Chronology
1. Introduction: perspectives on the African novel F. Abiola Irele
2. The oral/literate interface Olukunle George
3. Chinua Achebe and the African novel Dan Izevbaye
4. Protest and resistance Barbara Harlow
5. The Afrikaans novel Chris Warnes
6. The African novel in Arabic Shaden Tageldin
7. The Francophone novel in North Africa Bernard Aresu
8. The Francophone African novel in Sub-Saharan Africa Lydie Moudileno
9. The historical novel M. Keith Booker
10. Magical realism and the African novel Ato Quayson
11. The African novel and the feminine condition Nana Wilson-Tagoe
12. Bildungsroman and autobiography Apollo Amoko
13. The postcolonial condition Phyllis Taoua
14. New voices and emerging themes Dominic Thomas
15. The critical reception of the African novel Harry Garuba
Further reading
Index.
