LEADER 02652nam 22004333 450 001 9911009193203321 005 20230721041122.0 010 $a9781800106550 010 $a1800106556 035 $a(CKB)5680000000051361 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7024265 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7024265 035 $a(OCoLC)1330935008 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000051361 100 $a20220704d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAfrica Writes Back $eThe African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWoodbridge :$cBoydell & Brewer, Limited,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008. 215 $a1 online resource (353 pages) 311 08$a9781847015037 311 08$a1847015034 327 $aFront 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 & -- Realism from GHANA, SIERRA LEONE & -- THE GAMBIA -- PART 2 Writers from EAST AFRICA -- 4 Towards the Oral & -- the Popular in KENYA, UGANDA & -- TANZANIA -- PUBLISHING Ngug? -- PART 3 Writers from THE HORN & -- NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA -- 5 Emperors in ETHIOPIA -- PUBLISHING Nuruddin Farah -- 6 Arab Authors in EGYPT & -- 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 & -- Guerrillas in MOZAMBIQUE & -- ANGOLA -- 9 ZAMBIA Shall be Free -- 10 Death & -- 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. 330 $aIn 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. 517 $aAfrica Writes Back 676 $a070.5/096 700 $aCurrey$b James$0703640 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911009193203321 996 $aAfrica writes back$91355849 997 $aUNINA