This is the first anthology to bring together the key texts of African literary theory and criticism.

• Brings together key texts that are otherwise hard to locate
• Covers all genres and critical schools
• Provides the intellectual context for understanding African literature
• Facilitates the future development of African literary criticism

About the Author

Tejumola Olaniyan is Professor in English at the University of Wisconsin. His publications include: Scars of Conquest/Masks of Resistance: The Invention of Cultural Identities in African, African American and Caribbean Drama (1995), Arrest the Music: Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics (2004), and he is coeditor of African Drama and Performance (2004).

Ato Quayson is Professor in English and Director of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnationalism Studies, University of Toronto. His previous publications include Strategic Transformation in Nigerian Writing (1997), Postcolonialism: Theory, Practice or Process? (2000), Relocating Postcolonialism (Blackwell, 2002) and Calibrations: Reading for the Social (2003).

Reviews

"This anthology represents a gathering of the best critical work on African literature and on larger questions of literary history, the sociology of literature, criticism and theory. In this magnificent book, we have a collection of the best that has been thought and written about African literary culture and the modern imagination."
-Simon Gikandi, Professor of English, Princeton University

"Introduces the material in a crisp, always engaged, sometimes provocative manner .... Diverse perspectives through the rich dynamics of dialogue and debate. Highly recommended." (Choice)

Book Information
ISBN 9781405112017
Author Tejumola Olaniyan
Format Paperback
Page Count 800
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 1374g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 173mm * 41mm