Mother Is Gold: A Study in West African Literature

by Adrian A. Roscoe

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0010Y92FE
• ISBN13: 9780521096447
• Release Date: September 1977
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"