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Uhuru's Fire

Uhuru's Fire

Uhuru's Fire

African Literature East to South
Adrian Roscoe
June 1977
Unavailable - out of print February 1986
Hardback
9780521212953
Out of Print
Hardback
USD
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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 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.

    Product details

    June 1977
    Hardback
    9780521212953
    280 pages
    0.58kg
    Unavailable - out of print February 1986

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • 1. Language problems: English and the vernaculars
    • 2. Developments in verse
    • 3. Aspects of South African verse
    • 4. Prose
    • 5. Central and Southern African prose
    • A footnote on drama
    • Notes
    • Index.
      Author
    • Adrian Roscoe