The Rise of the African Novel
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-27 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

GET EBOOK

Engaging questions of language, identity, and reception to restore South African and diaspora writing to the African literary tradition
Decolonising the Mind
Language: en
Pages: 126
Authors: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

GET EBOOK

Ngugi wrote his first novels and plays in English but was determined, even before his detention without trial in 1978, to move to writing in Gikuyu.
African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Esther Mukewa Lisanza
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-16 - Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

GET EBOOK

This edited book examines the crucial role still played by African languages in pedagogy and literatures in the 21st century, generating insights into how they
Oral Literature in Africa
Language: en
Pages: 614
Authors: Ruth Finnegan
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09 - Publisher: Open Book Publishers

GET EBOOK

Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. B
The Languages and Literatures of Africa
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Alain Ricard
Categories: African literature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Africa Research and Publications

GET EBOOK

In this work, African literatures are presented in a new perspective focusing on the dialogue between languages and literatures. An historical overview provides