Africa writes back : the African writers series & the launch of African literature

Author(s)

• Currey, James
• Hallett, George

Bibliographic Information

Africa writes back : the African writers series & the launch of African literature

James Currey ; portraits and other photographs by George Hallett

James Currey , Wits University Press , Ohio University Press , HEBN, 2008

• : James Currey : cloth
• : James Currey : paper
• : Ohio University Press : cloth
• : Ohio University : Press paper
• : Weaver Press : paper
• : Wits University Press : paper
• : HEBN : paper

Note

Other publishers: Nairobi : EAEP, Harare : Weaver Press, Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: Ohio University Press : cloth ISBN 9780821418420

Description

June 17, 2008, is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart by Heinemann. This publication provided the impetus for the foundation of the African Writers Series in 1962 with Chinua Achebe as the editorial adviser. Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature captures the energy of literary publishing in a new and undefined field. Portraits of the leading characters and the many consultants and readers providing reports and advice to new and established writers make Africa Writes Back a stand-out book. James Currey's voice and insights are an added bonus. CONTENTS Publishing and selling the African Writers Series The African Writers Series Portfolio & George Hallett's covers Main dates for the African Writers Series INTRODUCTION: The establishment of African Literature Publishing Chinua Achebe 1. WRITERS FROM WEST AFRICA Nigeria: The country where so much started Negritude from Senegal to Cameroun Magic & realism from Ghana, The Gambia & Sierra Leone 2. WRITERS FROM EASTERN AFRICA Towards the oral & the popular in Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania Publishing Ngugi 3. WRITERS FROM THE HORN & NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA Emperors in Ethiopia Publishing Nuruddin Farah Arab authors in Egypt & Sudan 4. WRITERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA Resistance in South Africa Publishing Alex la Guma Publishing Dennis Brutus Publishing Bessie Head Publishing Masizi Kunene 5. WRITERS FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN Guns & Guerrillas in Mozambique &Angola Zambia Shall be Free Death & detention in Malawi The struggle to become Zimbabwe Publishing Dambudzo Marechera CONCLUSION: Is there still a role for the African Writers Series?

Volume

: Ohio University : Press paper ISBN 9780821418437

Description

June 17, 2008, is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart by Heinemann. This publication provided the impetus for the foundation of the African Writers Series in 1962 with Chinua Achebe as the editorial adviser. Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature captures the energy of literary publishing in a new and undefined field. Portraits of the leading characters and the many consultants and readers providing reports and advice to new and established writers make Africa Writes Back a stand-out book. James Currey's voice and insights are an added bonus. CONTENTS Publishing and selling the African Writers Series The African Writers Series Portfolio & George Hallett's covers Main dates for the African Writers Series INTRODUCTION: The establishment of African Literature Publishing Chinua Achebe 1. WRITERS FROM WEST AFRICA Nigeria: The country where so much started Negritude from Senegal to Cameroun Magic & realism from Ghana, The Gambia & Sierra Leone 2. WRITERS FROM EASTERN AFRICA Towards the oral & the popular in Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania Publishing Ngugi 3. WRITERS FROM THE HORN & NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA Emperors in Ethiopia Publishing Nuruddin Farah Arab authors in Egypt & Sudan 4. WRITERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA Resistance in South Africa Publishing Alex la Guma Publishing Dennis Brutus Publishing Bessie Head Publishing Masizi Kunene 5. WRITERS FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN Guns & Guerrillas in Mozambique &Angola Zambia Shall be Free Death & detention in Malawi The struggle to become Zimbabwe Publishing Dambudzo Marechera CONCLUSION: Is there still a role for the African Writers Series?

Volume

: James Currey : paper ISBN 9781847015020

Description

In 2012 the African Writers Series celebrated its 50th anniversary. Africa Writes Back tells the publishing story behind some of the books and authors in the series. Africa Writes Back was published in 2008 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart - the novel which provided the impetus for the foundation of the Heinemann African Writers Series in 1962 with Chinua Achebe as the Editorial Adviser. With the 60th anniversary of the AWS being celebrated in 2022, James Currey's book has a new resonance. '... not only the story of a publishing enterprise of great significance; it is also a large part of the story of African literature and its dissemination in the latter half of the twentieth century. The manuscript is full of the drama of that enterprise, the drama of dealing with the mother house, William Heinemann, of dealing with the often intractable political constraints dominating the intellectual space across Africa, and not least of all dealing with the writers themselves - with their ambitions,their temperaments, their financial needs and, at time, their perception of a colonial relationship between themselves and a European publishing house.' - Clive Wake, Emeritus Professor of Modern Languages, University of Kent at Canterbury. North America: Ohio U Press; Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers; South Africa: Wits U Press; Nigeria: HEBN; Kenya: EAEP; Zimbabwe: Weaver Press

Table of Contents

Publishing and selling the African Writers Series The African Writers Series Portfolio & George Hallett's covers Main dates for the African Writers SeriesINTRODUCTION: The establishment of African Literature Publishing Chinua Achebe 1. WRITERS FROM WEST AFRICA Nigeria: The country where so much started Negritude from Senegal to Cameroun Magic & realism from Ghana, The Gambia & Sierra Leone 2. WRITERS FROM EASTERN AFRICA Towards the oral & the popular in Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania Publishing Ngugi 3. WRITERS FROM THE HORN & NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA Emperors in Ethiopia Publishing Nuruddin Farah Arab authors in Egypt & Sudan 4. WRITERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA Resistance in South Africa Publishing Alex la Guma Publishing Dennis Brutus Publishing Bessie Head Publishing Masizi Kunene 5. WRITERS FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN Guns & Guerrillas in Mozambique &Angola Zambia Shall be Free Death & detention in Malawi The struggle to become Zimbabwe Publishing Dambudzo Marechera CONCLUSION: Is there still a role for the African Writers Series?

Volume

: James Currey : cloth ISBN 9781847015037

Description

17 June 2008 is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart by Heinemann. This provided the impetus for the foundation of the African Writers Series in 1962 with Chinua Achebe as the EditorialAdviser. '... not only the story of a publishing enterprise of great significance; it is also a large part of the story of African literature and its dissemination in the latter half of the twentieth century. The manuscriptis full of the drama of that enterprise, the drama of dealing with the mother house, William Heinemann, of dealing with the often intractable political constraints dominating the intellectual space across Africa, and not least ofall dealing with the writers themselves - with their ambitions, their temperaments, their financial needs and, at time, their perception of a colonial relationship between themselves and a European publishing house.' - Clive Wake,Emeritus Professor of Modern Languages, University of Kent at Canterbury. North America: Ohio U Press; South Africa: Wits U Press; Nigeria: HEBN; Kenya: EAEP; Zimbabwe: Weaver Press

Table of Contents

• A Chronology of the African Writers Series
• The Conspirators
• INTRODUCTION
• The Establishment of African Literature
• Publishing Chinua Achebe
• WRITERS FROM WEST AFRICA Nigeria: The country where so much started
• Negritude from Senegal to Cameroun
• The Magical Mystery of Ghana, Sierra Leone & the Gambia
• WRITERS FROM EASTERN AFRICA
• Towards the Oral & the Popular in Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania
• Publishing Ngugi
• Publishing Nuruddin Farah
• Ethiopian Emperors Past & Present
• WRITERS OF RESISTANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA
• Publishing Alex la Guma, Dennis Brutus, Bessie Head & Masize Kunene
• WRITERS FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN
• Guns & Guerrillas in Mozambique & Angola
• The Struggle to become Zimbabweans
• Publishing Dambudzo Marechera
• Zambia Shall be Free
• Death & Detention in Malawi
• ARAB AUTHORS.

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Details

• NCID: BA88386595
• ISBN:
  • 9781847015037
  • 9781847015020
  • 9780821418420
  • 9780821418437
  • 9781779220752
  • 9781868144723
  • 9789780812027
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford,Johannesburg,Athens, Ohio,Ibadan
• Pages/Volumes: xxxi, 318 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z465.3
  • DC22 : 070.5/096
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : African writers series -- History
  • LCSH : African literature -- Publishing -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : African literature (English) -- Publishing -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : African literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Africa -- Intellectual life -- 20th century