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History and Criticism

Scott, Joyce Hope. Camel Tracks: Critical Perspectives on Sahelian Literatures. Trenton: Africa World Press, 2003.

Soyinka, Wole. Myth, Literature, and the African World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Stratton, Florence. Contemporary African Literature and the Politics of Gender. New York: Routledge, 2002.

 

Anthologies

Achebe, Chinua and C.L. Innes, eds. African Short Stories. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1987.

Busby, Margaret, ed. Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent: from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present. New York: Pantheon Books, 1992.

Obradović, Nadeda, ed. The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories. New York: Anchor Books, 2002.

 
 

Fiction

  • Cover ArtHalf of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Cover ArtPurple Hibiscus: A Novel - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Cover ArtThings Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
  • Cover ArtSo Long a Letter - Mariama Bâ
  • Cover ArtGod's Bits of Wood - Sembene Ousmane
  • Cover ArtNervous Conditions: A Novel - Tsitsi Dangarembga
  • Cover ArtWizard of the Crow - Ngugi wa Thiong'o
  • Cover ArtBeasts of No Nation: A Novel - Uzodinma Iweala
 

Chimamanda Adichie Talk

Chimamanda Adichie talks about finding her authentic cultural voice in her writing.

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