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Alt 6 Poetry in Africa: African Literature Today: A Review

by Eldred Jones , Eldred Jones
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781847011190
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: James Currey
  • Publisher Imprint: James Currey
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 192
  • Original Price: USD 29.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Reissue
  • Item Weight: 232 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): African

First published in 1973, this volume of the series concentrates on African poetry and there are two articles on and a tribute from the Editor to the poet Christopher Okigbo who died fighting in the Biafran War in 1967. Also discussed are Leopold Senghor, Dennis Brutus, Wole Soyinka, Lenrie Peters and Ferdinand Oyono. The contributions analyse East African poetry, French Algerian poetry, "Rara" chants in Yoruba and Zulu poetry. Donatus I. Nwoga writes a general article on modern African poetry. The new books reviewed include Mazisi Kunene's Zulu Poems and Okot p'Bitek's Two Songs: "Song of Prisoner" and "Song of Malaya" and Taban lo Liyong's Another Nigger Dead

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