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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.
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Published/Created:Westport, Connitecut : Greenwood Press, 1998.
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Location:KOERNER LIBRARY reference (non-circulating) (Floor 2)Where is this?
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Call Number: PL8010 .P585 1998
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: PL8010 .P585 1998
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:KOERNER LIBRARY reference (non-circulating) (Floor 2)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:African literature--Bio-bibliography.
Authors, African--20th century--Bio-bibliography.
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Genre/Form:Biographies.
Bibliographies.
Reference works.
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Description:xxxii, 525 pages ; 24 cm
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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.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-489) and index.
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ISBN:0313290563 (alk. paper)
9780313290565 (alk. paper)
157958053X
9781579580537
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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.