The Ordeal of the African Writer |
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| Author:
| Larson, Charles |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85649-931-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $47.95 |
Book Description:
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Only a small number of African writers have become known outside their own continent (Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri, Nuruddin Farah and Wole Soyinka). They also face enormous obstacles within Africa, and this book provides writers' own testimony, pen portraits, and factual investigations.
Only a small number of African writers have become known outside their own continent (Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri, Nuruddin Farah and Wole Soyinka). They also face enormous obstacles within Africa, and this book provides writers' own testimony, pen portraits, and factual investigations.