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Product Description: This collection of essays by one of Africa's leading scholars examines African literary traditions in the broad sense, and places the work of individual authors in context. Here F. Abiola Irele presents probing critical readings of the works of Chinua Achebe, Kamau Brathwaite, Amadou Hapae Ba, and Amadou Kourouma, among others...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Fortunes of WangrinAmadou Hampaté Bâ [note special accents on the "e" in Hampate and "a" Ba not correctly reproduced here—see ms.]Translated by Aina Pavolini Taylor with an Introduction by F. Abiola IreleWinner of the Grand Prix Litteraire de l’Afrique Noire "I think this is perhaps the best African novel on colonialism and it draws very richly on various modes of oral literature...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)