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The Columbia guide to Central African literature in English since 1945 / Adrian Roscoe ; with contributions by Anthony Chennells

Author
Roscoe, Adrian A.
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (xx, 302 pages).
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology of major political events, 1944-2006 -- pt. 1. History and politics -- 1. Empire and colonialism -- 2. British imperialism -- 3. Legitimizing empire -- 4. The British in Africa -- 5. Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia -- 6. White Rhodesia -- 7. Historiography and literature -- 8. Independence -- pt. 2. Genres -- 9. Verse -- 10. Prose -- 11. Drama -- 12. Children's literature -- 13. White Rhodesian poetry -- 14. White Rhodesian fiction -- pt. 3. Authors and works, A-Z -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary
"Columbia's guides to postwar African literature paint a unique portrait of the continent's rich and diverse literary traditions. This volume examines the rapid rise and growth of modern literature in the three postcolonial nations of Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia. It tracks the multiple political and economic pressures that have shaped Central African writing since the end of World War II and reveals its authors' heroic efforts to keep their literary traditions alive in the face of extreme poverty and AIDS."--Jacket.
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ISBN
9780231503792 (electronic bk.)
0231503792 (electronic bk.)
9780231130424 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0231130422 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-281) and index.
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