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ATCAL (the acronym originally stood for the Association for the Teaching of African and Caribbean Literature, [4] but was soon extended to include Asian material) was founded by past members of the Caribbean Artists Movement at a conference at the University of Kent in 1978, [5] and was inaugurated in 1979, its first meeting — entitled "How to Teach Caribbean and African Literature in ...
“Literature in the Season of the Diaspora: Notes to the Anglophone Cameroonian Writer" Nalova Lyonga, Bole Butake, Eckhard Breitinger (ed) Anglophone Cameroon Writing. Bayreuth: RFA/Germany. 5 – 18, 1993 “Who's Afraid of Anglophone Theatre I & II”. London: West Africa, 7 – 3 July pp 1106 – 1107, 14–20 July 1146,1997.
Alastair Neil Robertson Niven OBE LVO Hon FRSL (born 25 February 1944) [1] is an English literary scholar and author. He has written books on D. H. Lawrence, Raja Rao, and Mulk Raj Anand, and has been Director General of The Africa Centre, Director of Literature at the Arts Council of Great Britain and of the British Council, a principal of Cumberland Lodge, and president of English PEN.
Palmer is an author and a literary critic. He was President of the African Literature Association (ALA) from 2006 to 2007. He is the recipient of the ALA's Distinguished Member award as well as the Georgia College & State University's Distinguished Professor Award.
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With liberation and increased literacy since most African nations gained their independence in the 1950s and 1960s, African literature has grown dramatically in quantity and in recognition, with numerous African works appearing in Western academic curricula and on "best of" lists compiled since the end of the 20th century.
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 ...
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