Contemporary African literature
Subtitle: new approaches
By: Tanure Ojaide
Series: African world series; Carolina Academic Press African world series
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781611630299
Subjects: African literature; Literature and society; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Examining canonization in modern African literature; title: Migration, globalization, and recent African literature; title: African literature, globalization, and the quest for peace; title: Deploying modern African literature towards the environment and human rights; title: Language and literature in conflict management in Africa; title: I no go sidon look: writing in pidgin English; title: Deploying masculinity in African oral poetic performance: the man in Udje; title: Poetry in northern Nigeria: challenges and prospects; title: The African scholar-poet tradition: insights and responsibilities; title: African literary aesthetics: continuity and change.