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    Postcolonial African writers : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook / edited by Pushpa Naidu Parekh and Siga Fatima Jagne ; foreword by Carole Boyce Davies.

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    • Title:Postcolonial African writers : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook / edited by Pushpa Naidu Parekh and Siga Fatima Jagne ; foreword by Carole Boyce Davies.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Parekh, Pushpa Naidu, 1957- editor.
      Jagne, Siga Fatima, editor.
    • Published/Created:Westport, Connitecut : Greenwood Press, 1998.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:African literature--Bio-bibliography.
      Authors, African--20th century--Bio-bibliography.
    • Genre/Form:Biographies.
      Bibliographies.
      Reference works.
    • Description:xxxii, 525 pages ; 24 cm
    • Summary:Postcolonial African writers have made an enormous contribution to world literature. These writers frequently examine such issues as emerging identities in the postcolonial climate, neo-colonialism and new forms of oppression, cultural and political hegemonies, neo-elitism, language appropriation, and economic instability. During the last decade, their works have elicited increasing critical attention. This reference book overviews the richness of postcolonial African literature. The volume focuses on how postcoloniality is reflected in the novels, poetry, prose, and drama of major, minor, and emerging writers from diverse countries in Africa, including representative North and South African writers as well as writers of the Indian diaspora born in Africa. While authors in indigenous African languages continue to produce valuable works, the volume principally considers Anglophone and Francophone authors, along with two Lusophone writers. The reference book begins with an introductory essay on postcolonial criticism and African writing. The volume then presents alphabetically arranged profiles of approximately 60 writers, such as Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Buchi Emecheta, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Tabar Ben Jelloun, Doris Lessing, Peter Nazareth, Gabriel Okara, Femi Osofisan, and Efua Theodora Sutherland. 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 works, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. These profiles are written by expert contributors and reflect many valuable perspectives. The volume concludes with a selected general bibliography of the most important critical works on postcolonial African literature.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-489) and index.
    • ISBN:0313290563 (alk. paper)
      9780313290565 (alk. paper)
      157958053X
      9781579580537
    • Contents:Chinua Achebe / Emmanuel S. Nelson
      Ama Ata Aidoo / Hildegard Hoeller
      Zaynab Alkali / Christine Loflin
      Ayi Kwei Armah / Samuel A. Dseagu
      Kofi Awoonor / Alma Jean Billingslea-Brown
      Mariama Ba' / Siga Fatima Jagne
      Calixthe Beyala / Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi
      Dennis Vincent Frederick Brutus (John Bruin) / Craig W. McLuckie
      Driss Chraibi / Lynne Dumont Rogers
      J.P. Clark-Bekederemo / Emevwo Biakolo
      Mia Couto / Jared Banks
      Tsitsi Dangarembga / Eleni Coundouriotis
      Nafissatou Diallo / Lisa McNee
      David Mandessi Diop / Ode S. Ogede
      Assia Djebar / Mary B. Vogl
      Emmanuel Boundzeki Dongala / Anne E. Lessick-Xiao
      Buchi Emecheta / Marie Umeh
      Femi Euba / Iyunolu Folayan Osagie
      Aminata Sow Fall / Dominic Thomas
      Nuruddin Farah / Hema Chari. Athol Fugard / Jo E. Nel
      Nadine Gordimer / Carol P. Marsh-Lockett
      Mafika Gwala / Jogamaya Bayer
      Bessie Head / Elaine Savory
      Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike / Chinyere Grace Okafor
      Francis Imbuga / J. Roger Kurtz
      Festus Ikhuoria Ojeaga Iyayi / Chinyere Grace Okafor
      Tahar Ben Jelloun / Soraya Me'kerta
      Mohammed Khair-Eddine / Lynne Dumont Rogers
      Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa / Jared Banks
      Ellen Kuzwayo / Lindsay Pentolfe Aegerter
      Alex La Guma / Harold Barratt
      Camara Laye / Brian Evenson and David Beus
      Doris Lessing / Christine W. Sizemore
      Muthoni Likimani / Maxine Beahan
      Dambudzo Marechera / Brian Evenson
      Micere M. Githae Mugo / Judith Imali Abala
      Peter Nazareth / J. Roger Kurtz
      Ngug̃i ̃wa Thiong'o / John C. Hawley
      Lewis Nkosi / Brinda Bose. Flora Nwapa / Christine Loflin
      Molara Ogundipe-Leslie / Ode S. Ogede
      Gabriel Okara / Pushpa Naidu Parekh
      Christopher Ifeanyichukwu Okigbo / Nalini Iyer
      Ben Okri / Robert Bennett
      Femi Osofisan / Elaine Savory
      Ferdinand Oyono / Vanessa Everson
      Essop Patel / Jogamaya Bayer
      Alan Paton / Jo E. Nel
      Okot p'Bitek / Awuor Ayodo
      Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo / Moradewun A. Adejunmobi
      Tijan Sallah / Siga Fatima Jagne
      Olive Schreiner / Nicholas Birns
      Leila Sebbar / S.D. Me'nager
      Le'opold Se'dar Senghor / Samba Diop
      Wole Soyinka /Femi Euba
      Efua Theodora Sutherland / Adaku T. Ankumah
      Sony Labou Tansi / Dominic Thomas
      Mositi Torontle / Musa W. Dube
      Amos Tutuola / Norman Weinstein.
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