Student Encyclopedia of African Literature

368 Pages·2007·3.02 MB·English

by  Douglas Killam

Student encyclopedia
of african literature


Student encyclopedia of
African Literature
douglaS Killam and
alicia l. Kerfoot
Greenwood Press
westport, Connectcut • London

Lbrary of Congress Catalogng-n-Publcaton data
Killam, g. d.
Student encyclopedia of african literature / douglas Killam and alicia l. Kerfoot.
p. cm.
includes bibliographical references and index.
iSBn 978–0–313–33580–8 (alk. paper)
1. african literature (english)—encyclopedias. 2. african literature (english)—
Bio-bibliography—encyclopedias. 3. african literature—encyclopedias. 4. african
literature—Bio-bibliography—encyclopedias. 5. authors, african—Biography—
encyclopedias. 6. africa—in literature—encyclopedias. i. Kerfoot, alicia l. ii. title.
pr9340.a52K65 2008
820.9’9603—dc22
[B] 2007035356
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copyright © 2008 by douglas Killam and alicia l. Kerfoot
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iSBn: 978–0–313–33580–8
first published in 2008
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v
contentS
liSt of entrieS vii
guide to related topicS xv
preface xxv
The enCyCLoPedia 1
Selected BiBliography 325
indeX 329
v
v
liSt of entrieS
abrahams, lionel Anthills of the Savannah
abrahams, peter anthologies
abruquah, Joseph Wilfred anyidoho, Kofi
achebe, chinua apartheid
acholonu, catherine obianuju armah, ayi Kwei
adair, Barbara Arrow of God
adedeji, (alu)remi aduke Arrowheads to My Heart
adichie, chimamanda ngozi atta, Sefi
Africa Is People awoonor, Kofi (nyedevu)
African Child, The Bâ, amadou hampâté
African Image, The Bâ, mariama
African Tragedy, An Bacchae of Euripides, The
african Writers Series Baderoon, gabeba
african-american literature Bandele-thomas, Biyi
african-British literature Bavino Sermons
african-canadian literature Beatification of Area Boy, The
african-caribbean literature Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, The
afrika, tatamkhulu ismail Beggar, The, The Thief and the Dogs, and
Age of Iron Autumn Quail
aidoo, ama ata Bekederemo, J(ohn) p(epper) clark
aiyejina, funso Ben, in the World
ajayi, christie ade Ben Jelloun, tahar
ajayi, tolu(walogo) Ben-abdallah, mohammed
ajose, audrey Beti, mongo (pseudonym of alexandre Biyidi)
Akassa You Mi: A Historical Drama Bikoroa Plays, The
Aké: The Years of Childhood Biography and autobiography
akello, grace Bitter Eden
Akenhaten: Dweller in Truth Bitter Fruit: A Novel
alford, gwen Black, Stephen
alkali, Zaynab Black atlantic
All for Love: A Novel Black consciousness in South
All for Oil africa
aluko, t(imothy) m(ofolorunso) Black Docker, The
amadi, elechi Blackburn, douglas
Amriika Blackheart
anduru, agoro Blame Me on History
angira, Jared Blanket Boy’s Moon
aniebo, i.n.c. Blay, J. Benibengor
Anowa Blind Moon
v
v List of Entries
Blood Knot, The collen, lindsay
Bloodlines combrinck, lisa
Bloom, harry Concubine, The
Boehmer, elleke Conservationist, The
Boesman and Lena conton, William (farquhar)
Boetie, dugmore cook, méira
Book of Secrets, The cope, Jack (robert Knox)
Bosman, h(erman) c(harles) couchoro, félix
Boundaries couto, mia
Brettell, n. h. cripps, a(rthur) S(hearly)
Brew, (osborne henry) Kwesi Cry, the Beloved Country
Breytenbach, Breyten cugoano, ottobah
Brink, andre cullinan, patrick (roland)
Broken Reed currey, ralph nixon
Brutus, dennis dadié, Bernard
Bukenya, austin Dance in the Sun, A
Burger’s Daughter Dance of the Forests, A
Butler, frederick guy dangarembga, tsitsi
By the Sea dangor, achmat
Cairo Trilogy Daughter of Mumbi
Call Me by My Rightful Name Daughters of Twilight
Call Me Woman de graft, Joe (Joseph coleman)
camara laye Death and the King’s Horseman
campbell, roy(ston) Dedan Kimathi
Captain’s Tiger, The dei-anang, michael francis
Carnival of Looters, A Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary
casely-hayford, adelaide Devil on the Cross
casely-hayford, gladys dhlomo, h(erbert) i. e.
casely-hayford, Joseph ephraïm dhlomo, r(obert) r(olfes) r(eginald)
censorship dib, mohammed
Chaka diescho, Joseph
Chaos Theory of the Heart and Other Poems dikobe, modikwe (pseudonym of marks
Mainly since 1990 rammitloa)
chedid, andrée Dilemma of a Ghost, The
cheney-coker, Syl diop, alioune
Children of Gebelawi diop, Birago
chimombo, Steve diop, cheikh anta
chingono, Julius diop, david
chinodya, Shimmer Divorce, The
chinweizu djoleto, (Solomon alexander) amu
chipamaunga, edmund Down Second Avenue
chipasula, frank drama
chraïbi, driss Drum
clayton, cherry Dry White Season, A
cloete, (edward fairlie) Stuart (graham) du plessis, menán
clouts, Sydney (david) duodu, cameron
cochlovius, Karen Dusklands
coetzee, J(ohn) m(axwell) easmon, r(aymond) Sarif
Collector of Treasures, The echeruo, michael J. c.
List of Entries x
echewa, t. obinkaram Gunny Sack, The
Edufa gurnah, abdulrazak
Efuru gwala, mafika pascal
egbuna, obi B(enedict) haarhoff, dorian
ekwensi, cyprian hakim, te[a?]wfiq (husayn) al-
emecheta, Buchi Hammer Blows
enekwe, ossie head, Bessie
eppel, John Healers, The
equiano, olaudah Heavensgate
essop, ahmed Helena’s Hope, Ltd
Experience, The Hello and Goodbye
Eye of the Earth, The henshaw, James ene
fagunwa, d(aniel) o. Heroes
fall, malick hope, christopher (david tully)
Famished Road, The House Gun, The
farah, nuruddin House of Hunger
fatunde, tunde Houseboy
feminism and literature hove, chenjerai
fettouma, touati hussein, ebrahim n.
fiawoo, ferdinand Kwasi I Will Marry When I Want
Fisherman’s Invocation, The Ibadan: The Pankelemes Years, a Memoir
fitzpatrick, (Sir) J. percy 1946–1965
Fixions and Other Stories Idanre
Foe ike, (Vincent) chukwuemeka
Fools and Other Stories imbuga, francis
Footprints in the Quag In the Ditch
Forest of a Thousand Daemons, The In the Fog of the Season’s End
Foriwa In the Heart of the Country
Fragments Incidents at the Shrine
From a Crooked Rib Instant in the Wind, An
fugard, athol Interpreters, The
fugard, Sheila meiring iroh, eddie
garuba, harry iyayi, festus
gay and lesbian Sexuality in Jabavu, noni (helen nontando)
literature Jacobson, dan(iel)
ghanem, fathy Johnson, lemuel a.
gibbon, perceval Jonker, ingrid
Girl Who Killed to Save: Nongquase the Jordan, a(rchibald) c(ampbell)
Liberator, The Journey Within, The
Gods Are Not to Blame, The Joys of Motherhood, The
God’s Bits of Wood July’s People
God’s Step-Children Ka, aminata maiga
Going down River Road Kagame, alexis
gordimer, nadine Kahiga, Samuel
Grain of Wheat, A Karodia, farida
Grass Is Singing, The Karone, yodi
gray, Stephen Katiyo, Wilson
Great Ponds, The Kayira, legson
Guest of Honour, A Kente, gibson
x List of Entries
Kgositsile, Keorapetse Marabi Dance, The
Kibera, leonard marechera, dambudzo
Kimenye, Barbara Marriage of Anansewa, The
Konadu, (Samuel) asare marshall, Bill okyere
Kongi’s Harvest Martha Quest
Kourouma, ahmadou Master of Petersburg, The
Kunene, daniel p. Matigari
Kunene, mazisi (Kamdabuli) mattera, umaruiddin don
Kurunmi matthews, James
Kuzwayo, ellen maunick, edouard
la guma, alex(ander) mazrui, ali a.
Labyrinths mbuli, mzwakhe
ladipo, duro mcloughlin, timothy o.
laing, B(ernard) Kojo mda, Zakes (Zanemvula Kizito gatyeni)
Lament for an African Pol memmi, albert
Landlocked meniru, theresa ekwutosi
Langbodo mezu, S(ebastian) okechukwu
Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar, The mhlophe, gcina
lessing, doris Mhudi
Letters to Martha miller, ruth
Life & Times of Michael K millin, Sarah gertrude
likimani, muthoni Mine Boy
Limits Mission to Kala
Lion and the Jewel, The mnthali, felix
lipenga, Ken modisane, William “Bloke”
literary criticism mofolo, thomas (mopoku)
literary theory moore, Bai t(amia) J(ohnson)
Little Karoo, The mopeli-paulus, a(twell) S(idwell)
livingstone, douglas motsisi, (Karobo moses) casey “Kid”
Looking on Darkness mphahlele, es’kia (ezekiel)
Looming Shadow, The mpina, edison
lubega, Bonnie mtshali, (oswald) mbuyiseni
lubwa p’chong mugo, micere githae
maclennan, donald (alasdair calum) mulaisho, dominic
madanhire, nevanji mungoshi, charles
maddy, yulisa amadu (formerly pat munonye, John
yulisa or pat maddy) Muntu
Madmen and Specialists Muriel at Metropolitan
Mafeking Diary of Sol T. Plaatje, The mutloatse, mothobi
Mafeking Road mutswairo, Solomon
magaia, lina mwangi, meja
magona, Sindiwe Myth, Literature, and the African World
mahfouz, naguib mzamane, mbulelo (Vizikhungo)
maina Wa Kinyatti nagenda, John
Man of the People, A nakasa, nat(haniel ndazana)
Man Who Lost His Shadow, The Napolo Poems
manaka, matsemela nazareth, peter
mangua, charles nazombe, anthony
mapanje, Jack ndebele, njabulo (Simakahle)