02652nam 22004333 450 991100919320332120230721041122.097818001065501800106556(CKB)5680000000051361(MiAaPQ)EBC7024265(Au-PeEL)EBL7024265(OCoLC)1330935008(EXLCZ)99568000000005136120220704d2008 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAfrica Writes Back The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature1st ed.Woodbridge :Boydell & Brewer, Limited,2008.©2008.1 online resource (353 pages)9781847015037 1847015034 Front cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Publishing and Selling the African Writers Series -- The African Writers Series Portfolio George Hallett's covers -- Main dates for the African Writers Series -- INTRODUCTION The Establishment of African Literature -- PUBLISHING Chinua Achebe -- PART 1 Writers from West Africa -- 1 NIGERIA The Country where so Much Started -- 2 Negritude from SENEGAL TO CAMEROUN -- 3 Magic &amp -- Realism from GHANA, SIERRA LEONE &amp -- THE GAMBIA -- PART 2 Writers from EAST AFRICA -- 4 Towards the Oral &amp -- the Popular in KENYA, UGANDA &amp -- TANZANIA -- PUBLISHING Ngugı -- PART 3 Writers from THE HORN &amp -- NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA -- 5 Emperors in ETHIOPIA -- PUBLISHING Nuruddin Farah -- 6 Arab Authors in EGYPT &amp -- SUDAN -- PART 4 Writers from SOUTH AFRICA -- 7 Resistance in SOUTH AFRICA -- PUBLISHING Alex la Guma -- PUBLISHING Dennis Brutus -- PUBLISHING Bessie Head -- PUBLISHING Mazisi Kunene -- PART 5 Writers from SOUTHERN AFRICA -- 8 Guns &amp -- Guerrillas in MOZAMBIQUE &amp -- ANGOLA -- 9 ZAMBIA Shall be Free -- 10 Death &amp -- Detention in MALAWI -- 11 The Struggle to Become ZIMBABWE -- PUBLISHING Dambudzo Marechera -- CONCLUSION Is there still a role for the African Writers Series? -- 1962-2003 African Writers Series by year of publication -- Index.In 2012 the African Writers Series celebrated its 50th anniversary. Africa Writes Back tells the publishing story behind some of the books and authors in the series.Africa Writes Back070.5/096Currey James703640MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911009193203321Africa writes back1355849UNINA