Alt 5 the Novel in Africa: African Literature Today: An Annual Review

Originally published in 1971, this was the first volume in the series to focus on a specific theme, in this case the novel, but continues the format of including contributions from both writers and critics. There are articles on: Equiano, Onuora Nzwkwu, T.M. Aluko, Ngugi, Sarif Easmon, Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka. The volume also includes a contribution from Ernest E. Emenyonu asking of African Literature "What does it take to be its critic" plus reviews of Sembene Ousmane's newly published God's Bits of Wood, Mbella Sonne Dipoko's Because of Women, T.M. Aluko's Chief, The Honourable Minister and Flora Nwapa's Idu

• | Author: Eldred Jones
• | Publisher: James Currey
• | Publication Date: Jan 31, 1971
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1847011187
• | ISBN-13: 9781847011183