Of Dreams Deferred, Dead or Alive

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Of Dreams Deferred, Dead or Alive African Perspectives on African-American Writers

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Edited by Femi Ojo-Ade

ISBN: 0-313-26475-9

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-26475-7

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208 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/30/1996

List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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

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Series Title: Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies

Series Number: 180

Description: This is the first collection of essays in which African critics present an in-depth study of African-American writers. These prominent critics from different African countries and backgrounds bring an important perspective to the complex relationship between African Americans and Africa. Through provocative readings of prominent African-American writers, the contributors provide insights into contemporary African-American issues. This collection offers a rare opportunity to view African opinions on what it means to be African American.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction by Femi Ojo-Ade
Africa and America: A Question of Continuities, Cleavage, and Dreams Deferred by Femi Ojo-Ade
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Man and His Vision of Africa for Africans by F. Ugboaja Ohaegbulam
Langston Hughes and Africa by Eddie Omotayo Asgill
Richard Wright: A Dubious Legacy by Chimalum Nwankwo
Claude McKay: The Tragic Solitude of an Exiled Son of Africa by Femi Ojo-Abe
Another African Artist's Wayward Thoughts on Eugene Redmond's Poetry by Tess Onwueme
Branches of the Same Tree: African and African-American Poetry by Tanure Ojaide
Notions and Nuances: Africa in the Works of James Baldwin by Ezenwa Ohaeto
Reviewing Gloria Naylor: Toward a Neo-African Critique by Vincent Odamtten
Creative African Memory: Some Oral Sources of Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon by Ousseynou Traore
The Circle of Meaning: Paule Marshall, Modernism and the Masks of History by Simon Gikandi
Homesick and Eurocentric? Alice Walker's Africa by Mwîkali Kîeti
"I is": Toni Morrison, the Past and Africa by Chimalum Nwankwo
Afterword: What's in a Name? by Femi Ojo-Ade

LC Card Number: 95-45960

LCC Class: PS153

Dewey Class: 810


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