A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANTHOLOGIES OF AFRICAN LITERATURES

Required works of African literature for graduate students in the Department of African Languages and Literature as a part of their preparation for writing the Department’s PhD preliminary examinations.

Compiled by Harold Scheub

1. Achebe, Chinua, and C. L. Innes, eds. African Short Stories (PR9347.5 A42).

2. Aubert, Jean, ed. Huit poetes de Madagascar 1959 (PQ3988.5 M282 H85).

3. Awoonor, Kofi, ed. Messages, Poems from Ghana 1970 (PR9898 G56 A9).

4. Beier, Ulli, ed. Three Yoruba Plays 1967 (PL8824 L3 A23).

5. Brink, Andre, and J. M. Coetzee, eds. A Land Apart, A Contemporary South African Reader (PR9364.9 L36).

6. Burness, Don, ed. A Horse of White Clouds, Poems from Lusophone Africa 1989 (PQ9906.5 E5 H67).

7. Chapman, Michael, and Achmat Dangor, eds. Voices from Within, Black Poetry from Southern Africa 1982 (PL8014 S62 V64).

8. Couzens, Tim, and Essop Patel, eds. The Return of the Amasi Bird, Black South African Poetry 1891-1981 1982 (PR9365.35 B55 R47).

9. Damas, Leon Gontran, ed. Poetes d'expression francaise 1947 (PQ3899 D3).

10. Feinberg, Barry, ed. Poets to the People 1974 (PR9365.85 F7 F4).

11. Hodge, Norman, ed. To Kill a Man's Pride, and Other Stories from Southern Africa 1984 (PR9348 T6).

12. Hughes, Langston, ed. Poems from Black Africa 1963 (PL8013 E5 H8).

13. Justin, Andree, ed. Anthologie africaine des ecrivains noirs d'expression francaise 1962 (PQ3985 J8).

14. Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu, ed. South African People's Plays 1981 (PR9366.6 S68).

15. Komey, Ellis Ayitey, and Ezekiel Mphahlele, eds. Modern African Stories 1964 (PZ1 K834 Mo).

16. Lefanu, Sarah, and Stephen Hayward, eds. Colors of a New Day, Writing for South Africa 1990 (PR1111 S55 C65 1990).

17. Lichtheim, Miriam, ed. Ancient Egyptian Literature (3 volumes) 1976 (PJ1943 L5).

18. Litto, Fredric M., ed. Plays from Black Africa 1968 (PR9799 L5).

19. Matthews, James, ed. Black Voices Shout! 1976 (PR9365.35 N4 M3).

20. Moore, Gerald, and Ulli Beier, eds. Modern Poetry from Africa 1963 (PL8013 E5 M6).

21. Mutloatse, Mothobi, ed. Forced Landing, Africa South: Contemporary Writings 1980 (PR9367.3 A37 1981).

22. Ndlovu, Duma, ed. Woza Afrika! An Anthology of South African Plays 1986 (PR9366.6 W69).

23. Pereira, Ernest, ed. Contemporary South African Plays 1977 (PR9366.6 C6).

24. Pieterse, Cosmo, ed. Five African Plays 1972 (PR9347 P5).

25. Plumpp, Sterling, ed. Somehow We Survive, An Anthology of South African Writing 1982 (PR9364.9 S6).

26. Royston, Robert, ed. Black Poets in South Africa 1973 (PR9365.35 N4 R6).

27. Senghor, Leopold Sedar, ed. Anthologie de la nouvelle poesie negre et malgache de langue francaise 1948 (PQ3899 S4 1985).

28. Shore, Herbert, and Megchelina Shore-Bos, eds. Come Back, Africa! 1968 (PZ1 S556 Co).

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