{"product_id":"africa-writes-back-2","title":"Africa Writes Back","description":"\u003cp\u003eJune 17, 2008, is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart by Heinemann. This publication provided the impetus for the foundation of the African Writers Series in 1962 with Chinua Achebe as the editorial adviser.\u003cbr\u003e\nAfrica Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature captures the energy of literary publishing in a new and undefined field. Portraits of the leading characters and the many consultants and readers providing reports and advice to new and established writers make Africa Writes Back a stand-out book. James Currey’s voice and insights are an added bonus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPublishing and selling the African Writers Series\u003cbr\u003e\nThe African Writers Series Portfolio \u0026amp; George Hallett’s covers\u003cbr\u003e\nMain dates for the African Writers Series\u003cbr\u003e\nINTRODUCTION: The establishment of African Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishing Chinua Achebe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n1. WRITERS FROM WEST AFRICA\u003cbr\u003e\nNigeria: The country where so much started\u003cbr\u003e\nNegritude from Senegal to Cameroun\u003cbr\u003e\nMagic \u0026amp; realism from Ghana, The Gambia \u0026amp; Sierra Leone\u003cbr\u003e\n2. WRITERS FROM EASTERN AFRICA\u003cbr\u003e\nTowards the oral \u0026amp; the popular in Kenya, Uganda \u0026amp; Tanzania\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishing Ngugi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n3. WRITERS FROM THE HORN \u0026amp; NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA\u003cbr\u003e\nEmperors in Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishing Nuruddin Farah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nArab authors in Egypt \u0026amp; Sudan\u003cbr\u003e\n4. WRITERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA\u003cbr\u003e\nResistance in South Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishing Alex la Guma\u003cbr\u003e\nPublishing Dennis Brutus\u003cbr\u003e\nPublishing Bessie Head\u003cbr\u003e\nPublishing Masizi Kunene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n5. WRITERS FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN\u003cbr\u003e\nGuns \u0026amp; Guerrillas in Mozambique \u0026amp;Angola\u003cbr\u003e\nZambia Shall be Free\u003cbr\u003e\nDeath \u0026amp; detention in Malawi\u003cbr\u003e\nThe struggle to become Zimbabwe\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishing Dambudzo Marechera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCONCLUSION: Is there still a role for the African Writers Series?\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"James Currey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43574412017846,"sku":"9780821447925","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780821447925_5a45949b-6e10-44c0-8d4a-583e657c055a.jpg?v=1727083888","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/africa-writes-back-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}