A History of Twentieth-century African Literatures. Owonoyela, Owomoyela<|

A History of Twentieth-Century African LiteraturesAuthor(s): Oyekan Owomoyela\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9780803286047, 978-0803286047\nSynopsis\nAfrican literatures, says volume editor Oyekan Owomoyela, \""testify to the great and continuing impact of the colonizing project on the African universe.\"" African writers must struggle constantly to define for themselves and other just what \""Africa\"" is and who they are in a continent constructed as a geographic and cultural entity largely by [url] study reflects the legacy of colonialism by devoting nine of its thirteen chapters to literature in \""Europhone\"" languagesEnglish, French, and Portuguese. Foremost among the Anglophone writers discussed are Nigerians Amos Tutuola, Chinua Achebe, and Wole Soyinka. Writers from East Africa are also represented, as are those from South Africa. Contributors for this section include Jonathan A. Peters, .