Women Writing Africa

Description:

"Beginning with African kingdoms dating six centuries or more before colonialism and independence, the volume gathers 132 texts—stories, songs, letters, drama, oral history, diaries, and historical documents—each with a readable authoritative headnote explaining its cultural and historical contexts. A general introduction provides an overview of West African cultural and literary history, including the brilliant and diverse traditions of women’s oral literatures."

subjects: Oral tradition,  Literary collections,  West African literature,  Folk literature,  Sources,  Women authors,  Women,  History,  Africa, west, literatures,  African literature, women authors,  African Folk literature,  Translations into English

Places: West Africa