Ernest N Emenyonu 
ALT 30 Reflections & Retrospectives: African Literature Today [PDF ebook] 

A focus on some of the pioneers of African literary creation.


This special issue of
African Literature Today is devoted to some of the pioneer voices of African fiction in the twentieth century: Bessie Head, Cyprian Ekwensi, Dennis Brutus, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Flora Nwapa, Ousmane Sembène and Zulu Sofola.

The contributors explore the development of these influential writers and their impact on the continent and beyond, through a study of their writing, sources and influences. Some focus on case studies of specific works which are particularly important in the creative development of the author.

The contributions of these writers to the growth and development of modern African Literature are highlighted. These are also writers whose works, in the words of Chimalum Nwankwo in his Introduction ‘have defined for their time a deep engagement and commitment with the pulse of the people…’


Ernest Emenyonu is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA; the editorial board is composed of scholars from US, UK and African universities

Chimalum Nwankwo [Guest Editor] Former Chair of the Department of English, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, USA, and Professor of English and World Literatures, is currently on sabbatical at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.


Nigeria: HEBN

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Editorial Article — Chimalum Nwankwo

Gender Politics, Home & Nation in Zulu Sofola’s
King Emene: Tragedy of a Rebellion — Maureen N. Eke

The Militant Writer in the Early Fiction of Ousmane Sembène: From
Le docker noir to
L’Harmattan — Kwawisi Tekpetey

Psychological Violence in Bessie Head’s
Maru &
A Question of Power — Blessing Diala-Ogamba

Constructing the Destructive City: Representations of Lagos in Cyprian Ekwensi’s
People of the City — Louisa Uchum Egbunike

History, Progress & Prospects in the Development of African Literature: A Tribute to Dennis Brutus — Sophia O. Ogwude

Dispelling the Myth of the ‘Silent Woman’: The Nigerian Igbo Woman in Flora Nwapa’s
Efuru — Shalini Nadaswaran

Interrogating Dichotomies, Reconstructing Emancipation: Bessie Head’s Vision on Gender Issues — Hellen Roselyne L. Shigali

Eskia Mphahlele’s Enduring Truth in
Down Second Avenue — Joyce Ashuntantang

A Tribute to Cyprian O.D. Ekwensi (26 Sept 1921 — 4 Nov 2007): The Writer, the Man & his Era — Ernest N. Emenyonu

Reviews — James Gibbs

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LOUISA UCHUM EGBUNIKE is Associate Professor in African and Caribbean Literature, Durham University). She has been guest lecturer to institutions including Wellesley College, The University of the West Indies and The University of Bremen. She has published in journals including African Literature Today and Matatu and has chapters published in edited books including A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.