Mother is Gold: A Study in West African Literature - Softcover

Roscoe, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521096448 ISBN 13: 9780521096447

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1977

Synopsis

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, journalism and political writing in West Africa. The author examines the writing of major figures such as Soyinka, Achebe, Okara, Clark, Tutuola and Ekwensi as well as that of authors whose work is not as widely known.

About this title

Book Description:

This critical study examines the most significant work in verse, prose, drama, children's literature, journalism and political writing in West Africa. The author examines the writing of major figures such as Soyinka, Achebe, Okara, Clark, Tutuola and Ekwensi as well as that of authors whose work is not as widely known.

About the Author:

Educated in Britain and Canada, Adrian Roscoe has worked over a twenty-six-year period in West, East, Central, and Southern Africa. He has held the chair of English in Malawi, South Africa, and in New Zealand, and a visiting professorship in African and British literature at the State University of New York. He is currently teaching at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0521096448
• ISBN 13: 9780521096447
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284