Articles related to "African Literature"

In Achmat Dangor's novel Bitter Fruit,the experience of three characters,namely Silas, Lydia and Mikey Ali,to a large extent mirror the larger national process of the TRC

Written on toilet paper while its author was detained in prison, Devil on the Cross is a searing indictment of Kenyan politics and society.

Things Fall Apart reads, in part, like a passionate letter from Achebe to his beloved Ibo culture.

First published in 1948, Cry, the Beloved Country established Paton as one of South Africa's greatest writers and remains a world classic today.

Nobel-Prize winner Gordimer's first novel is a traditional bildungsroman with a decisive political flavor.

The best-selling Australian author of Jessica, Tandia, and The Potato Factory tells the story of a prodigy growing up on the eve of World War II.

Akpan's novel is a compilation of stories about Africa's children. The lives of an African street family are portrayed in the first story, 'An Ex-Mas Feast.'

Okara's novella follows the path of a man who seeks truth and knowledge in post- colonial Nigeria.

Okot p'Bitek's Song of Lawino is a poem about African/Western relationships often studied by literature students throughout the world.

Best-selling Australian writer Bryce Courtenay (author of Jessica, Tandia, and The Potato Factory) tells the story of Peekay, a boy growing up in apartheid South Africa.

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe tells the story of the people of Umuofia on the Niger River. Beneath the story of Okonkwo lies a history and tradition never recorded

This celebrated writer has experienced much persecution in his home country for his political views and criticism.

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Elliot was written in 1915 and centers around the spiritual frustration felt by Elliot and many of his peers at that time.

Yeats wrote "The Second Coming" in 1920, while the world was at once recovering from the carnage of World War I and warily monitoring the rise of fascism and communism.

Profiles of Black authors who overcame humble beginnings and minority status to captivate the world with their novels

Cambara, a Somali-American Woman, returns to war-torn Mogadiscio to mourn the death of her son. She builds a new life for herself in the most unlikely of circumstances.

Okonkwo, a well known wrestler, warrior, titled man, farmer and respected elder of the community, is the tragic hero in this African literary classic by Chinua Achebe.