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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 ...
Reuben Chirambo (d. 2011), scholar of African literature [23] Robert Chiwamba , poet [ 24 ] Tobias Dossi , author of a novel (1958) and humorous short stories (1965) in Chichewa.
Pages in category "African literature" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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.
This is a list of African poets. Contemporary Africa has a range of important poets across many different genres and cultures.
Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigeria; P. A. K. Aboagye (1925–2001), Ghana; Peter Abrahams (1919–2017), South Africa; Nana Achampong (born 1964), Ghana; Chinua Achebe ...
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 ...
Bruce King, in a review published in Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora, called it "one of the best books available on African literature". He remarked, "In general the criticism of African literature has been superficial and unanalytical.... Larson's detailed analysis of style, structure and form is an improvement in this ...