[PDF] african literature definition

African literature, the body of traditional oral and written literatures in Afro-Asiatic and African languages together with works written by Africans in European languages.
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  • What defines African literature PDF?

    African literature is defined as 'literature of and from Africa'. However, though cursory reference is made to non-English African literatures as well, the focus of this paper is literature of English 'black Africa'.

  • What are the 4 types African literature?

    There are 4 different types of African Literature: Oral Literature, Precolonial African Literature, Colonial African Literature, and Postcolonial Literature. Colonial African literature-This was the time between the end of World War I and independence.

  • What is the meaning of modern African literature?

    Modern African literature is written in indigenous African languages and in European languages used in Africa. Written African literature is very new compared to the indigenous oral tradition of literature which has been there and is still very much alive.
  • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
    Perhaps the single most famous piece of African literature, Achebe's first novel is a two-part story about Ibo tribesman Okonkwo. The story narrates African life prior to the arrival of colonial powers, and then the subsequent colonization of Nigeria by Britain.
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