Chinua Achebe -- Buchi Emecheta -- Ayi Kwei Armah -- Miriama Ba -- Sembene Ousmane -- Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- Nadine Gordimer -- Alex la Guma -- Alan Paton -- Bessie Head
2004
Offers students and educators a meaningful context in which to explore these works. This volume introduces readers to the cultural concerns of ten of Africa's most renowed writers.
Relates historical events to the literature and poetry that was written because the event happened. Contains a side-by-side chronology of events and the event-inspired literature from the year 350 B.C.E. to 1999 A.D.
