Engaging questions of language, identity, and reception to restore South African and diaspora writing to the African literary tradition

As more works of African Literature are being incorporated into the Language Arts and Cultural Studies curriculum, it becomes increasingly important to offer st

This title looks at the story of African literature and its dissemination in the latter half of the 20th century.

The most comprehensive reference work on African literature to date, this book contains over 600 entries that cover criticism and theory, its development as a f