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African writers on African writing, edited by G. D. Killam.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in African literaturePublication details: Evanston, Northwestern University Press, 1973.Description: xiii, 172 p. 23 cmISBN:
  • 0810104113
  • 0810104202 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820/.9
LOC classification:
  • PL8010 .K5
Contents:
The novelist as teacher ; Where angels fear to tread ; The role of the writer in a new nation / Chinua Achebe -- No saviours / Ama Ata Aidoo -- Aspects of Nigerian drama / J.P. Clark -- The novel and the nation in South Africa / Nadine Gordimer -- The African writer and his public / Cheikh Hamidou Kane -- The patriot as an artist / Ali A. Mazrui -- Poetry and revolution in modern Africa / S. Okechukwu Mezu -- Fiction by Black South Africans / Lewis Nkosi -- Relating literature and life / Lewis Nkosi and David Rubadiri -- Interview / Okello Oculi -- African speech ... English words / Gabriel Okara -- Why African literature? / David Rubadiri -- The writers speak ; The soul of Africa in Guinea / Sembène Ousmane, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Ousmane Socé, Tchicaya U Tamʼsi, Camara Laye, Birago Diop, and Abdou Anta Ka.
Holdings
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks PL8010.K5 1 Available 33710000564745

Includes bibliographical references.

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The novelist as teacher ; Where angels fear to tread ; The role of the writer in a new nation / Chinua Achebe -- No saviours / Ama Ata Aidoo -- Aspects of Nigerian drama / J.P. Clark -- The novel and the nation in South Africa / Nadine Gordimer -- The African writer and his public / Cheikh Hamidou Kane -- The patriot as an artist / Ali A. Mazrui -- Poetry and revolution in modern Africa / S. Okechukwu Mezu -- Fiction by Black South Africans / Lewis Nkosi -- Relating literature and life / Lewis Nkosi and David Rubadiri -- Interview / Okello Oculi -- African speech ... English words / Gabriel Okara -- Why African literature? / David Rubadiri -- The writers speak ; The soul of Africa in Guinea / Sembène Ousmane, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Ousmane Socé, Tchicaya U Tamʼsi, Camara Laye, Birago Diop, and Abdou Anta Ka.