Standpoints on African literature
Subtitle: a critical anthology
By: edited by Chris L. Wanjala.
Contributors: Wanjala, Chris.
Publisher: East African Literature Bureau
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Nairobi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
Subjects: African literature (English) -- History and criticism.; African literature -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface.; title: Introduction.; title: Tejani, B. Creative freedom and critical function in African literature.; title: Ngugi, S. Popular lyric poetry in East Africa.; title: Gathugu, M. Okot p'Bitek.; title: Ngubiah, S. N. Ngugi's early writings.; title: Ojero, P. O. Of Tares and broken handles, Ngugi preaches.; title: Wanjala, C. The tabanic genre.; title: Atieno-Odhiambo et al. Okot's two songs.; title: Nazareth, P. The trial of a juggler.; title: Wanjala, C. Achebe.; title: Gachukia, E. W. Chinua Achebe and tradition.; title: Nyang'aya, E. M. The freakish Tutuola.; title: Chakava, H. Ayi Kwei Armah and a commonwealth of souls.; title: Roscoe, A. A. Okara's unheeded voice.; title: Nandwa, J. Mission to Kala.; title: Luvai, A. The role of the old in the writings of Ferdinand Oyono, Mongo Beti, and Senbene Ousmane.; title: Gecau, K. Alienation and disillusion in Ferdinand Oyono's African characters.; title: Calder, A. A sense of shame.; title: Luvai, A. The poetry of Wole Soyinka and Christopher Okigbo.; title: Wanjala, C. The face of injustice.; title: Tejani, B. The prison poems of Dennis Brutus.; title: Gecau, K. The various levels of betrayal in Wreath for Udomo.; title: Ngugi, S. Cesaire's "Return to my native land."; title: Nyang'aya, E. Richard Wright's commitment.