| Autore |
Currey James
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Woodbridge : , : Boydell & Brewer, Limited, , 2008
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (353 pages)
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| Disciplina |
070.5/096
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| ISBN |
9781800106550
1800106556
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
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 & -- Realism from GHANA, SIERRA LEONE & -- THE GAMBIA -- PART 2 Writers from EAST AFRICA -- 4 Towards the Oral & -- the Popular in KENYA, UGANDA & -- TANZANIA -- PUBLISHING Ngugı -- 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.
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| Altri titoli varianti |
Africa Writes Back
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911009193203321 |
Info
Africa writes back : the African Writers Series and the launch of African literature / / James Currey ; portraits and other photographs by George Hallett
