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Codgoe, Selwyn R. – Black World, 1971
Descriptors: African Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles
Download full textRedd, Virginia P. – 1973
This paper suggests basic points of literary and historical background necessary for the study of African literature and provides an annotated bibliography of literary and historical references. The first part of the paper lists threads of historical significance often found in African literature: the division of Africa into colonies in the…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, African Literature, Annotated Bibliographies
Peer reviewedBalogun, F. Odun – Journal of Black Studies, 1990
Reviews three folktales and a children's novella, "Chike and the River," by the Nigerian author and compares them to his adult short stories. Observes that, aside from differences in scale or degree, the style of his children's stories is basically the same as that of his adult works. (FMW)
Descriptors: African Literature, Authors, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedNgwarsungu, Chiwengo – Journal of Black Studies, 1990
Compares characterization in Western and African novels. Observes that the characters in African novels are principally mediums for exposing the sociopolitical situation. (FMW)
Descriptors: African Literature, Characterization, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
