African writers on African writing
Title:
African writers on African writing
JLCTITLE245:
edited by G.D. Killam.
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Publication Information:
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 1973.
Physical Description:
xiii, 172 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780810104112
9780810104204
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Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
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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.