• Introduction - reading the African novel; a brief historical survey of the African novel; Chinua Achebe "Things Fall Apart"; Buchi Emecheta "The Joys of Motherhood"; Ayi Kwei Armah "The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born"; Ama Ata Aidoo "Our Sister Killjoy"; Nadine Gordimer "Burger's Daughter; Alex la Guma "In the Fog of the Season's End"; Ngugi wa Thiong'o "Devil on the Cross"; Tsitsi Dangarembga "Nervous Conditions".

Even in its title, Booker's text makes no tall claims about bringing additional information to our scholarly understanding of African literature. His introduction will provide an intelligent undergraduate with a historical and political background of the African novels they are reading in class without having to do additional research elsewhere... Booker's style is direct and simple, and therefore quite appealing to teachers engaged in representing African literature to an audience of students.

• Introduction - reading the African novel; a brief historical survey of the African novel; Chinua Achebe "Things Fall Apart"; Buchi Emecheta "The Joys of Motherhood"; Ayi Kwei Armah "The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born"; Ama Ata Aidoo "Our Sister Killjoy"; Nadine Gordimer "Burger's Daughter; Alex la Guma "In the Fog of the Season's End"; Ngugi wa Thiong'o "Devil on the Cross"; Tsitsi Dangarembga "Nervous Conditions".

Even in its title, Booker's text makes no tall claims about bringing additional information to our scholarly understanding of African literature. His introduction will provide an intelligent undergraduate with a historical and political background of the African novels they are reading in class without having to do additional research elsewhere... Booker's style is direct and simple, and therefore quite appealing to teachers engaged in representing African literature to an audience of students.

• Introduction - reading the African novel; a brief historical survey of the African novel; Chinua Achebe "Things Fall Apart"; Buchi Emecheta "The Joys of Motherhood"; Ayi Kwei Armah "The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born"; Ama Ata Aidoo "Our Sister Killjoy"; Nadine Gordimer "Burger's Daughter; Alex la Guma "In the Fog of the Season's End"; Ngugi wa Thiong'o "Devil on the Cross"; Tsitsi Dangarembga "Nervous Conditions".

Even in its title, Booker's text makes no tall claims about bringing additional information to our scholarly understanding of African literature. His introduction will provide an intelligent undergraduate with a historical and political background of the African novels they are reading in class without having to do additional research elsewhere... Booker's style is direct and simple, and therefore quite appealing to teachers engaged in representing African literature to an audience of students.