{"product_id":"alt-9-africa-america-the-caribbean-african-literature-today-9780852555095","title":"ALT 9 Africa, America \u0026 the Caribbean: African Literature Today","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe re-issue of archival volumes \u003ci\u003eALT 1\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eALT 14\u003c\/i\u003e makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume, first published in 1978, looks at the fascinating literary links of the African diaspora in Harlem, Cuba and Haiti. Eldred Jones outlines in his Editorial the impact of the pride in connections with an African past as\"one of the great transformations of modern times\". The impact on writing moved in all directions and comparisons in this volume are made between Wole Soyinka and Leroi Jones, and between African and Irish Nationalist writing. Among the contributions are articles on the American background to Ayi Kwei Armah's \u003ci\u003eWhy Are We So Blest?\u003c\/i\u003e, the African elements of Cuban literature, and an analysis of the early works and later crime fiction of Chester Himes.The Reviews include Kadiatu Sesay on Ekwensi and Okpwewho, Maryse Condé on Sembene Ousmane's \u003ci\u003eXala\u003c\/i\u003e and Eustace Palmer on Meja Mwangi's \u003ci\u003eGoing Down River Road\u003c\/i\u003e and Nuruddin Farah's \u003ci\u003eNaked Needle\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Eldred Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280269848827,"sku":"9780852555095","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780852555095_99897f87-d585-40c3-9cd5-d264e76b154d.jpg?v=1772483125","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/alt-9-africa-america-the-caribbean-african-literature-today-9780852555095","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}