Uhuru's Fire: African Literature East to South

by Adrian A. Roscoe

Book Overview

First published in 1977, this is an eminently readable introduction to contemporary literature in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. The author examines work in verse, prose and drama, and discusses vernacular language problems, the role of oral literature and tradition and the varied responses to the struggle for freedom and its achievement. He argues that African literature is achieving its own inner dynamic, revealing a rapid spread of influences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521290899
• ISBN13: 9780521290890
• Release Date: July 1977
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"