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Alt 8 Drama in Africa: African Literature Today: A Review

Alt 8 Drama in Africa: African Literature Today: A Review

Jones, Eldred
Jones, Eldred

Paperback

Series: African Literature Today (Hardcover), Book 8

Literary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1847011217
ISBN13: 9781847011213
Publisher: James Currey
Published: Jan 31 1976
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.

First published in 1976, this volume has a focus on African drama and carries an introductory article by Ghanaian poet and playwright J.C. de Graft. There are three articles on Wole Soyinka's work as a playwright and an article onthe dramatic works of Ama Ata Aidoo, as well as an article on four dramatists from East Africa. The dilemmas of the popular playwright are discussed in an article on two Zambian writers and Eldred Jones's Editorial gives examplesfrom Sierra Leone of the challenges faced by more popular playwrights and those with the more literary concerns of publication.

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