Contemporary literature of Africa
Subtitle: Tijan M. Sallah and literary works of The Gambia
By: edited by Wumi Raji, Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Contributors: Sallah, Tijan M., 1958- interviewee
Publisher: Cambria Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Amherst, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781604978674
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Gambian literature; History and criticism
Notes: "Kora notes: Tijan M. Sallah and the development of Gambian literature, an edited collection of essays principally on the writings of Tijan M. Sallah"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (psages 247-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Wumi Raji; title: Gambian fictions  -- Stewart Brown; title: An unusual growth : the development of Tijan M. Sallah's poetry  -- Tanure Ojaide; title: Themes and styles in the poetry of Tijan M. Sallah  -- Pierre Gomez; title: Rhythm in Tijan Sallah's "Share" : a metrical phonology approach  -- Demola Jolayemi; title: Tijan Sallah's Kora land : a stylistic analysis of "The Elders are Gods"  -- Tunde Ayodabo; title: The ecopoetics of Tijan M. Sallah : Gambian values and Sufi presence  -- Victoria Arana; title: Return to roots : dialectics of cultural development in the poetry of Tijan Sallah  -- Sylvie Coly; title: Tijan Sallah's "Sahelian Earth" : Africa's rebirth  -- Charles Larson; title: Exile and return : the poetry and fiction of Tijan Sallah  -- Samuel Garren; title: African economics as a short story : Tijan Sallah's "The unfortunate choice"  -- Santayanan Devarajan; title: Poetry as therapy : Tijan Sallah's "Harrow poems"  -- Enajite Ojaruega; title: "Stanley meets Mutesa" : post colonial consciousness and Africa's continuing dialogue with the West  -- Femi Dunmade; title: The amphibian's dilemma : an interview with Tijan M. Sallah -- Wumi Raji.