Freetown Bond A Life under Two Flags

Name: Freetown Bond A Life under Two Flags
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ISBN: 9781847010551

ISBN-10: 1847010555

ISBN-13: 9781847010551

Edition: 2012

Authors: Eldred Durosimi Jones, Marjorie Jones

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Eldred Durosimi Jones is known internationally as being central to the establishment of the study of African writing in the new universities of Africa, Britain and North America. The annual African Literature Today of which he was founding editor in 1968, is a key marker of this growth. In addition, his book Othello's Countrymen introduced Africa into Shakespeare studies. Born in 1925, this account of his early years gives a vivid picture of growing up in Freetown in the latter days of British colonialism. He was an exceptional young man who was able to take advantage of the unusual style of this city-state. After studying at Oxford, Eldred Jones committed himself to his own country and it…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Publication date: 11/15/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 188
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Foreword



Early Childhood under the British Flag



Manhood's Gleam in Boyish Eyes



In the Footsteps of Ajayi Crowther



The Gleaming Spires of Oxford



Home Pastures



America & New Found Lands



West African Travels



All Freetown's a Stage


Acting


Walking


Broadcasting



Books, Words, Causes


African Literature Today


Freetown: A Symposium


Noma Award for Publishing in Africa


Sierra Leone Union on Disability Issues


Politics


National Policy Advisory Committee


Knowledge Aid for Sierra Leone



Twilight & Evening Bell


Appendix


Eldred Durosimi Jones brief resumï¿½


Marjorie Jones brief resumï¿½


Index