Ossobo: Essays on the Literature of S~ao Tome and Principe

by Donald Burness

The first English language work devoted solely and specifically to the literature of Sao Tome and Principe. Contains three essays discussing themes unique to this country - themes that no critic writing in any language has dealt with to any serious degree. Burness examines the poetry and stories on the mythic bird of Sao Tome and Principe, the Ossobo; literature that treats the massacre of 1953, often referred to as the Massacre of Batapa; and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592213723
• ISBN13: 9781592213726
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
• Length: 160 Pages