ALT 25 New Directions in African Literature

ERNEST N. EMENYONU is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012).

• Editorial Article: New Directions in African Literature: Building on the Legacies of the 20th Century by Ernest N. Emenyonu; Articles: African Literature in the 21st Century: Challenges for Writers & Critics by Charles Nnolim; Bursting at the Seams: New Dimensions for African Literature in the 21st Century by Thomas Hale; New Trends in the Sierra Leonean Novel by Eustace Palmer; Transcultural Identity in African Narrative of Childhood by Richard Priebe; The Marks Left on the Surface: Zoe Wicomb's David's Story by Kenneth W. Harrow; Mothering Daughters: The Other Side of the Story by Monica Bungaro; Transcending the Margins: New Trends in Female Writings in Africa by Iniobong I. Uko; Re-thinking Nation and Narrative in a Global Era: Recent African Writing by Nana Wilson-Tagoe; A Last Shot at the 20th Century Canon by Bernth Lindfors; Reviews.

Makes an important contribution to the study of African literature, which contributors examine in light of a half century of education and re-education, the dismantling of myths and distortions, cultural re-affirmations, linguistic experimentations and the reclaiming of lost identities.