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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... indigenous ones . Thus , governments and ministries of education have supported and even commissioned the writing of texts and creative works ( stories , poems , and so on ) , aimed at the lower grades , but since education after ...
... indigenous civil service - local publishing houses were eventually established in these areas , albeit mostly for the textbook market . Véronique Tadjo's publishing record may be akin to balancing on a high wire , yet she appears to ...
... indigenous publishing house was established : the East African Publishing House , in 1965. Somewhat later , the East African Community broke apart , yet publishing has continued to thrive in Nairobi . In 1986 , Heinemann Educational ...
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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