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This collection of essays by one of Africa's leading scholars examines African literary traditions in the broad sense, and places the work of individual authors in context. Here F. Abiola Irele presents probing critical readings of the works of Chinua Achebe, Kamau Brathwaite, Amadou Hapae Ba, and Amadou Kourouma, among others. In addition to discussing texts central to the evolving canon of African literature, The African Imagination addresses both the growing presence of African writing in the global literary marketplace and the relationship between African intellectuals and the West.
Contents
1: The African Imagination
2: Orality, Literacy, and African Literature
3: African Letters: The Making of a Tradition
4: Dimensions of African Discourse
5: A Study in Ambiguity: Amadou Hampaté Bâ's The Fortunes of Wangrin
6: Narrative, History and the African Imagination: Amadou Kourouma's Monnè, outrages et défis
7: The Crisis of Cultural Memory in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
8: The Return of the Native: Edward Kamau Brathwaite's Masks
9: A National Voice: The Poetry and Plays of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo
10: Parables of the African Condition: The New Realism in African Fiction
Notes
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Index