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Title

African literature and African historical experiences / editors, Chidi Ikonne, Emelia Oko, Peter Onwudinjo.

Publication

Ibadan : Heinemann Educational Books Nigeria PLC, 1991.

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Additional Authors

• Ikonné, Chidi, 1940-
• Oko, E.
• Onwudinjo, Peter.
• University of Calabar International Conference on African Literature and the English Language (9th : 1990 : University of Calabar)
• International Conference on African Literature and the English Language (9th : 1990 : University of Calabar)

Description

xi, 136 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

• Calabar studies in African literature
• University of Calabar International Conference on African Literature and the English Language. Calabar studies in African literature.

Subject

• History in literature > Congresses
• African literature > History and criticism > Congresses
• African literature (English) > History and criticism > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.
• Calabar (1990)
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• Papers from the Ninth International Conference on African Literature and the English Language, held at the University of Calabar in May, 1990.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

African literature and the burden of history : some reflections / S.E Ogude (10 p.). -- History of the novel in Africa / Theodora Akachi Ezeigbo (12 p.). -- Urban novel : a historical experience / G.N Ofor (12 p.). -- African homogeneity : the affirmation of a 'united' African and Afro-West Indian identity / Karen King-Aribisala (18 p.). -- Novelist as historian : Yambo Ouologuem's Le devoir de violence revisited / H.H Okam (10 p.). -- Poet as 'historian' : a study of T.C. Nwosu's Sirens of the spirit / Peter Onwudinjo (10 p.). -- Literature as a historical process : a study of Ojaide's Labyrinths of the delta / Aderemi Bamikunle (10 p.). -- Reflections of African historical experiences in East African poetry / Ernest Obi Onochie (14 p.). -- Place setting and historicity in Igbo oral tales / Helen Chukwuma (10 p.). -- Myth and history in Ken Saro-Wiwa's Basi and company / Karibi T George (10 p.). -- "Herstory" in Ayi Kwei Armah's Histories / Chioma Opara (8 p.). -- Historical dimension of Chukwuemeka Ike's female characters / Ezenwa Ohaeto (8 p.).

ISBN

• 9781293713 (pbk.)
• 9781291850 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^91214017^

OCLC

24799974

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library