Irele, F. Abiola and Gikandi Simon, eds. The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

This history offers new perspectives on African and Caribbean literature. Chapters address the literature itself, in a variety of languages, regions and genres, the practices and conditions of its composition, and its complex relationship with African social and geopolitical history. The book provides an account of the entire body of productions that can be considered to comprise the field of African literature, defined both by imaginative expression in African itself and the black diaspora. This magisterial history of African literature is an essential resource for specialists and students.

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