The Languages and Literatures of Africa by Alain Richard

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The Languages and Literatures of Africa by Alain RichardISBN 9780852555811 Soft Cover 230 pages Expanded and updated from the earlier French edition Litteratures d'Afrique noire (1995), African literatures are presented in a new perspective focusing on the dialogue between languages and literatures. Orality is not always traditional, manuscripts are read aloud, and books have often been written in local languages, as well as in colonial languages. This book examines the dialogue between literatures written

There is also a thought-provoking interview with Krog on translation

Publisher: Oxford University Press 2008

Walter Sokel

Nkosi and Modisane were working respectively in BBC Radio drama and a short-lived radio transcription centre based in London which drew together the threads of activism and creativity from both Black America and the African continent at a critical moment of the late empire

Publisher: Juta 2023

in two up-to-date projects which each present their own particular challenges

the 2015 Indie Award for Best Debut Fiction

ISBN 9780802144485

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