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Decolonising the Mind: the Politics of Language in African Literature (Heinemann Educational, 1986), by the Kenyan novelist and post-colonial theorist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, is a collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity.
As George Joseph notes in his chapter on African Literature [3] in Understanding Contemporary Africa, whereas European views of literature stressed a separation of art and content, African awareness is inclusive and "literature" can also simply mean an artistic use of words for the sake of art alone. Traditionally, Africans do not radically ...
First (1988) edition Cover artist: Thomas William Bowler, Graham's Town from the Bay Road, 1865 White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa is a collection of essays by Nobel-laureate J. M. Coetzee, originally published in 1988, and in 2007 was reprinted, with a new introduction, by Pentz Publishers (ISBN 9780980270006).
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.
The New Negro: An Interpretation (1925) is an anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays on African and African-American art and literature edited by Alain Locke, who lived in Washington, DC, and taught at Howard University during the Harlem Renaissance. [1]
Obi Wali was born on 27 February 1932 in Rumuigbo Town, headquarters of Apara Kingdom, in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. [1] His parents were Chief Frank Wali Otogbo (1889-1980) and Princess Jane Wali Otogbo (1895-1976) daughter of the famous Chief Ezebunwo Amadi Nwondugba (Deceased) of (Worenwu Family) Oroworukwo Wami Community, the then paramount ruler of Oroworukwo Rebisi ...
The Literary History of the Igbo Novel: African Literature in African Languages. Oxon: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003017455. ISBN 978-0-367-36961-3. Green, M. (1948). "The Unwritten Literature of the Igbo-Speaking People of South-Eastern Nigeria". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 12 (3– 4). Cambridge University Press ...
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 ...