A New Generation of African Writers: Migration, Material Culture and Language

by Brenda Cooper

Book Overview

Brenda Cooper examines the work of the new generation of African writers who have placed migration as central to their writing.

There is a new interest among publishers in New York and London in books by writers of African origin. These authors have often grown up or passed their early adult years out of Africa. The Orange Prize for Fiction was awarded inLondon 2007 to Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun, and the Caine Prize for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847015077
• ISBN13: 9781847015075
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: James Currey
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"