| Alt 5 the Novel in Africa: African Literature Today: An Annual Review Contributor(s): Jones, Eldred (Editor), Jones, Eldred (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1847011187 ISBN-13: 9781847011183 Publisher: James Currey OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1971 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Literary Collections | African |
| Dewey: 809.3 |
| Series: African Literature Today (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.43 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1971, this was the first volume in the series to focus on a specific theme, in this case the novel, but continues the format of including contributions from both writers and critics. There are articles on: Equiano, Onuora Nzwkwu, T.M. Aluko, Ngugi, Sarif Easmon, Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka. The volume also includes a contribution from Ernest E. Emenyonu asking of African Literature "What does it take to be its critic" plus reviews of Sembene Ousmane's newly published God's Bits of Wood, Mbella Sonne Dipoko's Because of Women, T.M. Aluko's Chief, The Honourable Minister and Flora Nwapa's Idu |