Meditations on African Literature

by Dubem Okafor

While African literature is presently enjoying much attention from the scholarly community, its heritage and identity are becoming less clearly defined. While Africa has a rich oral tradition, African writers find themselves writing in the languages of their colonial oppressors. So too, many of the best African writers now live outside Africa, particularly in North America. Much of the criticism of African literature is written by American professors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313298661
• ISBN13: 9780313298660
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"