03830nam 2200685Ia 450 991082710970332120200520144314.01-136-59397-71-138-01213-00-203-05855-01-283-84016-21-136-59390-X10.4324/9780203058558 (CKB)2670000000308299(EBL)1074791(OCoLC)821173108(SSID)ssj0000811651(PQKBManifestationID)11956512(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811651(PQKBWorkID)10850590(PQKB)11583172(OCoLC)900235834(MiAaPQ)EBC1074791(OCoLC)1280139559(FINmELB)ELB139071(EXLCZ)99267000000030829919970212d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPostcolonial African writers a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook /edited by Pushpa Naidu Parekh and Siga Fatima Jagne ; foreword by Carole Boyce Davies1st ed.Westport, Conn Greenwood Press19981 online resource (559 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-135-00409-9 1-57958-053-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 JellounMohammed 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; IndexAbout the ContributorsThis 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. ThesAfrican literatureBio-bibliographyAuthors, African20th centuryBio-bibliographyAfrican literatureAuthors, African809/.8896/0904809/.8896/00904BParekh Pushpa Naidu1957-1633690Jagne Siga Fatima1633691MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827109703321Postcolonial African writers3973559UNINA