The companion to African literatures
By: editors, Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe ; consultant editor, Bernth Lindfors ; associate editors, Gerald M. Moser and Alain Ricard.
Contributors: Killam, G. D.
Publisher: J. Currey; Indiana University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: African literature (English) -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.; African literature (English) -- Dictionaries.; Authors, African -- Biography -- Dictionaries.; Africa -- In literature -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Other titles: African literatures
Description: "The Companion to African Literatures is a comprehensive guide to work written in English or widely available in translation from other languages." "Alphabetical format includes authors' biographical details and major publications; selected individual books; selected African languages with published literatures; wider themes: the links with literature in major African languages, Afro-American, Afro-British and Caribbean literature, religion, politics, war literature, women in literature, censorship; literary discourse, influences and movements; and special topic entries: apartheid, Maghrebi literature, Nigeria-Biafra war, publishing in sub-Sahara Africa, and writing systems."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-317).