African literatures in the 20th century : a guide ; based on the Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century

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This guide compiles articles on African literature that originally appeared in Frederick Ungar's "Encyclopaedia of World Literature in the 20th Century". Coverage includes: the north African Arabic countries; the sub-Saharan writers; and individual writers such as Chinua Achebe and Nadime Gordimer. Preface vii Abbreviations for Periodicals ix ALGERIAN LITERATURE 1 Mohammed Dib 7 Mouloud Eeraoun 9 Kateb Yacine 10 Mouloud Mammeri 12 ANGOLAN LITERATURE 15 Jose Luandino Vieira 19 BENINIAN LITERATURE 21 BOTSWANA LITERATURE 24 CAMEROONIAN LITERATURE 26 Mongo Beti 28 Ferdinand Oyono 30 CAPE VERDEAN LITERATURE 33 CONGOLESE LITERATURE 36 EGYPTIAN LITERATURE 38 Tawflq al-Hakim 47 Taha Husayn 49 Yusuf Idris 51 Najib Mahfuz 54 ETHIOPIAN LITERATURE 57 GAMBIAN LITERATURE 62 Lenrie Peters 63 GHANAIAN LITERATURE 65 Ayi Kwei Armah 68 Kofi Awoonor 70 GUINEA-BISSAU LITERATURE 73 GUINEAN LITERATURE 75 Camara Laye 77 iv CONTENTS IVORY COAST LITERATURE 80 Bernard Binlin Dadie 82 KENYAN LITERATURE 85 Ngugi wa Thiong’o 88 LESOTHO LITERATURE 91 Thomas Mofolo 92 LIBERIAN LITERATURE 95 MALAGASY LITERATURE 97 MALAWIAN LITERATURE 102 MALI LITERATURE 105 MAURITIAN LITERATURE 107 MOROCCAN LITERATURE 109 MOZAMBICAN LITERATURE 113 NEGRITUDE 117 NIGERIAN LITERATURE 119 Chinua Achebe 126 John Pepper Clark 129 Cyprian Ekwensi 131 Gabriel Okara 133 Christopher Okigbo 134 Wole Soyinka 136 Amos Tutuola 139 REUNION LITERATURE 142 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE LITERATURE 144 SENEGALESE LITERATURE 146 Birago Diop 152 Ousmane Sembene 153 Leopold Sedar Senghor 156 SIERRA LEONEAN LITERATURE 159 SOMALI LITERATURE 161 Nuruddin Farah 164 SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE 166 Peter Abrahams 186 Dennis Brutus 188 Roy Campbell 189 Athol Fugard 191 Nadine Gordimer 194 Alex La Guma 196 Sarah Gertrude Millin 197 Ezekiel (Es’kia) Mphahlele 199 CONTENTS V Alan Paton 201 William Plomer 203 Olive Schreiner 206 Pauline Smith 208 SUDANESE LITERATURE 210 TANZANIAN LITERATURE 214 Shaaban Robert 219 TOGOLESE LITERATURE 221 UGANDAN LITERATURE 223 Okot p’Bitek 226 UPPER VOLTA LITERATURE 230 ZAIRIAN LITERATURE 232 ZAMBIAN LITERATURE 235 ZIMBABWEAN LITERATURE 238 Index to Author Articles 245