -- Grain of Wheat (1967), Petals of Blood (1977), and Matagari (1989) / Selected history of South-Central African literature -- Selected history of South African literature and politics -- Burger's Daughter (1979) and House Gun (1988) / In the Fog of the Season's End (1972), and Time of the Butcherbird (1979) / Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)

Abstract
Looks at the work of ten African authors, including Chinua Achebe, Miriama Ba, Nadine Gordimer, and Alan Paton.

Subject Term
African literature -- History and criticism.

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