Black African Literature in English 1991-2001: Critical Appreciation and ReceptionThe English Association, based at the University of Leicester in the UK, aims to further knowledge and enjoyment of the English language and literature, and to foster good practice in its teaching and learning at all levels. They produce an annual review, The Year's Work in English, published by Oxford University Press, a narrative bibliographical review of scholarly work on the English language and literatures, including on new literatures in English. This book brings together eleven contributions contemporary black African literature in English, 1991-2001. Some 120 books and over 300 scholarly and bibliographical essays from journals and periodicals are reviewed. |
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Page 94
... important roles such as nurturing , admonishing , educating , and protecting the peoples of the nascent Islamic caliphate in the last century , ' in this century , particularly in the postcolonial era , the theme has been the defence of ...
... important roles such as nurturing , admonishing , educating , and protecting the peoples of the nascent Islamic caliphate in the last century , ' in this century , particularly in the postcolonial era , the theme has been the defence of ...
Page 110
... important vista of negritude which Laye had just opened : namely , childhood as a vital clue to the understanding of the " Homo Africanus " and the " Black Soul " . ' A discursive subject often shrouded in myth , rash generalizations ...
... important vista of negritude which Laye had just opened : namely , childhood as a vital clue to the understanding of the " Homo Africanus " and the " Black Soul " . ' A discursive subject often shrouded in myth , rash generalizations ...
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... important contribution by the painter and curator , Rose - Marie Rychner's ' The Context and Background of Ugandan Art ' ( 288-298 ) completes this important book . For a people whose pre - colonial history is mostly preserved in the ...
... important contribution by the painter and curator , Rose - Marie Rychner's ' The Context and Background of Ugandan Art ' ( 288-298 ) completes this important book . For a people whose pre - colonial history is mostly preserved in the ...
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