Africa in Literature for Children and Young Adults

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Africa in Literature for Children and Young Adults An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Books

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By Meena Khorana

ISBN: 0-313-25488-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-25488-8

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368 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 12/30/1994

List Price: $99.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature

Series Number: 46

Reviews:

...an excellent reference that should be in all libraries. There is a growing body of literature both for children and adults relating to African Americans, but the literature about Africa, especially for children is limited. This title is therefore highly recommended, especially for libraries with programs in children's literature and African American studies.
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Choice
This is a welcome addition to existing bibliographies on children's Africana....a valuable resource, one that all libraries that serve children and young people will want to acquire.
—MultiCultural Review
The introductory essay provides a valuable analysis of Africa in children's literature, through three stages of development: colonial, with its Eurocentric bias; postcolonial Western, in which bias took new forms; and postcolonial Africa, which in the 1960s began to seek its own identity. The entries are arranged according to region...Author, illustrator, title, and subject indexes make material easily accessible...This new book will be useful for school and public libraries needing a critical evaluation of older material on their shelves and help in collection development. Its overview of informational books can help with selection from series.
—Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Adults will find this a strong annotated bibliographic reference to the available African literature in print for children and young adults.
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Research in African Literatures
Scholars in the three main traditional disciplines in which children's literature is taught and studied--English, Education, and Library Science--will benefit from this fine book....definitely has its place as a reference tool for scholars, researchers, and students in African children's literature as well as multicultural children's literature.
—Children's Bookwatch
This carefully researched and annotated bibliography fills a big gap in multiculturalism and african literary studies. ...For readers with little of no knowledge of African literature generally, Khorana's introductory essay provides the necessary backround in a scholarly yet easily accessible language. ... The work is highly recommened.
—ARBA

Description: While much critical attention has been given to adult literature, African literature for children and young adults remains a neglected area. As the United States becomes an increasingly pluralistic society, it becomes all the more important for children and young adults to be exposed to books set in Africa. This bibliography includes entries for nearly 700 books written in English by both African and Western authors and published between 1873 and 1994. An additional 120 books are either discussed or mentioned in the annotations. The entries are organized in six chapters. The first chapter includes general works, while the others are devoted to particular geographic regions. Within each chapter, entries are further grouped according to genres, such as traditional literature, biography, poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, and informational books. Entries are then listed alphabetically. Each entry includes an annotation that provides a plot/content summary, thematic analysis, literary evaluation, and sensitivity to multicultural and international issues; an indication of the recommended grade level for the book is included. The books are carefully selected to give fair representation to the various regions and countries of Africa, literary genres, prominent authors and books, and literary phases; the author has tried to include all available books published in the 1980s and 1990s. The introductory essay provides an in-depth analysis of the social, political, cultural, and literary contexts of the three phases of African children's literature: colonial, postcolonial Western, and postcolonial African. This bibliography is intended for scholars, teachers, librarians, parents, students, and general readers.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
General Books
Traditional Literature
Fiction
Biography
Informational Books
North Africa
Traditional Literature
Fiction
Biography
Informational Books
West Africa
Traditional Literature
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Biography and Autobiography
Informational Books
East Africa
Traditional Literature
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Biography and Autobiography
Informational Books
Central Africa
Traditional Literature
Fiction
Biography
Informational Books
Southern Africa
Traditional Literature
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Biography and Autobiography
Informational Books
Appendix: List of Distributors
Author Index
Illustrator Index
Title Index
Subject Index

LC Card Number: 94-34223

LCC Class: DT3

Dewey Class: 016.96


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