ALT 6 Poetry in Africa: African Literature Today
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African Poetry
African Poets
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Christopher Okigbo
Dennis Brutus
East African Poetry
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Ferdinand Oyono
French Algerian Poetry
Lenrie Peters
Leopold Senghor
Modern African Poetry
Wole Soyinka
Yoruba Oral Poetry
Zulu Poetry
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- ISBN 9781847011190
- Weight: 254g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jan 1973
- Publisher: James Currey
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.
First published in 1973, this volume of the series includes a tribute from the Editor to the poet Christopher Okigbo who died fighting in the Biafran War in 1967, and two articles on his poetry. Also discussed are Leopold Senghor,Dennis Brutus, Wole Soyinka, Lenrie Peters and Ferdinand Oyono. The contributions analyse East African poetry, French Algerian poetry, Zulu poetry, and "Rara" chants in Yoruba oral poetry. Donatus I. Nwoga writes a general article on modern African poetry. The new books reviewed include Mazisi Kunene's Zulu Poems and Okot p'Bitek's Two Songs: "Song of Prisoner" and "Song of Malaya" and Taban lo Liyong's Another Nigger Dead.
