Mother is Gold
A Study in West African Literature

This critical study examines the most significant work in verse, prose, drama, children's literature, journalism and political writing in West Africa.

Adrian Roscoe (Author)

9780521096447, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 September 1977

284 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.36 kg

How did West African literature in English begin? What influences affected its birth and development? How much does it imitate European models? How is traditional African culture influencing modern writing? What kind of experiments are being tried? These are some of the questions, relevant to African writing throughout the continent, which this critical study discusses by examining the most significant work in verse, prose, drama, children's literature, journalism and political writing in West Africa. The author examines the writing of major figures such as Soyinka, Achebe, Okara, Clark, Tutuola and Ekwensi as well as that of authors whose work is not as widely known.

Acknowledgements
Preface
1. The background
2. Progress in verse
3. West African prose
4. Further prose: children, highlifers, and politicians
5. Drama
Conclusion
Notes to the text
Select bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]