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Tell Me Africa: An Approach to African Literature
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Tell Me Africa: An Approach to African Literature
Contributors:
By (Author) James Olney
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th May 2015
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
809.896
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
338
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
454g
Description
James Olney demonstrates that autobiography, because it provides the most direct narrative enactments of the ways, motives, and beliefs of a culture, is an excellent way to approach African literature. After a general discussion of the African ethos, each chapter takes up the "autobiographical" literature of a specific group in African society and
