“This book brings together shorter essays on a
variety of South African, and African writers.
The writers focused on include Njabulo Ndebele, Mbulelo Mzamane, Flaxman
Qoopane, Don Mattera, Grace Ogot, Okot p'bitek, Assia Djebar, I. Soqaga,
Amos Tutuola, Asare Konadu, Ayi Kwei Armah, Pule Lebuso, Mariama Ba, O
Bolaji, Camara Laye, Peter Abrahams, among others.
The editor,
Mr Soqaga is an award-winning essayist, literary
critic, Pan-Africanist and sports enthusiast. He has already published three
books, including the much-discussed work, Promoting Quintessential African
Writing. Mr Soqaga lives in Mangaung, Free State."
* From the blurb
Breakdown of this work
INTRODUCTION
– By Soqaga
AMOS
TUTUOLA – Quintessential African Writer By Soqaga
QOOPANE…and
thorny issues in South African Writing
By Soqaga
NJABULO
NDEBELE’s The Cry of Winnie Mandela by I. M. Soqaga
African Renaissance Anti-Clockwise (Book) by Soqaga
GRACE
OGOT’s Land Without Thunder a review by Soqaga
THE
LITERARY WORK OF OKOT P’BITEK By Soqaga
REMEMBERING
AND CELEBRATING MBULELO MZAMANE
By O Bolaji
PETER
ABRAHAMS - What an inspiration! By Bolaji
ASARE
KONADU's A WOMAN IN HER PRIME review by Bolaji
In
Search of a Plethora of Critics...By O Bolaji
ASSIA
DJEBAR DIES By
R Mokoena
CAMARA
LAYE (1928 - 1980) by R Mokoena
OLA
ROTIMI AND THE WORLD OF THEATRE by L Giwa
SOQAGA Book Review by
L Giwa
THE
LABOURS OF AUTHORS, EDITORS…by
L Giwa
DON
MATTERA HONOURED courtesy
of Mpikeleni Duma
‘EROTIC
WRITER’ MBELLA SONNE DIPOKO By T Ebounge
THE
SIXTH ANNUAL NORTHERN CAPE WRITERS FESTIVAL (2015) By T
M Thiba
‘Transferential
displacement' in O Bolaji's Far up! Far out! Far more! By T M Thiba
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