{"product_id":"africa-writes-back-the-african-writers-series-and-the-launch-of-african-literature","title":"Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJune 17, 2008, is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThings Fall Apart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Heinemann. This publication provided the impetus for the foundation of the African Writers Series in 1962 with Chinua Achebe as the editorial adviser.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfrica Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures the energy of literary publishing in a new and undefined field. Portraits of the leading characters and the many consultants and readers providing reports and advice to new and established writers make \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfrica Writes Back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a stand-out book. James Currey’s voice and insights are an added bonus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublishing and selling the African Writers Series\u003cbr\u003eThe African Writers Series Portfolio \u0026amp; George Hallett’s covers\u003cbr\u003eMain dates for the African Writers Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eINTRODUCTION: The establishment of African Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishing Chinua Achebe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. WRITERS FROM WEST AFRICA\u003cbr\u003eNigeria: The country where so much started\u003cbr\u003eNegritude from Senegal to Cameroun\u003cbr\u003eMagic \u0026amp; realism from Ghana, The Gambia \u0026amp; Sierra Leone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. WRITERS FROM EASTERN AFRICA\u003cbr\u003eTowards the oral \u0026amp; the popular in Kenya, Uganda \u0026amp; Tanzania\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishing Ngugi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. WRITERS FROM THE HORN \u0026amp; NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA\u003cbr\u003eEmperors in Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishing Nuruddin Farah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArab authors in Egypt \u0026amp; Sudan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. WRITERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA\u003cbr\u003eResistance in South Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishing Alex la Guma\u003cbr\u003ePublishing Dennis Brutus\u003cbr\u003ePublishing Bessie Head\u003cbr\u003ePublishing Masizi Kunene\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. WRITERS FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN\u003cbr\u003eGuns \u0026amp; Guerrillas in Mozambique \u0026amp;Angola\u003cbr\u003eZambia Shall be Free\u003cbr\u003eDeath \u0026amp; detention in Malawi\u003cbr\u003eThe struggle to become Zimbabwe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishing Dambudzo Marechera\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCONCLUSION: Is there still a role for the African Writers Series?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Currey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45461831123120,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/61Sw6oBwJ4L._SL1088.jpg?v=1784255533","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/africa-writes-back-the-african-writers-series-and-the-launch-of-african-literature","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}