The Columbia guide to Central African literature in English since 1945
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The Columbia guide to Central African literature in English since 1945
（The Columbia guides to literature since 1945）
Columbia University Press, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-281) and index
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Description
Columbia's guides to postwar African literature paint a unique portrait of the continent's rich and diverse literary traditions. This volume examines the rapid rise and growth of modern literature in the three postcolonial nations of Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia. It tracks the multiple political and economic pressures that have shaped Central African writing since the end of World War II and reveals its authors' heroic efforts to keep their literary traditions alive in the face of extreme poverty and AIDS. Adrian Roscoe begins with a list of key political events. Since writers were composing within both colonial and postcolonial contexts, he pays particular attention to the nature of British colonialism, especially theories regarding its provenance and motivation. Roscoe discusses such historical figures as David Livingstone, Cecil Rhodes, and Sir Harry Johnston, as well as modern power players, including Robert Mugabe, Kenneth Kaunda, and Kamuzu Banda. He also addresses efforts to create a literary-historical record from an African perspective, an account that challenges white historiographies in which the colonized was neither agent nor informer.
A comprehensive alphabetical guide profiles both established and emerging authors and further illustrates issues raised in the introduction. Roscoe then concludes with a detailed bibliography recommending additional reading and sources. At the close of World War II the people of Central Africa found themselves mired in imperial fatigue and broken promises of freedom. This fueled a desire for liberation and a major surge in literary production, and in this illuminating guide Roscoe details the campaigns for social justice and political integrity, for education and economic empowerment, and for gender equity, participatory democracy, rural development, and environmental care that characterized this exciting period of development.
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Chronology of Major Political Events, 1944-2006 Part I. History and Politics 1. Empire and Colonialism 2. British Imperialism 3. Legitimizing Empire 4. The British in Africa 5. Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia 6. White Rhodesia 7. Historiography and Literature 8. Independence Part II. Genres 9. Verse 10. Prose 11. Drama 12. Children's Literature 13. White Rhodesian Poetry 14. White Rhodesian Fiction Part III. Authors and Works, A-Z Notes Bibliography Index
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