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1. Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe 2. Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo 3. Waiting for the Barbarians by J M Coetzee 4. A Question of Power by Bessie Head 5. Selective short stories by Nadine Gordimer 6. Efuru by Flora Nwapa 7. Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih 8. Xala by Ousmane Sembene 9. Death and the King's Horsemen by Wole Soyinka 10. A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi Wa Thiongo

Course Synopsis

The course introduces students to a range of African writers writing across Africa by highlighting the diverse historical, postcolonial and political realities that helped shape current African literary discourse.


PPT on Beatrice in Anthills of the Savannah

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Analysis I Anthills of the Savannah

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Ama Ata Aidoo's interview

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Review of Our Sister Killjoy

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Lecture I on Waiting for the Barbarians

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Video Presentation on Waiting for the Barbarians by Coetzee

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PPT I on Waiting for the Barbarians

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Lecture I on A Question of Power By Bessie Head

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Lecture II on A Question of Power by Bessie Head

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PPT I on A Question of Power by Bessie Head

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Article on A Question of Power by Bessie Head

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An Interview with Nadine Gordimer

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Talk to Al-Jazeera- Nadine Gordimer

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Ousmane Sembène's "Xala:" The Novel, the Film, and Their Audiences

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Betrayal Through Cultural Denial in Ousmane Sembène's Xala

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Lecture on Ousmane Sembene Part I

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Lecture on Ousmane Sembene Part II

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PPT on Xala by Ousmane Sembene

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PPT II on Xala by Ousmane Sembene

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Teaching Wole Soyinka's "Death and the King's Horseman" to American College Students

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Lecture I on Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka

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Summary & Outline of Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka

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PPT I on Death and the King's Horseman by Soyinka

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PPT II on Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka

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Article I on A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi Wa Thiong

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Study Guide on A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi Wa Thiongo

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OUSMANE SEMBENE: THE LIFE OF A REVOLUTIONARY ARTIST

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Ousmane Sembene

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Book Title : Anthills of the Savannah
Author : Chinua Achebe
Edition :
Publisher : Penguin



Book Title : Our Sister Killjoy
Author : Ama Ata Aidoo
Edition :
Publisher : Longman



Book Title : Waiting for the Barbarians
Author : J M Coetzee
Edition :
Publisher : Penguin Books



Book Title : A Question of Power
Author : Bessie Head
Edition :
Publisher : Penguin



Book Title : Jump and other stories
Author : Nadine Gordimer
Edition :
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux



Book Title : Death and the King's Horseman
Author : Wole Soyinka
Edition :
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company



Book Title : A Grain of Wheat
Author : Ngugi Wa Thiongo
Edition :
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books



Book Title : Death and the King's Horseman
Author : Wole Soyinka
Edition :
Publisher : Methuen
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Title : Gendered Space in Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah
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Title : Text of Our Sister Killjoy
Type : Curriculum Book

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Title : Article on Anthills of the Savannah
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Title : Article II on Anthills of the Savannah
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Title : Article III on Anthills of the Savannah
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Title : Article IV on Anthills of the Savannah
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Title : Article V on Anthills of the Savannah
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Title : Article VI on Anthills of the Savannah
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Title : Article VII on Anthills of the Savannah
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Title : Article I on Our Sister Killjoy
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Title : Article II on Our Sister Killjoy
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Title : Article I on A Question of Power by Bessie Head
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Title : Article II on A Question of Power by Bessie Head
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Title : Article III on A Question of Power by Bessie Head
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Title : Article IV on A Question of Power by Bessie Head
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Title : Article V on A Question of Power by Bessie Head
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Title : The Postcolonial Short Story: Contemporary Essays
Type : Reference Book

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Title : The Cambridge Companion to the African Novel
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Title : The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature
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Title : Xala by Ousmane Sembene
Type : Curriculum Book

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Title : Article I on Xala by Ousmane Sembene
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Title : Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka
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Title : Article I on Death and the King's Horsemen by Wole Soyinka
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Title : Article II on Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka
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Title : Article on Ousmane Sembene's Cinema
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Title : The (Un)Broken Cycle in Death and the King's Horseman
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Title : Colonisation and the Colonised Identity in Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman
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Title : Nadine Gordimer Delinking Interrupting Severing
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Title : Article I on Gordimer
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Title : Article II on Gordimer
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Title : Article I Waiting for the Barbarians
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Title : Article II Waiting for the Barbarians
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Title : Article III Waiting for the Barbarians
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Title : Article IV Waiting for the Barbarians
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Title : Article V Waiting for the Barbarians
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Title : Article V Waiting for the Barbarians
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Title : Article III on Gordimer
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Title : TEXT of Short Stories by Nadine Gordimer
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