Standpoints on African literature : a critical anthology /
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Nairobi :
East African Literature Bureau,
c1973.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Tejani, B. Creative freedom and critical function in African literature
- Ngugi, S. Popular lyric poetry in East Africa
- Gathugu, M. Okot p'Bitek
- Ngubiah, S. N. Ngugi's early writings
- Ojero, P. O. Of Tares and broken handles, Ngugi preaches
- Wanjala, C. The tabanic genre
- Atieno-Odhiambo et al. Okot's two songs
- Nazareth, P. The trial of a juggler
- Wanjala, C. Achebe
- Gachukia, E. W. Chinua Achebe and tradition
- Nyang'aya, E. M. The freakish Tutuola
- Chakava, H. Ayi Kwei Armah and a commonwealth of souls
- Roscoe, A. A. Okara's unheeded voice
- Nandwa, J. Mission to Kala
- Luvai, A. The role of the old in the writings of Ferdinand Oyono, Mongo Beti, and Senbene Ousmane
- Gecau, K. Alienation and disillusion in Ferdinand Oyono's African characters
- Calder, A. A sense of shame
- Luvai, A. The poetry of Wole Soyinka and Christopher Okigbo
- Wanjala, C. The face of injustice
- Tejani, B. The prison poems of Dennis Brutus
- Gecau, K. The various levels of betrayal in Wreath for Udomo
- Ngugi, S. Cesaire's "Return to my native land."--Nyang'aya, E. Richard Wright's commitment.