Synopsis
An easy-to-use and highly-acclaimed reference work on works by African authors written in English. A comprehensive guide to works by African authors that were written in English, this volume features entries in an alphabetical format on: authors; titles; literary genres, movements, influences and connections; and wider themes. 'This comprehensive compendium will be a handy companion for anyone working on African literatures. The entries are authoritative and up-to-date, providing information on the hundreds of authors and texts that have contributed to a whole continent's literary flowering. Killam and Rowe have left no tome unturned.' - Bernth Lindfors North America: Indiana U Press (cloth edition)
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Review
[S]ynthesizing guides such as this are precious [...] a stimulating volume to browse through, and a mine of information about all sorts of little-known aspects of the conditions of writing and publishing literary works in Africa. --African Affairs
[T]he work can be recommended as a quick reference source, as a knowledgeable literary signpost. One of the main strengths of the work is that the discussion is balanced, rather than ideological. Whether an expert or not, the reader is likely to find useful information and first-rate sources of African literature. In an era in which Africa has been marginalized, it certainly helps in its small way to dilute the gloom-and-doom perception of Africa. --African Studies Review
Over 150 scholars from around the world have contributed to this encyclopedic new guide to African literatures. [...] Its coherent layout and user-friendly categories make the book accessible to several communities of readers, ranging from students researching essay topics to specialists wishing to read up on particular issues. --African Reasearch & Documentation
About the Author
Douglas Killam was formerly Professor of Commonwealth Literature at the University of Guelf, Ontario, and previously taught at the Universities of Ibadan, Lagos, Dar es Salaam and Fourah Bay College. He was editor for twelve years of WLWE (World Literature Written in English) with the assistance of Ruth Rowe who is also an editor of this volume.
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