Author Description

A comprehensive guide to works by African authors that were written in English, this volume features entries in an alphabetical format on: authors; titles; literary genres, movements, influences and connections; and wider themes. 'This comprehensive compendium will be a handy companion for anyone working on African literatures. The entries are authoritative and up-to-date, providing information on the hundreds of authors and texts that have contributed to a whole continent's literary flowering. Killam and Rowe have left no tome unturned.' - Bernth Lindfors North America: Indiana U Press (cloth edition)