African Literature Flashcards
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the world’s second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia
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AFRICA
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transmitted by griots in West Africa
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FIXED TEXTS
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transmitted by non-professionals in other areas of Africa
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FREE TEXTS
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AFRICAN WRITERS & POETS
- born in Nigeria. The foremost English-language poet & certainly the most celebrated playwright of black America.
- his work earned him the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature
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SOYINKA, WOLE
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AFRICAN WRITERS & POETS
- Nigerian novelist & poet, whose first novel is Things Fall Apart (1958)
- set the theme for his subsequent work: the impact of Western influences on traditional Africa society
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ACHEVE, CHINUA (1930)
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AFRICAN WRITERS & POETS
- Nigerian poet
- dramatist
- literary critic
- born on April 6, 1953, contributed significantly to the Nigerian renaissance of the late 50’s and early 60’s
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CLARK, JOHN PEPPER