The African Imagination by Irele

The African Imagination by Irele

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This collection of Abiola Irele's essays examines African literary traditions in the broad sense, and places the work of individual authors in context. Irele presents critical readings of the works of Chinua Achebe, Kamau Braithwaite, Amadou Hapae Ba, and Amadou Kourouma, among others.

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The African Imagination by Irele

F.Abiola Irele is one of Africa's leading scholars and an authority on the anglophone and francophone traditions of post-colonial African literature. This collection of Irele's essays examines African literary traditions in the broad sense, and places the work of individual authors in context. In the African Imagination, Irele presents probing critical readings of the works of Chinua Achebe, Kamau Braithwaite, Amadou Hapae Ba, and Amadou Kourouma, among others. In addition to discussing the textual and theortical topics surrounding the texts that have become African writing in the global literary marketplace and the relationship between African intellectuals and the West.
An interesting collection of essays..Well worth the reading time. African Studies Review
Irele, F. Abiola: - F. Abiola Irele is Visiting Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies and the Department of Romance languages at Harvard University.
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ISBN 13 9780195086195
ISBN 10 0195086198
Title The African Imagination
Author Irele
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 2001-10-18
Number of pages 320
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