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Ojaide, Tanure; Sallah, Tijan M.: The New African Poetry, An Anthology

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Sachgebiet:	Belletristik
Inhalt:	Gedichtsammlung, anthology "These forward-looking and energetic poems reveal that new African poets Žsing of a world reshapedŽ". - Library Journal This anthology presents the voices of a new generation of African poets, drawn from across the continent and featuring a wide range of themes, styles, and ideologies.
Verlag:	Lynne Rienner Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr, -ort:	1999 HB , 2000, Boulder (Colorado), London
ISBN:	0-89410-879-4 HB
Auflage:	keine Angabe
Bemerkung:	0-89410-891-3 PB The countries represented are Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Côte dŽIvoire, Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Tanure Ojaide (b. 1948): Born in Okpara Inland, Delta State, Ojaide was educated in Nigeria and the United States. He has published eight collections of poetry and two books of literary essays. A fellow in writing at the University of Iowa and a leading member of the new generation of African poets. Ojaide has won major poetry awards, including the Commonwealth poetry prize for the Africa Region (1987) and more. He taught at the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria before his current appointment at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. His poetry deals with private and public themes in a simple style that is informed by traditional poetic techniques. Tijan M. Sallah (b. 1958): Born in Sere Kunda, The Gambia, Sallah was educated in the United States, where he obtained a Ph. D. in economics. He has worked as an audit clerk in his native Gambia and has taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Kutztown University, and North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro. He currently works at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. In addition to a collection of short stories, he has published three collections of poetry and edited "New Poets of West Africa" (Malthouse, Lagos, 1995). The leading voice in the new Gambian poetry; SallahŽs poems are simple, pungent, and highly imagistic
Sprache:	English

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