African Literatures in English: East and West

Longman Literature in English Series

by Gareth Griffiths

Offering a chronology that juxtaposes literary and historical events, an extensive bibliography, and biographical notes on authors, this ambitious volume provides a historical and sociological overview of a wide variety of texts from the slave diaspora to recent texts from post-war Africa. Griffiths (English, U. of Western Australia) surveys the patronage through which this writing developed and the writing's relationship to historical events. Along with better-knowns like Olaudah Equiano, Buchi Emecheta, Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri, Ken Saro- Wiwa, and Wole Soyinka, readers will likely be introduced to a large number of lesser-known writers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Hardcover

First published July 1, 2000