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African literature is literature from Africa, either oral (" orature ") or written in African and Afro-Asiatic languages. Examples of pre-colonial African literature can be traced back to at least the fourth century AD. The best-known is the Kebra Negast, or "Book of Kings" from the 14th century AD. [1] Another well-known book is the Garima ...
African poetry encompasses a wide variety of traditions arising from Africa's 55 countries and from evolving trends within different literary genres.The field is complex, primarily because of Africa's original linguistic and cultural diversity and partly because of the effects of slavery and colonisation, the believe in religion and social life which resulted in English, Portuguese and French ...
In many African societies, history generally used to be recorded orally despite most societies having developed a writing script, leading to them being termed "oral civilisations" in contrast to "literate civilisations". [1] [2] Today, the Latin script is commonly encountered across Africa, especially in the Western, Central and Southern Africa ...
It's hailed as one of the greatest works of fiction to emerge from Africa. But Things Fall Apart was written in English, sparking debate about the colonisation of language.
Ramayana, a Sanskrit epic from India. Panchatantra, a Sanskrit epic of animal folktales from India. Sarala Mahabharata, an Odia language epic, India. Jagamohana Ramayana, an Odia language epic poem, India. Five Great Epics of Tamil literature, India: Cilappatikaram. Manimekalai. Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi. Valayapathi.
Yesaya Chibambo, author of A Short History of the Ngoni (1933), translated into English by Rev. Charles Stuart. [21] Shadreck Chikoti (b. 1979), writer and social activist; Steve Chimombo (1945–2015), writer, poet, editor and teacher [22] Frank Chipasula (b. 1949), poet, writer, editor, publisher and academic [22]
Timbuktu Manuscripts, or Tombouctou Manuscripts, is a blanket term for the large number of historically significant manuscripts that have been preserved for centuries in private households in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali. The collections include manuscripts about art, medicine, philosophy, and science, as well as copies of the Quran. [1]
This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total. African comics (7 C, 1 P) African fairy tales (2 C, 20 P) African literature by country (54 C) African literary awards (2 C, 19 P) African novels (26 C, 3 P) African plays (4 C, 5 P) African poetry (5 C, 11 P) African short stories (3 C, 2 P)