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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 Gospels , one of the oldest known surviving bibles in the world, written in Ge'ez around 500 AD.
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 ...
Kenya has a strong tradition of oral literature, which continues today in several languages. [1] As a result of Kenya's history, including a period where it was a former British colony, Kenyan literature concurrently belongs to several bodies of writing, including that of the Commonwealth of Nations and of Africa as a whole. [1]
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Postcolonial literature is the literature by people from formerly colonized countries, originating from all continents except Antarctica. Postcolonial literature often addresses the problems and consequences of the decolonization of a country, especially questions relating to the political and cultural independence of formerly subjugated people, and themes such as racialism and colonialism.
Senegalese literature is written or literary work (novels, poetry, plays and films) which has been produced by writers born in the West African state. Senegalese literary works are mostly written in French , [ 1 ] the language of the colonial administration.
This is a list of African poets. Contemporary Africa has a range of important poets across many different genres and cultures.
The "new South African" democratic era was characterised by what literary critic Stephane Serge Ibinga in her article "Post-Apartheid Literature Beyond Race" [10] describes as "honeymoon literature" or "the literature of celebration", epitomised by Zakes Mda, who was active as a playwright and poet long before publishing his first novel in 1995.