Encyclopedia of African Literature

'A Useful Starting Point...It is the Breadth of the Coverage That Makes the "Encyclopedia of African Literature" Stand Out' - "Booklist/Rbb", June 2003. '[A] Comprehensive Work for General Readers...Highly Recommended' - Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Best Reference Titles 2003. the Most Comprehensive Reference Work on African Literature to Date, This Easy-To-Use Book Contains Over 600 Alphabetically Arranged Entries That Cover Major and Less Established African Authors and Texts, Criticism and Theory, and African Literature's Development As a Field of Scholarship. Now Available in Paperback, This Volume is an Essential Resource for Students of African Literature and a Useful Tool for Those Considering African Culture Across the Fields of Literary Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Studies.