Heinemann is the publishing house which has produced the best educational directives to teaching African Literature. The Birds of God, from Mozambique. Achebe s Things Fall Apart and to the study of one of the most important contemporary African plays, Death and the King s Horseman, by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. Many reputable art critics now state that African art is equal in achievement to European art of the High Renaissance. And African literature is in many ways a minorities literature, so far as the rest of the world is concerned.
African literature teaches new views of cultural imperialism, oppression, and liberation.
To Guamanians, Micronesians, and to students who are, or who feel like, minorities, African literature has a great many correspondences to teach. This course would also show the University as willing to change and willing to welcome current trends in education. The course would also help U.O.G. students to obtain fellowships at good universities on the mainland. Introduction to Black African Literature could be used for three credits for an English major, or for three credits in general education. The prerequisites for the course are completion of EN 110, EN 111, and EN 210, with a grade of at least C. 5.