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The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945
Oyekan Owomoyela
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Description for The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945
Hardback. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
Composed by a premier scholar of African literature, this volume is a comprehensive guide to the literary traditions of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria, five distinct countries bound by their experience with colonialism. Oyekan Owomoyela begins with an overview of the authors, texts, and historical events that have shaped the development of postwar Anglophone literatures in this region, exploring shifts in theme and the role of foreign sponsorship and illuminating recent debates regarding the language, identity, gender, and social commitments of various authors and their works. His introduction concludes with a bibliography of key critical texts. The ... Read more
Composed by a premier scholar of African literature, this volume is a comprehensive guide to the literary traditions of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria, five distinct countries bound by their experience with colonialism. Oyekan Owomoyela begins with an overview of the authors, texts, and historical events that have shaped the development of postwar Anglophone literatures in this region, exploring shifts in theme and the role of foreign sponsorship and illuminating recent debates regarding the language, identity, gender, and social commitments of various authors and their works. His introduction concludes with a bibliography of key critical texts. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231126861
SKU
V9780231126861
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About Oyekan Owomoyela
Oyekan Owomoyela (1938-2007) was Ryan Professor of African Literature and coordinator of African American and African Studies at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. A leading collector and scholar of the proverbs of the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, Owomoyela was the author of Yoruba Proverbs and Yoruba Trickster Tales, as well as the acclaimed A History of Twentieth-Century African Literatures. ... Read more
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