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The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945
Simon Gikandi
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Description for The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945
Hardback. Challenges the conventional belief that the English-language literary traditions of East Africa are restricted to the former British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. This book begins with a chronology of key historical events and an overview of the emergence and transformation of literary culture in the region. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945 challenges the conventional belief that the English-language literary traditions of East Africa are restricted to the former British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Instead, these traditions stretch far into such neighboring countries as Somalia and Ethiopia. Simon Gikandi and Evan Mwangi assemble a truly inclusive list of major writers and trends. They begin with a chronology of key historical events and an overview of the emergence and transformation of literary culture in the region. Then they provide an alphabetical list of major writers and brief descriptions of ... Read more
The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945 challenges the conventional belief that the English-language literary traditions of East Africa are restricted to the former British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Instead, these traditions stretch far into such neighboring countries as Somalia and Ethiopia. Simon Gikandi and Evan Mwangi assemble a truly inclusive list of major writers and trends. They begin with a chronology of key historical events and an overview of the emergence and transformation of literary culture in the region. Then they provide an alphabetical list of major writers and brief descriptions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231125208
SKU
V9780231125208
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About Simon Gikandi
Simon Gikandi is professor of English at Princeton University. His major fields of research and teaching are the Anglophone literatures and cultures of Africa, India, the Caribbean, and postcolonial Britian, the "Black" Atlantic, and the African diaspora. He is the author of numerous books, including Writing in Limbo: Modernism and Caribbean Literature, Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture ... Read more
Reviews for The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945
An invaluable resource for literary research and scholarship on East Africa.
James Ogude African Studies Review This guide offers valuable information... Recommended. Choice A welcome addition to the study of anglophone African literature and should not be missing from African Studies and Literature Libraries.
Christine Matzke, Humboldt-Universitat Zu Berlin Research in African Literatures Should be included in the ... Read more
James Ogude African Studies Review This guide offers valuable information... Recommended. Choice A welcome addition to the study of anglophone African literature and should not be missing from African Studies and Literature Libraries.
Christine Matzke, Humboldt-Universitat Zu Berlin Research in African Literatures Should be included in the ... Read more