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Standpoints on African literature : a critical anthology
- Title
- Standpoints on African literature : a critical anthology / edited by Chris L. Wanjala.
- Publication
- Nairobi : East African Literature Bureau, 1973.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PR9340.5 .S7 1973 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wanjala, Chris.
- Description
- xviii, 389 pages; 19 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Preface.--Introduction.--Tejani, B. Creative freedom and critical function in African literature.--Ngugi, S. Popular lyric poetry in East Africa.--Gathugu, M. Okot p'Bitek.--Ngubiah, S. N. Ngugi's early writings.--Ojero, P. O. Of Tares and broken handles, Ngugi preaches.--Wanjala, C. The tabanic genre.--Atieno-Odhiambo et al. Okot's two songs.--Nazareth, P. The trial of a juggler.--Wanjala, C. Achebe.--Gachukia, E. W. Chinua Achebe and tradition.--Nyang'aya, E. M. The freakish Tutuola.--Chakava, H. Ayi Kwei Armah and a commonwealth of souls.--Roscoe, A. A. Okara's unheeded voice.--Nandwa, J. Mission to Kala.--Luvai, A. The role of the old in the writings of Ferdinand Oyono, Mongo Beti, and Senbene Ousmane.--Gecau, K. Alienation and disillusion in Ferdinand Oyono's African characters.--Calder, A. A sense of shame.--Luvai, A. The poetry of Wole Soyinka and Christopher Okigbo.--Wanjala, C. The face of injustice.--Tejani, B. The prison poems of Dennis Brutus.--Gecau, K. The various levels of betrayal in Wreath for Udomo.--Ngugi, S. Cesaire's "Return to my native land."--Nyang'aya, E. Richard Wright's commitment.
- LCCN
- 73980196
- OCLC
- ocm00863208
- 863208
- SCSB-191228
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library