THE POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE OF LUSOPHONE AFRICA IN SOUTH AFRICA

Editor: Patrick Chabal with with Moema Parente Augel, David Brookshaw, Ana Mafalda Leite and Caroline Shaw Publisher: Witswatersrand University Press (1996) ISBN-10: 1868142965 ISBN-13: 9781868142965 Condition: Very Good. Light wear to cover, edges and corners. Binding: Softcover Pages: 314 Dimensions: 22 x 14 x 2.5 cm +++ by Patrick Chabal +++ This volume examines the Portuguese and Creole languages of the five African Portuguese-speaking countries: Angola; Cape Verde; Guinea-Bissau; Mozambique; and Seo Tome and Principe. The introduction explores the cultural and historical context within which the literature of these five countries was written. It is followed by detailed discussion of, and extensive quotations from, the prose and poetry published by these writers since independence.