Goatskin bags and wisdom : new critical perspectives on African literature /

"These twenty-eight essays offer a variety of critical perspectives on African literature from scholars, writers and experienced teachers of this subject. They reveal the diverse emotions and sensitivities with which Africans perceiving themselves as the target audience of African writers, resp...

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Main Author: Emenyo̲nu, Ernest, 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, 2000.
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Summary:"These twenty-eight essays offer a variety of critical perspectives on African literature from scholars, writers and experienced teachers of this subject. They reveal the diverse emotions and sensitivities with which Africans perceiving themselves as the target audience of African writers, respond to contemporary African fiction." "Among the contributors are a new generation of young African writers whose studies include the works of a number of established and emerging African Writers about whom there is little criticism now in existence."--Jacket.
Physical Description:xx, 393 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0865436703 (hb)
0865436711 (pb)