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Mother is gold; a study in West African literature

Title: Mother is gold; a study in West African literature, by Adrian A. Roscoe.
Author: Roscoe, Adrian A.
Publication: Cambridge [England] University Press, 1971.

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x, 273 pages; 23 cm

Summary

How did West African literature in English begin? What influences affected its birth and development? How much does it imitate European models? How is traditional African culture influencing modern writing? What kind of experiments are being tried? These are some of the questions, relevant to African writing throughout the continent, which this critical study discusses by examining the most significant work in verse, prose, drama, children's literature, journalism and political writing in West Africa. The author examines the writing of major figures such as Soyinka, Achebe, Okara, Clark, Tutuola and Ekwensi as well as that of authors whose work is not as widely known.

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 262-268.

Contents

1. The background -- 2. Progress in verse -- 3. West African prose -- 4. Further prose: children, highlifers, and politicians -- 5. Drama -- Conclusion.

ISBN

0521080924
9780521080927
0521096448
9780521096447

LCCN

74149425

OCLC

ocm00161022
161022
SCSB-314326

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Princeton University Library