THE GODS WHO SEND US GIFTS - AN ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN SHORT IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days This anthology marks the 55th anniversary of the historic 1962 Makerere Conference of African Literature in Uganda bringing together post-independence African writers many of whom would go on to play major roles in defining Africa's literary history. One of them wrote; "we were amazed that fate had entrusted us with the task of interpreting a continent to the world." Those who gathered included the Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Christopher Okigbo, JP Clark, Kofi Awoonor, Frances Ademola, Cameron Doudu, Lewis Nkosi, Dennis Brutus, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Bloke Modisane, the African American writer Langton Hughes et al. Fifty-five years on, many have joined the ancestors but there are a few survivors who attended the launch of this Anthology at SOAS in London on 28th October 2017. Features Summary This anthology marks the 55th anniversary of the historic 1962 Makerere Conference of African Literature in Uganda bringing together post-independence African writers many of whom would go on to play major roles in defining Africa's literary history... Author Ivor Agyeman-Duah (Editor), Wole Soyinka (Foreword by), Baroness Amos (Foreword by) Publisher Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd Release date 20171214 Pages 256 ISBN 0-9928436-9-3 ISBN 13 978-0-9928436-9-4