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LEADER: 01853cam a2200229 i 4500
001 73980196
003 DLC
005 19911107120252.9
008 761129s1973 ke b 00000 eng
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050 00 $aPR9340.5$b.S7
082 00 $a896
245 00 $aStandpoints on African literature :$ba critical anthology /$cedited by Chris L. Wanjala.
260 0 $aNairobi :$bEast African Literature Bureau,$c1973.
300 $axviii, 389 p. ;$c19 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aPreface.--Introduction.--Tejani, B. Creative freedom and critical function in African literature.--Ngugi, S. Popular lyric poetry in East Africa.--Gathugu, M. Okot p'Bitek.--Ngubiah, S. N. Ngugi's early writings.--Ojero, P. O. Of Tares and broken handles, Ngugi preaches.--Wanjala, C. The tabanic genre.--Atieno-Odhiambo et al. Okot's two songs.--Nazareth, P. The trial of a juggler.--Wanjala, C. Achebe.--Gachukia, E. W. Chinua Achebe and tradition.--Nyang'aya, E. M. The freakish Tutuola.--Chakava, H. Ayi Kwei Armah and a commonwealth of souls.--Roscoe, A. A. Okara's unheeded voice.--Nandwa, J. Mission to Kala.--Luvai, A. The role of the old in the writings of Ferdinand Oyono, Mongo Beti, and Senbene Ousmane.--Gecau, K. Alienation and disillusion in Ferdinand Oyono's African characters.--Calder, A. A sense of shame.--Luvai, A. The poetry of Wole Soyinka and Christopher Okigbo.--Wanjala, C. The face of injustice.--Tejani, B. The prison poems of Dennis Brutus.--Gecau, K. The various levels of betrayal in Wreath for Udomo.--Ngugi, S. Cesaire's "Return to my native land."--Nyang'aya, E. Richard Wright's commitment.
650 0 $aAfrican literature (English)$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAfrican literature$xHistory and criticism.
700 10 $aWanjala, Chris.