Readings in African Popular Fiction:
Contributors: International African Institute (Corporate Author); Stephanie Newell (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: February 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780253340511
Subjects: African; African Literature; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; 20th century; Africa; African fiction; History and criticism; Popular literature; Literary Criticism
First sentence: 'Writing is one of the most powerful private media you can use to carry vital information across the horizons,' commented one young man recently in Accra as he browsed the display of second-hand fiction and Ghanaian pamphlets laid out on the pavement before him (interview, 1999).