Selected Library Resources: African Literature in English

See also: Selected Sources for African Literature by Razia Nanji.

Reference and bibliographies

Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers. First Series. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc., 1992.
In Library West Reference. PS21. D521 v.117.

Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers. Second Series. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc., 1993.
In Library West Reference. PS21. D521 v. 125.

Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers. Third Series. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc., 1995.
In Library West Reference. PS21. D521 v. 157.
     This series has particularly good biographical sketches of the authors, as well as bibliographies of their work and the critical work of others. Each item in the series covers a different set of authors.

Black African Literature in English, 1982-1986. By Bernth Lindfors. New York: Hans Zell Publishers, 1989.
In Library West Reference. PR9340. L461 1989.

Black African Literature in English, 1987-1991. By Bernth Lindfors. New York: Hans Zell Publishers, 1989.
In Library West Reference. PR9340. L461 1991.
     This series contains extensive bibliographies of contemporary work.

Writers From Africa. By Stewart Brown. London: Book Trust, 1989.
In Library West Reference. PL8011. B761 1989.

A New Reader's Guide to African Literature. Second Edition (Revised and Expanded). Edited by Hans Zell, Carol Bundy and Virginia Coulon. London: Heinemann, 1983.
In Library West Reference. PN849. A35 Z44 1983x.
     A bibliography that includes short reviews of the books listed.

African Oral Narratives, Proverbs, Riddles, Poetry, and Song. By Harold Scheub. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1977.
In Library West Reference. Z5984. A35 S3 1977.
     An extensive bibliography with brief descriptions of some of the materials listed.

Southern African Literatures. By Michael Chapman. New York: Longman, 1996.
In Library West Reference. PL8010. S63 C47 1996.

African Writers. Edited by C.Brian Cox. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1997.
In Library West Reference. PL8010. A453 1997.
     This two-volume set contains excellent biographical sketches of the writers and brief critical descriptions of their work. It includes several white African writers, and includes authors who write in languages other than English.

Criticism

African Literature, African Critics: The Forming of Critical Standards, 1947-1966. By Rand Bishop. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
In Library West. PR9340. B5 1988.

New Writing From Southern Africa: Authors Who Have Been Prominent Since 1980. Edited by Emmanuel Ngara. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995.
In Library West. PR 9345. N49 1995.

To Lay These Secrets Open: Evaluating African Literature. By Brenda Cooper. Cape Town: David Philip, 1992.
In Library West. PR9340. C661 1992.
     A predominantly Marxist interpretation of well-known African literature.

A Morbid Fascination: White Prose and Politics in Apartheid South Africa. By Richard Peck. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997.
In Library West. PR9362.5 .P43 1997

Criticism of specific authors

Reading Chinua Achebe. By Simon Gikandi. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1991.
In Process. PR9387. 9 A3 Z541 1991.

Notes on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter. By Judith Njage. Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books, 1984.
In Library West. PQ3989. 2. B23 S53 1984.

Reading Buchi Emecheta: Cross-Cultural Conversations. By Katherine Fishburn. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995.
In Library West. PR9387. E36 Z67 1995.

What Happened to Burger's Daughter or How South African Censorship Works. Emmarentia, South Africa: Taurus Press, 1980.
In Library West. PR9369. G6 B838 C2.

Bessie Head: Subversive Identities in Exile. By Huma Ibrahim. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1996.
In Library West. PR9369.3. H4 Z851 Z72 1996.

Dambudzo Marechera: A Source Book on His Life and Work. By Flora Veit-Wild. New York: Hans Zell, 1992.
In Library West Reference. PR9390. 9. M3 Z94 1992.

Es'kia Mphalele: A Bibliography. By Catherine Woeber. Grahamstown, South Africa: National English Literary Museum, 1989.
In Library West. PR9369. M67 Z861 1989.

Critical Perspectives on Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Washington: Three Continents Press, 1984.
In Library West. PR9381. 9. N45 Z57 1984.

The Poetry of Okot p'Bitek. By George Heron. New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1976.
In Library West. PL8041. 9. P3 Z7.

Wole Soyinka and Modern Tragedy: A Study of Dramatic Theory and Practice. by Ketu H. Katrak. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986.
In Library West. PR9387. 9. S6 Z75 1986.

Aspects of Yoruba Cosmology in Tutuola's Novels. By Ikupasa O'Mos. Kinshasa, Centre De Recherches Pedagogiques, 1990.
In Library West. PR9387. 9. T8 I45x 1990.

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