Lecturer in charge: Dr. Mawuena Logan [Room 34 - New Arts Block]

This course is intended as an introduction to the study of African literature in English with reference to representative texts (prose fiction, drama, and poetry). We will examine the issues of colonialism and neo-colonialism, nationalism, gender politics and the politics of literary form.

Prerequisite: LITS 2103 (E21C) or LITS 2107 (E21G) or LITS 2108 (E21H)
or LITS 2113 (E21M) or HUMN 2201 (AR22A)

Instruction: 2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week

Evaluation: Tutorial presentations and 1 essay (10 pages) 40%
Final 2-hour examination (2 answers) 60%

Prescribed Texts:

Achebe, Chinua. Arrow of God (Doubleday pb)
Aidoo, Ama Ata. The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa (Longman pb)
Bâ, Mariama. So Long a Letter (Heinemann pb)
Kane, Cheikh Hamidou. Ambiguous Adventure (Heinemann pb)
Ndebele, Njabulo. The Cry of Winnie Mandela (David Philip Publishers pb)
wa Thiong'o, Ngugi. A Grain of Wheat (Heinemann pb)

Recommended Texts:

Achebe, Chinua. Hopes and Impediments
Fanon, Frantz. The Wretched of the Earth
wa Thiong'o, Ngugi. Decolonizing the Mind
Davidson, Basil. Modern Africa : A Social and Political History (3 rd Edition)
Memmi, Albert. The Colonizer and the Colonized
Harrow , Kenneth, ed . Faces of Islam in African Literature