African Literature Books

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21. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

    Africa

    Edited by Ousmane Diakhate, Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh, Don Rubin

    Now available in paperback for the first time this edition of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre series examines theatrical developments in Africa since 1945. Entries on thirty-two African countries are featured in this volume, preceded by specialist introductory essays on Anglophone...

    Published September 13th 2000 by Routledge
22. Postcolonial African Writers

    A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

    Edited by Siga Fatima Jagne, Pushpa Naidu Parekh

    This reference book surveys the richness of postcolonial African literature. The volume begins with an introductory essay on postcolonial criticism and African writing, then presents alphabetically arranged profiles of some 60 writers, including Chinua Achebe, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris...

    Published June 30th 1998 by Routledge
23. African Identities

    Pan-Africanisms and Black Identities

    By Kadiatu Kanneh

    This fascinating and well researched study explores the meaning generated by `Africa' and `Blackness' throughout the century. Using literary texts, autobiography, ethnography, and historical documents, African Identities discusses how ideas of Africa as an origin, as a cultural whole, or as a...

    Published April 8th 1998 by Routledge
24. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

    Volume 3: Africa

    Edited by Ousmane Diakhate, Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh, Don Rubin

    Volume Three in this series carries on from the highly acclaimed volumes on Europe and on the Americas. Focusing on non-Arabic Africa, and with contributions from leading experts from the countries featured, the third volume of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre series examines...

    Published June 11th 1997 by Routledge
25. Text, Theory, Space

    Land, Literature and History in South Africa and Australia

    Edited by Kate Darian-Smith, Liz Gunner, Sarah Nuttall

    Text, Theory, Space is a landmark in post-colonial criticism and theory. Focusing on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia, the contributors investigate the meaning of 'the South' as an aesthetic, political, geographical and cultural space. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines...

    Published September 11th 1996 by Routledge
26. South African Feminisms

    Writing, Theory, and Criticism,l990-l994

    Edited by M.J. Daymond

    Series: Gender and Genre in Literature

    Published February 29th 1996 by Routledge
27. White Skins/Black Masks

    Representation and Colonialism

    By Gail Ching-Liang Low, Gail Ching-Liang Low

    In this exciting re-reading of the classic work of Haggard and Kipling, Gail Ching-Liang Low examines the representational dynamics of colonizer versus colonized. Exploring the interface between the native 'other' as a reflection and as a point of address, the author asserts that this 'other' is a...

    Published December 27th 1995 by Routledge
28. German Linguistics in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

    Series: History of Linguistics

    These volumes give the reader historical insight into changes in thematic focus and the evolving division of labour between linguistics and other disciplines such as theology, biology and psychology....

    Published December 14th 1994 by Routledge
29. Contemporary African Literature and the Politics of Gender

    By Florence Stratton

    The influence of colonialism and race on the development of African literature has been the subject of a number of studies. The effect of patriarchy and gender, however, and indeed the contributions of African women, have up until now been largely ignored by the critics. Contemporary African...

    Published March 16th 1994 by Routledge