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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462560603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 1998
• ISBN: 1-138-01213-0; 0-203-05855-0; 1-283-84016-2; 1-136-59390-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (559 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ParekhPushpa Naidu <1957->; JagneSiga Fatima
• Disciplina: 809.8896; 809.889600904
• Soggetti: African literature; African literature -- Bio-bibliography; Authors, African; Authors, African -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography; History and criticism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chinua Achebe; Ama Ata Aidoo; Zaynab Alkali; Ayi Kwei Armah; Kofi Awoonor; Mariama Bâ; Calixthe Beyala; Dennis Vincent Frederick Brutus (John Bruin); Driss Chraibi; J. P. Clark-Bekederemo; Mia Couto; Tsitsi Dangarembga; Nafissatou Diallo; David Mandessi Diop; Assia Djebar; Emmanuel Boundzeki Dongala; Buchi Emecheta; Femi Euba; Aminata Sow Fall; Nuruddin Farah; Athol Fugard; Nadine Gordimer; Mafika Gwala; Bessie Head; Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike; Francis Imbuga; Festus Ikhuoria Ojeaga Iyayi; Tahar Ben Jelloun; Mohammed Khair-EddineUngulani Ba Ka Khosa; Ellen Kuzwayo; Alex La ; Guma; Camara Laye; Doris Lessing; Muthoni Likimani; Dambudzo Marechera; Micere M. Githae Mugo; Peter Nazareth; Ngugi wa Thiong'o; Lewis Nkosi; Flora Nwapa; Molara Ogundipe-Leslie; Gabriel Okara; Christopher Ifeanyichukwu Okigbo; Ben Okri; Femi Osofisan; Ferdinand Oyono; Essop Patel; Alan Paton; Okot P'Bitek; Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo; Tijan Sallah; Olive Schreiner; Leïla Sebbar; Léopold Sédar Senghor; Wole Soyinka; Efua Theodora Sutherland; Sony Labou Tansi; Mositi Torontle; Amos Tutuola; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This reference book surveys the richness of postcolonial African literature. The volume begins with an introductory essay on postcolonial criticism and African writing, then presents alphabetically arranged profiles of some 60 writers, including Chinua Achebe, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris Lessing, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Tahbar Ben Jelloun, among others. 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 work, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Thes