Africa writes back : the African Writers Series & the launch of African literature / James Currey.

• Publishing and selling the African Writers Series -- The African Writers Series Portfolio & George Hallett's covers -- Main dates for the African Writers Series -- INTRODUCTION: The establishment of African Literature -- Publishing Chinua Achebe -- 1. WRITERS FROM WEST AFRICA -- Nigeria: The country where so much started -- Negritude from Senegal to Cameroun -- Magic & realism from Ghana, The Gambia & Sierra Leone -- 2. WRITERS FROM EASTERN AFRICA -- Towards the oral & the popular in Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania -- Publishing Ngugi -- 3. WRITERS FROM THE HORN & NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA -- Emperors in Ethiopia -- Publishing Nuruddin Farah -- Arab authors in Egypt & Sudan -- 4. WRITERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA -- Resistance in South Africa -- Publishing Alex la Guma -- Publishing Dennis Brutus -- Publishing Bessie Head -- Publishing Masizi Kunene -- 5. WRITERS FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN -- Guns & Guerrillas in Mozambique &Angola -- Zambia Shall be Free -- Death & detention in Malawi -- The struggle to become Zimbabwe -- Publishing Dambudzo Marechera -- CONCLUSION: Is there still a role for the African Writers Series?. 

Ämnesord

Publishers and publishing  -- Africa -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

African literature  -- 20th century -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

African literature (English)  -- 20th century -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Afrikansk litteratur  -- historia -- 1900-talet (sao)

Afrikansk litteratur (engelskspråkig)  -- historia -- 1900-talet (sao)

Africa  -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Institutionsnamn

African Writers Series

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Gxp.5 Litteraturhistoria: afrikanska språk: 1900-talet

Klassifikation

070.5096 (DDC)

Gxp.5 (kssb/8)