Of dreams deferred, dead or alive : African perspectives on African-American writers
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Of dreams deferred, dead or alive : African perspectives on African-American writers
(Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 180)
Greenwood Press, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first collection of essays in which African critics present an in-depth study of African-American writers. These prominent critics from different African countries and backgrounds bring an important perspective to the complex relationship between African Americans and Africa. Through provocative readings of prominent African-American writers, the contributors provide insights into contemporary African-American issues. This collection offers a rare opportunity to view African opinions on what it means to be African American.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction by Femi Ojo-Ade Africa and America: A Question of Continuities, Cleavage, and Dreams Deferred by Femi Ojo-Ade W.E.B. Du Bois: The Man and His Vision of Africa for Africans by F. Ugboaja Ohaegbulam Langston Hughes and Africa by Eddie Omotayo Asgill Richard Wright: A Dubious Legacy by Chimalum Nwankwo Claude McKay: The Tragic Solitude of an Exiled Son of Africa by Femi Ojo-Abe Another African Artist's Wayward Thoughts on Eugene Redmond's Poetry by Tess Onwueme Branches of the Same Tree: African and African-American Poetry by Tanure Ojaide Notions and Nuances: Africa in the Works of James Baldwin by Ezenwa Ohaeto Reviewing Gloria Naylor: Toward a Neo-African Critique by Vincent Odamtten Creative African Memory: Some Oral Sources of Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon by Ousseynou Traore The Circle of Meaning: Paule Marshall, Modernism and the Masks of History by Simon Gikandi Homesick and Eurocentric? Alice Walker's Africa by MWikali Kieti "I is": Toni Morrison, the Past and Africa by Chimalum Nwankwo Afterword: What's in a Name? by Femi Ojo-Ade
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