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Reflections & retrospectives / editor, Ernest N. Emenyonu ; [guest editor, Chimalum Nwankwo].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: African literature today ; 30.Publication details: Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : James Currey, 2012.Description: ix, 195 p. : 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781847010568 (pbk.)
  • 1847010563 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Reflections and retrospectives
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 896 23
LOC classification:
  • PR9344 REF 2012
Contents:
Editorial article: Reflections & retrospectives -- Gender politics, home & nation in Zulu Sofola's "King Emene: tragedy of a rebellion" -- The militant writer in Sèmbene's early fiction: from "Le docker noir" to "L'Harmattan" -- Psychological violence in Bessie Head's "Maru & A Question of power" -- Constructing the destructive city: representations of lagos in Cyprian Ekwensi's "People of the city" -- History, progress & prospects in the development of African literature: a tribute to Dennis Brutus -- Dispelling the myth of the 'Silent woman': the Nigerian Igbo woman in Flora Nwapa's "Efuru" -- Interrogating dichotomies, reconstructing emancipation: Bessie Head's vision on gender issues -- Es'kia Mphahele's enduring truth in "Down second avenue" -- A tribute to Cyprian O.D. Ekwensi (26 September 1921-4 November 2007): The writer, the man & his era.
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Editorial article: Reflections & retrospectives -- Gender politics, home & nation in Zulu Sofola's "King Emene: tragedy of a rebellion" -- The militant writer in Sèmbene's early fiction: from "Le docker noir" to "L'Harmattan" -- Psychological violence in Bessie Head's "Maru & A Question of power" -- Constructing the destructive city: representations of lagos in Cyprian Ekwensi's "People of the city" -- History, progress & prospects in the development of African literature: a tribute to Dennis Brutus -- Dispelling the myth of the 'Silent woman': the Nigerian Igbo woman in Flora Nwapa's "Efuru" -- Interrogating dichotomies, reconstructing emancipation: Bessie Head's vision on gender issues -- Es'kia Mphahele's enduring truth in "Down second avenue" -- A tribute to Cyprian O.D. Ekwensi (26 September 1921-4 November 2007): The writer, the man & his era.

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