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  • ALT 10 Retrospect & Prospect
    Eldred Durosimi Jones
    In this 10th anniversary volume, first published in 1979, Eldred Jones outlines the trend over the years since independence of 'a greater degree of alienation or dissidence of the principal writers from established regimes and a movement towards a closer identification with what they see as the needs of the ordinary people. Writers increasingly found themselves in difficulties ...
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  • ALT 1-4
    Eldred Durosimi Jones
    The intention of the African Literature Today series [ALT] was, and still is, to encourage African writing in any language, whether of fiction, poetry or plays, and also to encourage its criticism. The critic’s role, according to Eldred Durosimi Jones in his 1968 Introduction to ALT 1, is to make the work accessible to a wider readership and to help establish literary standard...
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  • ALT 9 Africa, America & the Caribbean
    Eldred Durosimi Jones
    This volume, first published in 1978, looks at the fascinating literary links of the African diaspora in Harlem, Cuba and Haiti. Eldred Jones outlines in his Editorial the impact of the pride in connections with an African past as 'one of the great transformations of modern times'. The impact on writing moved in all directions and comparisons in this volume are made between Wol...
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  • ALT 5 The Novel in Africa
    Eldred Durosimi Jones
    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. Emenyo...
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  • ALT 6 Poetry in Africa
    Eldred Durosimi Jones
    First published in 1973, this volume of the series concentrates on African poetry and there are two articles on and a tribute from the Editor to the poet Christopher Okigbo who died fighting in the Biafran War in 1967. Also discussed are Leopold Senghor, Dennis Brutus, Wole Soyinka, Lenrie Peters and Ferdinand Oyono. The contributions analyse East African poetry, French Algeria...
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    26,80 €

  • ALT 7 Focus on Criticism
    Eldred Durosimi Jones
    First published in 1975, this volume of the series continues in more depth the debate on the role of critics and the purpose of criticism. As Eldred Jones reminds the reader in his Editorial: 'African Literature Today' has always aimed to be a forum for discussion ... Not surprisingly some opinions have provoked strong reactions. Indeed where there is time reactions are deliber...
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  • ALT 8 Drama in Africa
    Eldred Durosimi Jones
    First published in 1976, this volume has a focus on African drama and carries an introductory article by Ghanaian poet and playwright J.C. de Graft. There are three articles on Wole Soyinka’s work as a playwright and an article on the dramatic works of Ama Ata Aidoo, as well as an article on four dramatists from East Africa. The dilemmas of the popular playwright are discussed ...
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    26,97 €

  • ALT 11 Myth & History
    Eldred Durosimi Jones
    This volume, first published in 1980, provides an overview of the way myth and history have influenced both the literature of Africa and individual writers. Isidore Okpewho, Solomon O. Iyasere and Mazisi Kunene contribute here on myth, oral tradition and African cosmological systems. Armah’s vision of history is examined both in the way that it appears in his novels and in comp...
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    26,59 €