The Columbia Guide to Central African Literature in English Since 1945

by Adrian A. Roscoe

Columbia's guides to postwar African literature paint a unique portrait of the continent's rich and diverse literary traditions. This volume examines the rapid rise and growth of modern literature in the three postcolonial nations of Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia. It tracks the multiple political and economic pressures that have shaped Central African writing since the end of World War II and reveals its authors' heroic efforts to keep their literary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231130422
• ISBN13: 9780231130424
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 10.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher