The Ordeal of the African WriterThe literatures of the English language experienced an extraordinary transformation in the second half of the 20th century as a result of the creative energy released by decolonization. But as this book demonstrates, only a small number of African writers - Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri, Nuruddin Farah and Wole Soyinka - have become known outside their own continent. They also face - and this is the subject of this book - enormous obstacles within Africa getting their work published, let alone supporting themselves financially from their writing. |
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... Yvonne Vera may be well - known in Zimbabwe , but she is scarcely read or even heard of in West Africa . The writer For the writer , the major benefit of such a system would be visibility , especially if writers ' organizations ...
... Yvonne Vera ' , Skyhost , 5 , 3 ( 1997 ) : 17 . Makotsi , Ruth L. and Lily K. Nyarika , Publishing and Book Trade in Kenya ( Nairobi : East African Educational Publishers , 1997 ) . Mapanje , Jack , Skipping without Ropes ( Newcastle ...
... Yvonne Vera , WorldView ( Winter 1997-98 ) : 78 . Tumusiime , James , A Decade of Publishing for Children in Uganda ' , ZIBF , 3 August 1998 . Tutuola , Amos , The Palm - Wine Drinkard ( New York : Grove Press , 1953 ) . The Wild Hunter ...
Contents
Accidental Artist or Really | 1 |
Talking with Paper is Only the Beginning | 26 |
African Writers and the Quest for Publication | 54 |
Copyright | |
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