Uhuru's Fires View By Adrian Roscoe
| Title | : | Uhuru's Fires |
| Author | : | Adrian Roscoe |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 280 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0521212952 |
First published in 1977, this is an eminently readable introduction to contemporary literature in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa The author examines work in verse, prose and drama, and discusses vernacular language problems, the role of oral literature and tradition and the varied responses to the struggle for freedom and its achievement He argues that African lite First published in 1977, this is an eminently readable introduction to contemporary literature in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa The author examines work in verse, prose and drama, and discusses vernacular language problems, the role of oral literature and tradition and the varied responses to the struggle for freedom and its achievement He argues that African literature is achieving its own inner dynamic, revealing a rapid spread of influences from one side of the continent to the other and a decrease in influences from the Western world Part of his argument is based on a discussion of authors not yet known outside East and Central Africa, but whose works shows signs of great promise and originality Dr Roscoe has close personal knowledge of many of the authors he discusses, as he has worked in East and Central African universities throughout the period of the literary awakening he discusses
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First published in 1977, this is an eminently readable introduction to contemporary literature in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa The author exam
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