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The Ordeal of the African Writer
Charles R. Larson
Paperback - $73.95
This book demonstrates how only a small number of African writers--like Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri, Nuruddin Farah, and Wole Soyinka--have become known outside of their own continent. It also details the enormous obstacles they face within Africa to get ...
An Introduction to the Literature of Equatorial Guinea : Between Colonialism and Dictatorship
Marvin Lewis
Paperback - $65.95
Spain's only former colony in sub-Saharan Africa, Equatorial Guinea is home to a literature of transition--songs of freedom in which authors reflect on their identity within the context of recent colonialism and dictatorship. An Introduction to the L ...
Ancient Egyptian Literature : The Late Period
Miriam Lichtheim
Paperback - $45.95
"Praise for the first editions:
"Concise, lucid, and altogether interesting . . . .The notes on the individual texts are unfailingly illuminating."--"Books Abroad (now "World Literature Today)
Ancient Egyptian Literature : The New Kingdom
Miriam Lichtheim
Paperback - $45.95
"Praise for the first editions:
"Concise, lucid, and altogether interesting . . . .The notes on the individual texts are unfailingly illuminating."--"Books Abroad (now "World Literature Today)
Ancient Egyptian Literature : The Old and Middle Kingdoms
Miriam Lichtheim
Paperback - $45.95
"Praise for the first editions:
"Concise, lucid, and altogether interesting . . . .The notes on the individual texts are unfailingly illuminating."--"Books Abroad (now "World Literature Today)
The Last Word
Taban Lo Liyong
Paperback - $34.95
The Last Word was the first book of literary criticism published in Africa. Some of articles appeared in various periodicals in both Africa and the USA. The book ranges widely over its contemporary African literary scene, and was undoubtedl
Zimbabwean Transitions : Essays on Zimbabwean Literature in English, Ndebele and Shona
Mbongen Z. Malaba
Hardcover - $159.95
Of Minstrelsy and Masks : The Legacy of Ezenwa-Ohaeto in Nigerian Writing
Christine Matzke
Hardcover - $222.95
Swahili Beyond the Boundaries : Literature, Language, and Identity
Alamin M. Mazrui
Paperback - $52.95
Africa is a marriage of cultures: African and Asian, Islamic and Euro-Christian. Nowhere is this fusion more evident than in the formation of Swahili, Eastern Africa’ s lingua franca, and its cultures. "Swahili beyond the Boundaries: Literature ...
