1st Edition

Encyclopedia of African Literature

Edited By Simon Gikandi Copyright 2003
648 Pages
by Routledge

648 Pages
by Routledge

648 Pages
by Routledge

The most comprehensive reference work on African literature to date, this book covers all the key historical and cultural issues in the field. The Encyclopedia contains over 600 entries covering criticism and theory, African literature's development as a field of scholarship, and studies of established and lesser-known writers and their texts. While the greatest proportion of literary work in... Read more
Editorial team, List of contributors, Introduction, Acknowledgements, Entries A-Z, Index

Biography

Simon Gikandi

'A new and original contribution to the cultures of the African continent ... A valuable reference tool.' - Reference Reviews