This is the first collection of essays in which African critics present an in-depth study of African-American writers. These prominent critics from different African countries and backgrounds bring an important perspective to the complex relationship between African Americans and Africa. Through provocative readings of prominent African-American writers, the contributors provide insights into contemporary African-American issues. This collection offers a rare opportunity to view African opinions on what it means to be African American.
This is the first collection of essays in which African critics present an in-depth study of African-American writers. These prominent critics from different African countries and backgrounds bring an important perspective to the complex relationship between African Americans and Africa. Through provocative readings of prominent African-American writers, the contributors provide insights into contemporary African-American issues. This collection offers a rare opportunity to view African opinions on what it means to be African American.
FEMI OJO-ADE is Professor of French at St. Mary's College of Maryland. He is the author of René Maran, The Black Frenchman, Analytic Index of Présence Africaine, On Black Culture, as well as the novel, Home, Sweet, Sweet Home.
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Acknowledgments Introduction by Femi Ojo-Ade Africa and America: A Question of Continuities, Cleavage, and Dreams Deferred by Femi Ojo-Ade W.E.B. Du Bois: The Man and His Vision of Africa for Africans by F. Ugboaja Ohaegbulam Langston Hughes and Africa by Eddie Omotayo Asgill Richard Wright: A Dubious Legacy by Chimalum Nwankwo Claude McKay: The Tragic Solitude of an Exiled Son of Africa by Femi Ojo-Abe Another African Artist's Wayward Thoughts on Eugene Redmond's Poetry by Tess Onwueme Branches of the Same Tree: African and African-American Poetry by Tanure Ojaide Notions and Nuances: Africa in the Works of James Baldwin by Ezenwa Ohaeto Reviewing Gloria Naylor: Toward a Neo-African Critique by Vincent Odamtten Creative African Memory: Some Oral Sources of Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon by Ousseynou Traore The Circle of Meaning: Paule Marshall, Modernism and the Masks of History by Simon Gikandi Homesick and Eurocentric? Alice Walker's Africa by Mwîkali Kîeti "I is": Toni Morrison, the Past and Africa by Chimalum Nwankwo Afterword: What's in a Name? by Femi Ojo-Ade
Acknowledgments Introduction by Femi Ojo-Ade Africa and America: A Question of Continuities, Cleavage, and Dreams Deferred by Femi Ojo-Ade W.E.B. Du Bois: The Man and His Vision of Africa for Africans by F. Ugboaja Ohaegbulam Langston Hughes and Africa by Eddie Omotayo Asgill Richard Wright: A Dubious Legacy by Chimalum Nwankwo Claude McKay: The Tragic Solitude of an Exiled Son of Africa by Femi Ojo-Abe Another African Artist's Wayward Thoughts on Eugene Redmond's Poetry by Tess Onwueme Branches of the Same Tree: African and African-American Poetry by Tanure Ojaide Notions and Nuances: Africa in the Works of James Baldwin by Ezenwa Ohaeto Reviewing Gloria Naylor: Toward a Neo-African Critique by Vincent Odamtten Creative African Memory: Some Oral Sources of Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon by Ousseynou Traore The Circle of Meaning: Paule Marshall, Modernism and the Masks of History by Simon Gikandi Homesick and Eurocentric? Alice Walker's Africa by Mwîkali Kîeti "I is": Toni Morrison, the Past and Africa by Chimalum Nwankwo Afterword: What's in a Name? by Femi Ojo-Ade
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