PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY AFRICAN LITERATURE TODAY was
established at a time of uncertainty and reconstruction but for 50
years it has played a leading role in nurturing imaginative
creativity and its criticism onthe African continent and beyond.
Contemporary African creative writers have confidently taken
strides which resonate all over the world. The daring diversities,
stylistic innovations and enchanting audacities which characterize
their works across many different genres resonate with readers
beyond African geographic and linguistic boundaries. Writers in
Africa and the diaspora seem to be speaking with collective and
individual voices that compel world attention and admiration. And
they arebeing read in numerous world languages. This volume's
contributors recognize the foundations laid by the pioneer African
writers as they point vigorously to contemporary writers who have
moved African imaginative creativityforward with utmost integrity,
and to the critics who continue to respond with unyielding
tenacity. The founding Editor of ALT, Professor Eldred Durosimi
Jones, recalls in an interview in this volume, the role ALT played
in the evolution and stimulation of a wave of African literary
studies and criticism in mid-20th century: "The 1960s saw a good
deal of activity among scholars teaching African Literature
throughout Africa and the world, and this ledto a series of
conferences in African Literature in Dakar, Nairobi, and
Freetown.around the idea of communication between the various
English Departments which took an interest in African Literature.
We decided on a bulletin, which was just a kind of newsletter
between departments saying what was going on....it was that
bulletin that showed the potential of this kind of communication...
after that we started African Literature Today as a journal
inviting articles on the works of African writers." Contributors to
the series demonstrate the impact of the growth in studies and
criticism of African Literature in the 50 years since its founding.
Series Editor: Ernest N. Emenyonu is Professor of Africana Studies
at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. Reviews Editor: Obi
Nwakanma
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