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(Woodbridge: James Currey / Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008) 9781869141561. 233 x 155 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. x + 182, incl. index. Fine condition. "Migration is a central theme of much African fiction written in English. Brenda Cooper tracks the journeys undertaken by a new generation of African writers, their protagonists and the solid objects that populate their… Read more

(Salisbury: Salisbury Writers' Club, 1976) 079740211X. 212 x 140 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 103. Bumped at head of spine. Gift inscription inside upper wrap. Collection of short stories, many with a Rhodesian setting. .

(Pretoria: Kagiso Tertiary, 1996). 219 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xv + (i) + 273. Near fine condition. "This collection of essays aims at introducing students of African literature to the heritage of the African prose narrative starting from its oral base and covering its linguistic and cultural diversity. An Introduction to the African Prose… Read more

(Cape Town: David Philip, 1992). 211 x 136 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 197, incl. index. Wraps a little rubbed and very slightly curled; earlier owner's name penned inside upper wrap; regular, light browning. Good. "This study establishes criteria for the evaluation of African literature and then applies them to a wide and exciting range of… Read more

(London: Heinemann, 1974). 215 x 138 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. xii + 127; plates. Wrappers slightly rubbed, and sunned on spine; thermoplastic binding parting from cover. Good. "Informative and provocative, the essays range widely from the politics of negritude to protest against apartheid, and from cultural conflict to satire against the elites. Through the works of… Read more