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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN LITERATURE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN LITERATURE Edited by Simon Gikandi LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2003 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2003 Routledge All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Encyclopedia of African literature/edited by Simon Gikandi. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. African literature—Encyclopedias. I. Gikandi, Simon. PL8010 .E63 2002 809‘.896‘03–dc21 2002072757 ISBN 0-203-36126-1 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-37382-0 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-415-23019-5 (Print Edition) Contents Editorial team vi List of contributors vii Introduction xi Acknowledgements xvi Entries A-Z 1 Index 822 Editorial team General editor Simon Gikandi University of Michigan, USA Associate editors Aida Bamia University of Florida, USA Kenneth Harrow Michigan State University, USA Isabel Hofmeyr University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Eileen Julien Indiana University, USA Ntongela Masilela Pitzer College, USA List of contributors University of New Mexico, USA Hédi Abdel-Jaouad Debra S.Boyd-Buggs Skidmore College, USA Winston-Salem State University, USA Adélékè Adé k Emmanuel Chiwome University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe USA Magali Compan Peter F.Alexander University of Michigan, USA University of New South Wales, John Conteh-Morgan Australia Ohio State University, USA Roger Allen Brenda Cooper University of Pennsylvannia, USA University of Cape Town, South Apollo O.Amoko Africa University of Florida, USA Eleni Coundouriotis Susan Z.Andrade University of Connecticut, USA University of Pittsburgh, USA Gaurav Desai David Attwell Tulane University, USA Universiy of Natal, South Africa Samba Diop Ousmane Ba Harvard University, USA University of Gabon, Libreville, André Djiffack Gabon University of Oregon, USA F.Odun Balogun Neil Doshi Delaware State University, USA University of Michigan, USA Aida A.Bamia Kandioura Drame University of Florida, USA University of Virginia, USA Carole M.Beckett Dorothy Driver University of Natal, South Africa University of Cape Town, South Sid Ahmed Benraouane Africa University of Minnesota, USA Maureen N.Eke Ann Biersteker Central Michigan University, USA Yale University, USA Frieda Ekotto Stephen Bishop University of Michigan, USA viii Ernest Emenyonu University of Michigan, USA University of Michigan, USA Huma Ibrahim Rasheed El-Enany Long Island University, USA University of Exeter, UK Ena Jansen Roger Field University of the Witwatersrand, South University of Western Cape, South Africa Africa Cilas Kemedjio Graham Furniss University of Rochester, USA SOAS, University of London, UK Sue Kossew Rachel Gabara University of New South Wales, Princeton University, USA Australia Carmela Garritano N.P.Maake Michigan State University, USA University of Pretoria, South Africa Harry Garuba Beverly B.Mack University of Cape Town, South University of Kansas, USA Africa Lisa McNee Olakunle George Queen’s University, Canada Brown University, USA Véronique Maisier Ferial J.Ghazoul Southern Illinois University, USA American University in Cairo, Egypt Meredith Martin Simon Gikandi University of Michigan, USA University of Michigan, USA Danielle Marx-Scouras Susan Gorman Ohio State University, USA University of Michigan, USA Ntongela Masilela Seth Graebner Pitzer College, USA Washington University, USA Khaled Al Masri William Granara University of Michigan, USA Harvard University, USA Joseph Mbele Kwaku A.Gyasi St Olaf College, USA University of Alabama, USA Mona N.Mikhail Malcolm Hacksley New York University, USA National English Literary Museum, Jabulani Mkhize South Africa University of Durban-Westville, South Waïl S.Hassan Africa Illinois State University, USA Rosemary Moeketsi Jarrod Hayes ix University of South Africa, South Vincent O.Odamtten Africa Hamilton College, USA Reidulf Molvaer James Ogude Frogner, Oslo, Norway University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Jenny Mosdell Rhodes University, South Africa Dan Odhiambo Ojwang University of the Witwatersrand, South Zodwa Motsa Africa University of South Africa, South Africa Charles Okumu Vista University, South Africa Lydie Moudileno University of Pennsylvania, USA Martin Orwin SOAS, University of London, UK Phaswane Mpe University of the Witwatersrand, South Osayimwense Osa Africa Clark Atlanta University, USA Lupenga Mphande Kwadwo Osei-Nyame, Jnr Ohio State University, USA SOAS, University of London, UK Mpalive-Hangson Msiska Jean Ouédraogo Birkbeck College, University of SUNY-Plattsburgh, USA London, UK George Odera Outa David Murphy University of the Witwatersrand, South University of Stirling, UK Africa Stephanie Newell Kofi Owusu Trinity College, Ireland Carleton College, USA M’bare Ngom B.Akin Oyètádé Morgan State University, USA SOAS, University of London, UK Thengani H.Ngwenya Grant Parker University of Durban Westville, South Duke University, USA Africa Elaine M.Pearson Raymond Ntalindwa National English Literary Museum, UK South Africa André Ntonfo Phyllis Peres University of Yaoundé, Cameroon University of Maryland, USA Wangar wa Nyatet(cid:0) -Waigwa Bhekizizwe Peterson Weber State University, USA University of the Witwatersand, South Africa Anthère Nzabatsinda Vanderbilt University, USA Katarzyna Pieprzak

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