ALT 26 War in African Literature Today

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ALT 26 War in African Literature Today

Edited by: Ernest N Emenyonu
With contributions by: Chimalum Nwankwo , Christine Matzke , Clement Okafor , Ernest N Emenyonu , Iniobong I. Uko , Isidore Diala , James Gibbs , Maurice Taonezvi Vambe , Ogaga Okuyade , Oike Machiko , Sophia O. Ogwude and Zoe Norridge

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2008

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Volume 26 | African Literature Today

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How have African writers addressed the issue of war and its impact across the continent?

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Emenyonu Ernest N :

ERNEST N. EMENYONU is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012).Nwankwo Chimalum :

CHIMALUM NWANKWO is Writer-in-Residence, Department of English and Literary Studies, Veritas University, Abuja, Nigeria. He has previously taught at the Universities of Nigeria, East Carolina-Greenville, North Carolina A & T State University-Greensboro, where he was Professor of English and World Literatures and Former Chair of the Department of English, Nigeria Turkish Nile University in Abuja. He was Guest Editor of ALT 30 Reflections & Retrospectives. His other critical studies include Of the Deepest Shadows and The Prisons of Fire (2010) and Toward the kingdom of Woman and Man: The Works of Ngugi wa Thiongo (1992). He is also an acclaimed poet, who has published five volumes of poetry, including The Womb in the Heart and Other Poems and Lovesong for Julian Assange & Poems from Love Mountain.Matzke Christine :

CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin.Emenyonu Ernest N :

ERNEST N. EMENYONU is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Editorial Article
War in African Literature: Literary Harvests, Human Tragedies Ernest N. Emenyonu Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Articles
The Muted Index of War in African Literature & Society Chimalum Nwankwo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
‘Life in the Camp of the Enemy’ Alemseged Tesfai’s Theatre of War Christine Matzke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Sacrifice & the Contestation of Identity in Chukwuemeka Ike’s Sunset at Dawn Clement A. Okafor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Of War & Madness: A Symbolic Transmutation of the Nigeria–Biafra War in Select Stories from The Insider: Stories of War & Peace from Nigeria Iniobong I. Uko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Becoming a Feminist Writer: Representations of the Subaltern in Buchi Emecheta’s Destination Biafra Oike Machiko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Politics & Human Rights in Non-Fiction Prison Literature Sophie Obiajulu Ogwude Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Problems of Representing the Zimbabwean War of Liberation in Mutasa’s The Contact, Samupindi’s Pawns & Vera’s The Stone Virgins Maurice Taonezvi Vambe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
The Need to Go Further? Dedication & Distance in the War Narratives of Alexandra Fuller & Alexander Kanengoni Zoe Norridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
History, Memoir & a Soldier’s Conscience Philip Efiong’s Nigeria & Biafra: My Story Isidore Diala Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
Of the Versification of Pain: Nigerian Civil War Poetry Ogaga Okuyade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Reviews
Aniceti Kitereza, Mr. Myombekere & his Wife Bugonoka, their Son Ntulanalwo & Daughter Buliwhali: The Story of an Ancient African Community. Joseph L. Mbele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Ahmadou Kourouma, Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote, Translated from the French by Frank Wynne Tony Simoes da Silva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Daniel Mengara, Mema Tony Simoes da Silva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Shimmer Chinodya, Chairman of Fools Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Chris Abani, Graceland Toni Kan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation Molara Wood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Woeli A. Dekutsey & John Sackey (eds), An Anthology of Contemporary Ghanaian Poems Pietro Deandre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Tayo Olafioye, A Stroke of Hope Mark L. Lilleleht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
Lola Shoneyin, So All the Time I Was Sitting on an Egg James Gibbs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Es’kia Mphahlele, Down Second Avenue Toni Kan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Véronique Tadjo, The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda Elinettie Chabwera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Phanuel Akubueze Egejuru, Chinua Achebe: Pure and Simple, An Oral Biography Ike Anya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Pietro Deandrea, Fertile Crossings: Metamorphoses of Genre in Anglophone West African Literature Stephanie Newell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Alain Ricard, The Languages & Literatures of Africa Jane Plastow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Ola Rotimi, ed. Issues in African Theatre James Gibbs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Flora Veit-Wild & Dirk Naguschewski (eds) Body, Sexuality, and Gender Wisdom Agorde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Short Notices from the Editor of the Reviews Section James Gibbs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171

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November 20, 2008

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189

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781846156083

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African writers; war; cataclysmic phenomenon; human lives; peace; environment

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