Columbia Guide to Central African Literature in English Since 1945

Name: Columbia Guide to Central African Literature in English Since 1945
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ISBN: 9780231130424

ISBN-10: 0231130422

ISBN-13: 9780231130424

Edition: 2007

Authors: Adrian Roscoe, Anthony Chennells, Adrian Roscoe

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Columbia's guides to postwar African literature paint a unique portrait of the continent's rich and diverse literary traditions. This volume examines the rapid rise and growth of modern literature in the three postcolonial nations of Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia. It tracks the multiple political and economic pressures that have shaped Central African writing since the end of World War II and reveals its authors' heroic efforts to keep their literary traditions alive in the face of extreme poverty and AIDS. Adrian Roscoe begins with a list of key political events. Since writers were composing within both colonial and postcolonial contexts, he pays particular attention to the nature of…

Book details

List price: $100.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10/12/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 220
Size: 7.36" wide x 10.47" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Chronology of Major Political Events, 1944-2006



History and Politics



Empire and Colonialism



British Imperialism



Legitimizing Empire



The British in Africa



Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia



White Rhodesia



Historiography and Literature



Independence



Genres



Verse



Prose



Drama



Children's Literature



White Rhodesian Poetry



White Rhodesian Fiction



Authors and Works, A-Z


Notes


Bibliography


Index