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Novels by Principal Themes
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
- 1 Peter Abrahams’s A Wreath for Udomo 11
- 2 Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart 25
- 3 Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 37
- 4 Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter 49
- 5 Driss Chraïbi’s Mother Comes of Age 63
- 6 Lindsey Collen’s The Rape of Sita 75
- 7 Maryse Condé’s Segu 85
- 8 Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions 97
- 9 Modikwe Dikobe’s The Marabi Dance 107
- 10 Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood 115
- 11 Buchi Emecheta’s The Slave Girl 133
- 12 Nuruddin Farah’s Gifts 145
- 13 Elsa Joubert’s Poppie Nongena 153
- 14 J. Nozipo Maraire’s Zenzele: Letters to My Daughter 167
- 15 Meja Mwangi’s Going Down River Road 177
- 16 Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat 191
- 17 Djibril Tamsir Niane’s Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali 203
- 18 Flora Nwapa’s Efuru 215
- 19 Ferdinand Oyono’s Houseboy 229
- 20 Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North 241
- 21 Ousmane Sembene’s God’s Bits of Wood 251
- 22 Wole Soyinka’s Ake: The Years of Childhood 271
- 23 Moyez G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack 287
- 24 P. T. Zeleza’s Smouldering Charcoal 297
- Novels by Region 306
- Novels by Principal Themes 308
- The Contributors 309
- About the Book 314
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
- 1 Peter Abrahams’s A Wreath for Udomo 11
- 2 Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart 25
- 3 Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born 37
- 4 Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter 49
- 5 Driss Chraïbi’s Mother Comes of Age 63
- 6 Lindsey Collen’s The Rape of Sita 75
- 7 Maryse Condé’s Segu 85
- 8 Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions 97
- 9 Modikwe Dikobe’s The Marabi Dance 107
- 10 Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood 115
- 11 Buchi Emecheta’s The Slave Girl 133
- 12 Nuruddin Farah’s Gifts 145
- 13 Elsa Joubert’s Poppie Nongena 153
- 14 J. Nozipo Maraire’s Zenzele: Letters to My Daughter 167
- 15 Meja Mwangi’s Going Down River Road 177
- 16 Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat 191
- 17 Djibril Tamsir Niane’s Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali 203
- 18 Flora Nwapa’s Efuru 215
- 19 Ferdinand Oyono’s Houseboy 229
- 20 Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North 241
- 21 Ousmane Sembene’s God’s Bits of Wood 251
- 22 Wole Soyinka’s Ake: The Years of Childhood 271
- 23 Moyez G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack 287
- 24 P. T. Zeleza’s Smouldering Charcoal 297
- Novels by Region 306
- Novels by Principal Themes 308
- The Contributors 309
- About the Book 314
