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| Title: | African Literature
: Overview & Bibliography |
| Author: | Jonathan P Smithe (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1590332903 : 9781590332900 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 140 |
| Weight: | .485 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - April 2002 |
| List Price: | 45.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | LITERATURE: HISTORY & CRITICISM: AFRICA |
African literature, like the continent itself is enormous and diverse. East Africa's literature is different from West Africa's which is quite different from South Africa's which has different influences on it than North Africa's. Africa's literature is based on a widespread heritage of oral literature, some of which has now been recorded. Arabic influence can be detected as well as European, especially French and English. Legends, myths, proverbs, riddles and folktales form the mother load of the oral literature. This book presents an overview of African literature as well as a comprehensive bibliography, primarily of English language sources. Accessed by subject, author and title indexes.
